Latest Resource Definition Drilling News

Right Resources has moved its Blue gold-tungsten project from surface mapping to its first subsurface test, with assays due in the December quarter. The exploration milestone comes alongside a tighter funding position, with reported cash coverage of 1.90 quarters and further financing under consideration.

Perpetual Resources has expanded its Nevada Scheelite tungsten project more than 15-fold and reported selective underground samples grading up to 12.03% WO₃. The exploration momentum comes with a sharper funding question, with A$1.639 million in cash and an estimated 2.37 quarters of funding at 30 September.

Azzuro Resources has outlined conceptual exploration targets of up to 55 million tonnes across two Mongolian copper projects, while a strategic investment from Kerry Resources Logistics provides fresh funding for the next phase. The quarter also delivered high-grade Red Hill drilling, but the targets remain short of Mineral Resource status and quarter-end cash was only A$1.615 million.

Black Canyon has put a 36.1Mt manganese and iron resource behind its Wandanya development push, supported by promising beneficiation testwork and a 3.4km mineralised base case. The next test is whether the December Scoping Study can turn those geological results into a credible project case.

Valiant Gold has moved its Comet mine restart from re-entry into a construction and commissioning phase, with power, ventilation and dewatering systems advancing ahead of a H2 FY27 production target. The company ended the September quarter with $62.5 million in cash and term deposits while drilling at Reedy continued to test resource growth.

Havilah Resources has swung to a $77.2 million FY2026 profit after securing the Kalkaroo transaction with Sandfire, but the result is dominated by deal accounting rather than mining revenue. The South Australian explorer ended the year with $40.9 million in cash and almost $100 million in listed investments.

Core Lithium has reported its longest mineralised intersection yet at the Blackbeard prospect, with diamond hole NMRD104 returning 92m at 1.25% Li2O. The result strengthens evidence of continuity near the Finniss processing plant, although assays remain pending and Blackbeard has no Mineral Resource.

MGX Resources has reported a $30.2 million FY2026 net loss as it winds down Koolan Island and redirects its balance sheet towards the 50%-owned Central Tanami gold project. The company still held $412.1 million in cash and investments at year-end, but its next phase will require execution across approvals, drilling and underground development.

AuKing Mining is proposing to acquire up to a 75% interest in the Qeqertaasaq niobium and rare earths project in West Greenland without an upfront payment. The project carries striking historical grades, but the data is not JORC 2012 compliant and still needs independent verification.

Terra Metals has reported broad PGM-copper-nickel intersections beginning at or near surface at its Southwest discovery in Western Australia. The results strengthen the geological continuity case ahead of a maiden Mineral Resource Estimate targeted for Q1 2027, although true widths, recoveries and final resource scale remain unconfirmed.

Terra Metals has reported its largest continuous high-grade reef yet at the Southwest PGM-copper-nickel discovery, with a 336.9-metre intercept among new assay results. Heritage access is now cleared across the drilling footprint, while more than 40,000 assays remain pending ahead of a maiden resource estimate planned for Q1 2027.

Krakatoa Resources advanced drilling at its flagship Zopkhito antimony-gold project in Georgia, but the exploration push more than doubled its annual loss and reduced cash to $739,459. The company subsequently raised $4 million, highlighting the funding needed to keep moving towards a maiden JORC-compliant resource.