Latest Resource Growth News

Atomic Eagle has identified broad interpreted uranium zones at two early-stage exploration targets in Zambia, including a 600m by 200m zone at Muntanga North Target 5. The company still needs follow-up drilling to establish whether the mineralisation is continuous and significant enough to support resource growth.

Meeka Metals has lifted its group Mineral Resource to approximately 1.5 million ounces after adding a maiden 270koz estimate for Mt Holland in Western Australia. The expansion comes with a sharper distinction between exploration potential and mine-ready inventory, as Ore Reserves fell to 355koz after depletion and portfolio changes.

Miramar Resources has secured A$1.25 million to fund drilling and early development work at its 80%-owned Gidji JV Gold Project near Kalgoorlie. The raise will target resource growth at Marylebone and Highway while testing deeper bedrock prospects at Marylebone and Lake.

Turaco Gold has confirmed depth and strike extensions at the Begnopan deposit in Côte d’Ivoire, including several high-grade gold intersections from the first 69 holes of a 113-hole program. The results could support a resource classification upgrade and eventual inclusion of Begnopan in Afema’s ore reserve, but no revised resource or reserve has yet been published.

Pursuit Minerals has secured environmental approvals to relocate its pilot plant to Rio Grande Sur and drill a new 500-metre hole at Demasía. The company has also applied to build commercial-scale evaporation ponds for its planned 5,000-tonne-per-year operation, although that approval remains outstanding.

Astral Resources has reported broad and high-grade gold intersections from two deep holes at Theia, including 22 metres at 2.73g/t and 2 metres at 12.8g/t. The results extend the evidence for mineralisation below the current resource shell, but any resource increase remains dependent on the six remaining holes and further interpretation.

Breakthrough Minerals has extended copper-gold mineralisation beyond the existing Turpentine resource model, with the northernmost hole returning 5 metres at 3.75% CuEq. A dedicated RC rig is due to resume drilling next week as the company tests how far the system continues.

Everest Metals has started a 6,000-metre drilling campaign at Revere while commissioning a Scoping Study targeted for March quarter 2027. A separate $150,000 cash and share transaction would lift EMC’s stated joint venture interest to 56% and halve a royalty burden over selected tenements.

New Hope delivered more coal, expanded its resource base and declared a 30-cent final dividend, but lower realised prices and higher costs cut FY26 profit by 63.4%. The results leave investors weighing near-term earnings pressure against a larger production pipeline.

True North Copper expanded its copper growth pipeline in FY26, but the annual report makes clear that exploration momentum still depends on fresh capital. The company ended the year with A$7.1 million in cash and a A$7.5 million Mt Oxide payment due in December.

Western Gold Resources is pursuing multiple processing alternatives for Gold Duke after Wiluna Mining deferred third-party tolling, while revising the project’s study around a larger resource. The company is also considering corporate opportunities, but no processing agreement, transaction or expanded mine plan has been secured.

Charger Metals has mobilised an RC rig for a 10,000m programme aimed at expanding and upgrading confidence in its 10.6Mt Medcalf lithium resource. The work is funded by the $3.752 million cash sale of the Bynoe Lithium Project and comes as Charger commits to a scoping study at Lake Johnston.