Latest Rio Tinto News

LCL Resources has been granted the Kau Creek Exploration Licence in Papua New Guinea, consolidating its tenure over a significant mineralised corridor with historic high-grade gold and silver results. The milestone triggers a A$200,000 payment from Rio Tinto under their farm-in agreement, setting the stage for expanded exploration.

Rio Tinto reported a 3% year-on-year increase in copper equivalent production for H1 2026, driven by Oyu Tolgoi’s 31% growth and record iron ore output in the Pilbara, while maintaining full-year guidance amid geopolitical headwinds.

Macro Metals has secured 100% of the Yandi South Iron Ore Project, adding a historical 4.28Mt resource and promising exploration upside near major Pilbara mines. The deal complements its existing Extension Iron Project stake and mining services contracts.

G11 Resources has confirmed a significant 90m zone of hydrothermal alteration at its Zig Zag target in Tasmania, with further drilling and surveys underway to test the open-ended geophysical anomaly.

ABx Group’s ALCORE subsidiary has begun civil construction at its Bell Bay pilot plant, advancing a novel process to produce hydrogen fluoride from aluminium smelter by-products, addressing Australia’s dependence on imports.

Energy Resources of Australia faces extended uncertainty as Zentree Investments lodges an appeal against Rio Tinto’s compulsory acquisition, prolonging ERA’s delisting and share suspension.

Rio Tinto has opted out of operating Sovereign Metals' Kasiya project, ending its exclusive marketing rights and allowing Sovereign to pursue a US-focused critical minerals approach. Sovereign aims to secure binding offtake deals with US and allied partners, leveraging Kasiya's strategic minerals for Western supply chains.

Antipa Minerals’ updated Pre-Feasibility Study test-work validates a conventional gold-copper processing route with strong recoveries and reveals geotechnical improvements that could reduce underground mining at Minyari Dome.

North Stawell Minerals (ASX:NSM) has expanded its gold footprint north of the Stawell Gold Mine, defining an 800-metre gold trend at Darlington and confirming significant mineralisation at Caledonia through re-split air core drilling assays.

ABx Group has released an economic assessment showing its ALCORE process can produce hydrogen fluoride at significantly lower costs than traditional fluorspar methods, potentially reshaping Australia's fluorine chemical supply chain.

Middle Island Resources has extended the gold-silver-base metal mineralisation at its Bobija Project in Serbia to an 80,000m² footprint, with broad, shallow intersections linking multiple zones into a continuous system that remains open in all directions.

Rimfire Pacific Mining’s initial metallurgical tests at the Murga Scandium Deposit reveal promising scandium recoveries using atmospheric leaching, a less complex method than industry norms. The company has launched longer-term tests to validate these findings, potentially reshaping the economics of its Fifield scandium resources.