Latest Refining News

Cosmo Metals has delineated extensive antimony mineralisation along an 8km corridor at its Bingara Project in NSW, with surface samples hitting up to 10.3% Sb at the Plunkett & Cassidy prospect. The findings highlight significant exploration potential near a world-class antimony-gold deposit.

Beacon Minerals has refined its FY2026 dividend details, confirming a fully franked cash payout and an estimated scrip dividend tied to Forrestania Resources shares, with key dates set for July and August.

Dundas Minerals has delivered high-grade gold assay results from 1m re-assays at its Rockland project near Kalgoorlie, validating a mineralised corridor extending over 2km from Capricorn through Rockland. The company is gearing up for extensive drilling to test depth extensions and linkages along this emerging gold system.

Hastings Technology Metals has secured a $1 million strategic placement from Malaco Mining to bolster its rare earth projects in Australia and Thailand, enhancing balance sheet flexibility and downstream processing ambitions.

Viva Energy has brought its Residue Catalytic Cracking Unit back online at the Geelong Refinery, pushing production to over 90% capacity following a fire in April. However, the Alkylation unit remains offline and is expected to be out of action throughout 2027.

Toubani Resources has delivered a fresh batch of high-grade gold intercepts from its Kobada Gold Project in Mali, reinforcing the project's potential as it gears up for a Mineral Resource Estimate update in Q3 2026.

Western Australia's State Government has backed VRX Silica's land swap proposal at Muchea, unlocking access to a significantly larger high-grade silica sand resource with lower environmental impact and paving the way for downstream glass manufacturing.

Rimfire Pacific Mining’s initial metallurgical tests at the Murga Scandium Deposit reveal promising scandium recoveries using atmospheric leaching, a less complex method than industry norms. The company has launched longer-term tests to validate these findings, potentially reshaping the economics of its Fifield scandium resources.

PTR Minerals has unveiled a substantial maiden Mineral Resource Estimate at its Rosewood Titanium Project, boasting 463 million tonnes at 8.8% heavy minerals, positioning it among the world’s top heavy mineral sand deposits.

Element 25 has taken a tangible step forward in its Butcherbird Expansion Project with the arrival of a critical processing component, a custom-built logwasher, at Fremantle Port. The project remains on schedule for commissioning in early 2027, underpinning the company’s plan to boost manganese concentrate output to 1.1 million tonnes per annum.

Orpheus Uranium (ASX: ORP) is set to kick off its inaugural drilling program at the Erudina Uranium Prospect within the Frome Project, targeting a 10 km-long palaeochannel system with the aim of refining geological models and advancing towards a potential mineral resource.

Charger Metals has expanded its Medcalf Lithium Inferred Mineral Resource Estimate by 34% to 10.6 million tonnes at 1.0% Li2O, with tantalum grades also impressively high. The adjacent Medcalf West target adds further upside as Charger refocuses on advancing Lake Johnston.