Latest Resource Estimation News

Heavy Rare Earths Limited has cleared a key cultural hurdle with the Dieri Aboriginal Corporation, paving the way for a 25-hole maiden drill campaign at its South Ridge tin project in South Australia. The program aims to convert promising historic high-grade intersections into a maiden resource estimate, pending environmental approvals and road repairs after unprecedented rainfall.

WA1 Resources has significantly increased the indicated resource at its Luni Niobium Project to 93 Mt at 1.32% Nb2O5, backed by A$131 million in cash and progressing key development workstreams including permitting and metallurgical testwork.

Barton Gold’s recent drilling at the Challenger Gold Project confirms new open-pittable mineralisation at Challenger South-Southwest and Challenger 3, underpinning potential resource upgrades and a low-risk mill restart.

Saturn Metals has reported robust drilling results at its Apollo Hill Gold Project, reinforcing a near-term upgrade to its 2.24 million ounce Mineral Resource. The new data will underpin the upcoming Definitive Feasibility Study and updated Ore Reserve.

88 Energy is gearing up to drill its Augusta-1 exploration well in Alaska’s North Slope, targeting a stacked oil resource estimated at 133.7 million barrels gross unrisked. The company has secured key operational assets and is progressing farm-out talks to share drilling risks ahead of the planned Q1 2027 spud.

Prospect Resources has updated its Mumbezhi Copper Project Mineral Resource Estimate, boosting tonnage by 20% to 208.1 million tonnes and doubling gold resources to 262,100 ounces. The project now boasts tier-1 copper grades comparable to Zambia’s top mines, with Phase 3 drilling underway to expand resources further.

GBM Resources has reported high-grade gold intersections outside the current 309 deposit resource at its Twin Hills project, reinforcing the potential for resource growth and advancing development plans.

Broken Hill Mines (ASX: BHM) has resumed mining at its Pinnacles Silver-Lead-Zinc Mine, marking its first operations since 2021 and aiming to ramp up production through multiple ore feeds to the Rasp processing plant.

Mount Ridley Mines has launched its first major metallurgical testwork program at the Grass Patch Heavy Rare Earth Element Project, targeting processing pathways for its regolith-hosted rare earth, scandium, and gallium mineralisation.

Nelson Resources has kicked off reconnaissance exploration at its newly staked Cinnamon Tungsten Property in Nevada, aiming to leverage its proximity to Guardian Metal's US Department of Defense-backed Pilot Mountain Project.

Ordell Minerals has strategically expanded its Barimaia Gold Project near Mount Magnet by acquiring three new tenements highly prospective for granodiorite intrusions. This move broadens the exploration scope ahead of a substantial 15,000m drilling campaign scheduled through mid-2026.

Meeka Metals has expanded gold mineralisation at its Rosapenna target within the Fairway shear zone, pushing the strike length to 670 metres and confirming the area’s exploration upside in the Murchison Gold Project.