Latest Resource Drilling News

Rua Gold has reported its highest-grade Auld Creek drilling results to date, including 0.6 metres at 136.2 g/t gold equivalent and 2.9 metres at 38.8 g/t gold equivalent. The company has completed 19,600 metres of resource drilling and is targeting an updated resource, approvals application and pre-feasibility study before year-end.

Redcastle Resources has reported robust new gold assay results from its Queen Alexandra grade-control drilling, reinforcing the deposit's potential and underpinning plans for pit expansion into a newly granted mining lease.

Native Mineral Resources (ASX:NMR) has reported robust initial assay results from its North Pit drilling at Blackjack, Queensland, highlighting significant gold mineralisation with broad high-grade intervals.

Neometals reports significant gold intersections from recent drilling at its Barrambie Gold Project, confirming a high-grade plunging corridor at Ironclad and outlining plans for diamond drilling to test deeper extensions.

Javelin Minerals has launched a significant diamond drilling campaign targeting two major deep gold-copper anomalies at its Coogee Project in WA, supported by WA Government funding.

Santana Minerals has reported further high-grade gold intercepts from infill drilling at its Rise and Shine South deposit, enhancing the size and grade consistency of the high-grade core and revealing promising deeper mineralisation.

Tanami Gold’s Central Tanami Project Joint Venture has inked a $38 million contract with Macmahon to build a 3.5km underground decline, setting the stage for a major resource upgrade and development decision in 2027.

MGX Resources and Tanami Gold have contracted Macmahon Underground for a $38 million build of a 3.5km underground decline at Groundrush, aiming to upgrade 400,000 ounces of inferred gold resources and push the Central Tanami Project towards a 2027 development decision.

FireFly Metals has raised approximately A$190 million through institutional and bought deal placements, positioning the company to advance its Green Bay Copper-Gold Project with early works, drilling, and feasibility studies ahead of a mid-2027 investment decision.

Minrex Resources has reported strong assay results from the first ten infill drill holes at its Barje deposit, revealing shallow, high-grade gold-silver mineralisation that supports a low-strip, high-margin open pit scenario. The company is boosting its 2026 drilling program to 9,000 metres to explore extensions along the Barje-Liska corridor.

S2 Resources is set to begin drilling at Warraweena in early October targeting gold and copper, while Loch Lilly prepares geophysical surveys and awaits drilling permits. Jillewarra drilling remains on hold pending regulatory and heritage approvals.

Azzuro Resources has defined maiden JORC (2012) Exploration Targets for its Oval Cu-Ni-PGE and Red Hill Cu-Au-VMS projects in Mongolia, revealing district-scale potential and planning a 14-hole drilling campaign to test priority bodies.