Latest Reverse Circulation Drilling News

Terrain Minerals has secured a $1 million commitment from Gandel Metals at a 33.33% premium to market, anchoring a broader $2.513 million placement and rights issue. The funds will support the company’s largest planned RC drilling campaign at the Lightning gold and silver project.

Kali Metals has reported a 2.36-metre intersection grading 10.8g/t gold from just 8.7 metres at its Marble Bar project in Western Australia. The Phase II results extend the shallow gold system across a cumulative 3km strike, but the project remains at the exploration stage with no mineral resource yet defined.

Patronus Resources is taking a well-funded exploration campaign into a busy phase, with 30,000 metres of multi-rig drilling underway at Pine Creek and a stated $65 million in cash and investments. The investor presentation also highlights a 2.3Moz AuEq resource base, although parts of the portfolio rely on historical estimates and future WA work remains dependent on heritage access.

Metal Hawk has highlighted a shallow, high-grade gold intercept at the Numbat lode in Western Australia, with the structure remaining open along strike and at depth. Follow-up drilling is due to resume shortly, but the discovery remains an exploration result rather than a defined resource.

Cazaly Resources has extended anomalous gold mineralisation more than 400 metres south at Hastings, including a shallow 7-metre zone grading 1.2g/t. The company now plans 2,500 metres of RC drilling at Hastings and an initial test of unverified historical high-grade results at Gulls Blow.

Clara Resources has converted the sale of its non-core Kildanga nickel-cobalt project into $2.1 million of unconditional cash consideration, including $150,000 already received. The remaining $1.95 million is due by 30 September and is earmarked largely for drilling at Mareeba.

Australasian Metals has locked in a three-month exclusive option to acquire majority stakes in two promising lithium projects in Côte d'Ivoire, marking a strategic move into West Africa's emerging critical minerals scene.

Forrestania Resources has vaulted into a new league with a global gold resource exceeding 2 million ounces following its acquisition of the Edna May Gold Project, which brings significant processing infrastructure and development potential.

Manhattan Gold Corporation has delivered robust drilling results at its Jaws target in Nunavut, expanding the known gold mineralised system by over 290 metres along strike and confirming high-grade zones to a vertical depth of 223 metres. The ongoing exploration campaign bolsters the project's scale and economic potential.

Albion Resources has locked in a three-month exclusive option to acquire four exploration licences adjacent to its Gidgee Gold Project, adding about 27 square kilometres of highly prospective ground near known high-grade gold zones and polymetallic targets.

Middle Island Resources has unveiled substantial copper anomalies at its Jelaca and Oglavak prospects within the Priboj Project, bolstering its volcanogenic massive sulphide exploration thesis.

Dundas Minerals has kicked off a major reverse circulation drilling campaign targeting resource growth and confidence upgrades across its three Kalgoorlie gold projects, Capricorn, Baden-Powell, and Rockland.