Latest Resource Development News

Rincon Resources has validated historic assays revealing a broad, high-grade gold-copper corridor at its Telfer South Project and completed a $3.1 million capital raise to advance exploration.

Metals X reported its fourth highest quarterly tin production at Renison with robust financials despite rising unit costs, while progressing the Rentails project and maintaining a strong cash position.

Titan Minerals boosts its Dynasty Gold Project resource to 3.9 million ounces of gold and 26.1 million ounces of silver, driven by extensive drilling at Cerro Verde and discovery of porphyry mineralisation at Kaliman. A major 30,000m drilling campaign is planned for 2026 alongside advancing feasibility studies.

Sunstone Metals reported robust growth at its Bramaderos gold-copper project with a 3.6Moz AuEq resource and substantial exploration targets. Drilling at Copete and Porotillo prospects confirmed mineralisation continuity, underpinning potential resource upgrades.

TechGen Metals has reported a standout 20m @ 1.14% copper intercept at Mt Boggola and secured key drilling approvals at Blue Devil, setting the stage for multiple exploration campaigns in 2026.

Eagle Mountain Mining has finalised a joint venture with Nittetsu Mining for the Oracle Ridge copper project, extinguishing a US$7.25 million loan and securing US$16.5 million in additional funding from Nittetsu.

Recharge Metals has completed the acquisition of the Sunset Well Gold Project near Leonora, WA, backed by a $6 million capital raise. The project hosts a 94,500-ounce inferred gold resource with significant exploration upside.

Loyal Metals has completed the acquisition of the high-grade Highway Reward Copper-Gold Mine and confirmed a large-scale VHMS mineral system, while agreeing to a cash takeover by PT Bumi Resources valuing the company at A$79.1 million.

Perpetual Resources has launched a detailed trenching campaign at its Igrejinha Lithium and Caesium Project in Brazil, aiming to refine multiple pegmatite targets ahead of a mid-year drilling push. Concurrent exploration planning is progressing at the Renaldinho Project, reinforcing the company’s foothold in Brazil’s Lithium Valley.

QMines Limited reported a busy March quarter with strong drilling results at Mount Mackenzie, a resource upgrade at Develin Creek, and progress on the Mt Chalmers feasibility study, underpinned by a $15 million strategic funding package from QIC.

Estrella Resources has initiated Timor-Leste’s inaugural hard rock mineral extraction at its Ira Miri manganese project, advancing towards full-scale mining and simultaneously progressing a major limestone resource at Werumata.

True North Copper (ASX:TNC) reported robust drilling results confirming the high-grade Aquila discovery at Mt Oxide, a 7% resource increase at Cloncurry, and a strategic JV acquisition with Glencore, setting the stage for a pivotal 2026.