Latest Resource Extensions News

Aurum Resources has reported further high-grade gold at its BST1 deposit in Côte d’Ivoire, including mineralisation beyond the current resource that remains open at depth. The results will feed an updated Boundiali resource estimate due by the end of October and a definitive feasibility study targeted for late 2026.

Auric Mining has moved from study work towards execution at its Burbanks-Munda gold plan, securing processing infrastructure for A$1.2 million and reporting strong Munda drilling results. The company is targeting mining at Munda in late 2027 and first gold from Burbanks in early 2028, subject to approvals and project execution.

Great Southern Mining has reported a run of high-grade gold intercepts at Golden Boulder, extending mineralisation across the northern 1.1 kilometres of a 3.5-kilometre trend. The exploration gains arrive alongside A$2.524 million in cash and a reported 1.13 quarters of funding at the quarter-end spending rate.

Turaco Gold has reported one of its strongest Woulo Woulo intercepts, with 56 metres at 3.87g/t gold including 16 metres at 10.19g/t. The results extend a high-grade structural shoot beneath the existing resource and trigger another six-hole deep drilling campaign.

Iltani Resources has secured firm commitments for a $4.6 million placement, anchored by a $1.5 million investment from QIC’s Queensland Critical Minerals Fund. The funding will support a 145-hole drilling program at the Orient Silver-Zinc-Indium Project before the wet season, with further work planned in 2027.

Barkly Rare Earths has entered its first full year as an ASX-listed explorer with A$5.38 million in cash, a 10,000-metre drilling programme underway and an early 99% magnet rare earth oxide extraction result. The technical signals are encouraging, but both the drilling data and metallurgy remain at an early stage.

High-Tech Metals enters FY2027 with $9.8 million in cash after a major option exercise, while its Western Australian gold portfolio advances toward development. The company remains loss-making and has no Ore Reserves, leaving drilling, studies and future funding as the key tests.

Black Cat Syndicate’s gold inventory has fallen to 2.31Moz of Resources and 272koz of Reserves after mining depletion and model revisions. The producer is responding with up to $35 million of FY27 exploration spending while targeting 80-90koz of output.

Ballard Mining has expanded the Mt Ida Gold Project’s global Mineral Resource Estimate by 56% to 1.836 million ounces, while securing the approvals and cash runway needed to advance development studies. The pre-production company is now targeting a maiden Ore Reserve, feasibility study and Final Investment Decision in the first half of calendar 2027.

Alice Queen has outlined a potentially lucrative Horn Island development case, but the numbers remain preliminary and depend on further drilling, approvals and funding. The gold explorer ended FY2026 with a A$3.55 million loss and A$3.6 million in cash.

Torque Metals enters FY2027 with a 351,000-ounce Ritz Gold Project resource, $13.6 million in cash and an exceptional post-year-end HHH intercept. But the annual report also carries an auditor-highlighted material uncertainty over going concern, with further funding potentially required to sustain exploration.

Lefroy Exploration has moved from explorer to gold producer after Lucky Strike delivered its first gold, while Mt Martin and Burns advanced towards potential development. The milestone comes alongside a $2.136 million loss and an auditor warning that uncertain profit distributions may require further funding.