Latest Soil Geochemistry News

Venari Minerals has moved Red Mountain from grassroots discovery to a 3.03Mt lithium carbonate equivalent inferred resource, backed by 99.5% battery-grade lithium carbonate test work. The next test is commercial rather than geological, with drilling, permitting and a planned Scoping Study now competing against a large loss and ongoing funding needs.

North Stawell Minerals has expanded and refined its Darlington-Caledonia exploration targets, including a post-year-end intercept of 0.4 metres at 17.1 g/t gold. But the gold explorer ended FY2026 with $701,960 in cash, a deeper loss and an auditor warning that further funding is needed to sustain operations.

Augustus Minerals has reported broad gold mineralisation at its Clifton East prospect in Western Australia, including a 1m interval grading 19.5g/t gold. The explorer’s FY2026 loss narrowed, but continued drilling remains dependent on further equity funding.

Unity Metals has secured an oversubscribed $3.5 million placement and plans a further $1 million share purchase plan to accelerate drilling across its Cambodian gold projects. The raise gives the explorer funding to test extensions at O’Phlay and new targets at Ngot, but also brings dilution and shareholder-approval hurdles.

EcoGraf has strengthened the technical and commercial case for its Tanzanian graphite strategy, including a larger Epanko ore reserve and planned downstream processing. But cash fell to A$3.8 million, and auditors flagged a material uncertainty over the company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

Moho Resources has expanded its Bush Chook exploration story with new shallow gold systems, but its auditor has warned that ongoing cash outflows and reliance on future funding create material uncertainty over its ability to continue as a going concern. The company held $1.27 million in cash at 30 June 2026 after raising $2 million and selling Silver Swan North.

Perpetual Resources has added 62 lode claims around its Nevada Scheelite tungsten project, expanding the land position by 1,271.63 acres and more than 15 times the original patented claim area. The move broadens the project from a historic mine redevelopment opportunity into a larger exploration play, although the new ground remains untested.

Riedel Resources has begun a 1,100-sample soil geochemistry program across its 580km² Cosmo Gold Project in Western Australia, targeting unexplored ground and existing gold anomalies. The work is designed to sharpen drill targets before the company’s maiden Cosmo drilling campaign, scheduled for October.

Bayan Mining and Minerals has begun a third phase of surface sampling at its Bayan Springs South gold project in Nevada, extending an open southern anomaly and testing a previously unsampled northern fault intersection. The work is intended to sharpen drill targets, while assays from the company’s completed Desert Star RC program are expected in October 2026.

Right Resources has begun a fully funded 2,000-metre aircore program at its Blue Prospect near Tumbarumba, testing six tungsten and five gold anomalies for the first time below surface. Assay results are expected progressively during the December Quarter, but the campaign is exploratory and is not designed to define a Mineral Resource.

Sultan Resources has applied for a 171.2km² copper-gold exploration licence in Namibia’s Central Damara Orogen, a region with established gold deposits and growing copper interest. The opportunity would add a sizeable new landholding without issuing consideration shares, although the licence remains subject to grant and has produced no company exploration results yet.

Dalaroo Metals has identified coincident geophysical and geochemical features at its Watheroo Cu-Ni-PGE prospect, including a modelled chargeability response of approximately 18 mV/V. The results support plans for deep RC drilling, but the anomalies remain unproven and could have non-mineralisation sources.