Latest Refining News

Altitude Minerals has completed extensive gravity and passive seismic surveys over its Byrock Project in NSW, validating key copper-gold porphyry targets and setting the stage for follow-up RC drilling in 2026.

Wia Gold is making steady progress on its Kokoseb Gold Project in Namibia, reporting strong high-grade drilling results that bolster underground mining prospects alongside ongoing feasibility studies and strategic leadership appointments.

Breakthrough Minerals has kicked off its first diamond drilling campaign at the Barbara Copper-Gold Project, aiming to extend high-grade mineralisation and boost its Queensland resource base shortly after acquiring the North Queensland Copper-Gold Project.

Hazer Group has completed a key Process Design Package with KBR, unlocking large-scale commercial potential for its methane pyrolysis technology. The company also signed a non-binding graphite offtake LOI with Green Steel WA and qualified its graphite for concrete and asphalt applications, all while maintaining a solid cash position and reducing cash burn.

TechGen Metals has identified two high-priority exploration targets at its Dalgaranga Gold Project in WA, including a gold target near historic workings and a new VHMS-style base metal anomaly. Both remain untested by drilling in a prolific gold corridor.

EcoGraf has signed a non-binding MOU with Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation to explore supplying up to 10,000 tonnes per annum of spherical graphite and natural flake graphite for battery anode materials, advancing its vertically integrated strategy.

True North Copper is set to acquire Renegade Exploration’s stake in the Carpentaria Joint Venture, integrating the Mongoose resource with its Taipan deposit to boost the Cloncurry Copper Project’s scale and development potential.

29Metals Limited (ASX:29M) swung to a $24 million net profit in 2025, powered by steady copper output at Golden Grove despite seismic disruptions, cost efficiencies, and key progress on growth projects including Gossan Valley and Capricorn Copper restart.

Enegex has identified a promising new gold prospective zone at the AW1 prospect in Côte d’Ivoire’s Tougbe Permit, supported by artisanal sampling and a completed aircore drilling campaign. The company is gearing up for a substantial 3,000m reverse circulation drill program at the nearby Gogo Permit’s Bonoubana Trend.

Anson Resources reveals a 46% increase in effective porosity from historical core analysis at its Green River Lithium Project, alongside strong Drill Stem Test results that underpin an upcoming resource upgrade.

Aruma Resources has kicked off its maiden diamond drilling campaign at the Tillex Copper-Silver Project in Ontario, aiming to expand the known high-grade copper mineralisation and deliver a substantial resource estimate.

Dalaroo Metals appoints Trystan Hughes as Exploration Manager for Greenland and Western Australia, bolstering expertise as sediment sampling at Blue Lagoon Project reveals elevated zirconium consistent with a sediment-hosted critical minerals system.