Latest Surface Sampling News

Chilwa Minerals has expanded its Mpyupyu West heavy mineral sands discovery to over 17 km², surpassing the combined area of the Mpyupyu Dune and Flat deposits. This expanded target borders the recently doubled 109.6 Mt Mpyupyu resource, with drilling underway to test a potential physical merger.

Austral Gold has confirmed significant silver-gold mineralisation across multiple veins at its Juncal Project in Chile, setting the stage for its first-ever drilling campaign.

Infinity Metals has secured a two-year exclusive option to acquire 100% of the high-grade Swansea copper mine in Arizona and raised A$2.25 million via a discounted placement to fund exploration and acquisition costs.

Terra Critical Minerals has validated significant historical tin and indium grades at its newly granted Tamworth Tin Project in NSW, highlighting promising exploration targets across hard-rock and alluvial deposits.

Taruga Minerals has pinpointed seven high priority exploration targets at its Kol Mountain Project in Papua New Guinea, launching its first active field program focused on a large undrilled copper-gold porphyry anomaly and high-grade gold shear zone.

Somerset Minerals (ASX:SMM) is ramping up exploration at its Coppermine copper project in Nunavut, Canada, with thick, high-grade copper intercepts at Jura and a major 17 km Talisker anomaly set for maiden drilling from July 2026.

Eminence Minerals has kicked off a comprehensive drilling campaign at its Campo Grande Rare Earth Project in Brazil, targeting high-priority corridors adjacent to a major peer's high-grade rare earth discovery.

Rapid Critical Metals has obtained a five-year BC Mines Act Permit for its Prophet River Project in Canada, enabling a maiden drilling campaign targeting critical gallium and germanium deposits amid global supply concerns.

Cooper Metals has completed site and heritage preparations to begin RC drilling at its Ardmore North and Attina prospects, both showing significant copper-gold anomalies. Drilling will test 2,000m of combined strike with assays pending from recent surface sampling.

Somerset Minerals has identified extensive copper mineralisation zones at its Coppermine Project in Nunavut, Canada, with a 17km Talisker anomaly near the Danvers deposit and high-grade assays extending Jura North's mineralised system. A maiden Talisker drilling campaign is set for July 2026.

Mammoth Minerals reports extraordinary silver, gold, and copper assay results from surface sampling at Nevada’s Blue Dick Mine Prospect, confirming extensive high-grade mineralisation and setting the stage for drilling in Q3 2026.

Surefire Resources has reported new on-surface float rock gold assays up to 13.19 g/t from its Yidby Loot Prospect in Western Australia, following an amended JORC table submission. The discovery highlights significant gold mineralisation hosted in Albitite rock over a 165m strike length.