Latest Underground Drilling News

Vertex Minerals’ Reward Gold Mine produced 679 ounces in its first production year, but the transition came with a A$16.4 million loss, negative operating cash flow and a formal going-concern warning. The company now faces a narrow window to prove its mechanised mining plan can lift production before debt repayments and further funding decisions bite.

Black Cat Syndicate’s gold inventory has fallen to 2.31Moz of Resources and 272koz of Reserves after mining depletion and model revisions. The producer is responding with up to $35 million of FY27 exploration spending while targeting 80-90koz of output.

Ballymore Resources enters FY2027 with Dittmer moving towards underground resource drilling, bulk sampling and trial mining, while Torpy’s has emerged as a second high-grade polymetallic opportunity. The progress came alongside a $3.10 million loss, a $10.92 million royalty liability and a disclosed material uncertainty over ongoing funding.

Krakatoa Resources has reported a second batch of strong antimony and gold assays from drilling at its Zopkhito project in Georgia, led by a 5.61-metre interval grading 3.31g/t gold and 4.28% antimony. The results add support to mineralisation continuity, but the project remains at the exploration stage ahead of drilling, metallurgical work and a planned JORC resource estimate.

Altoro Metals says underground drilling has expanded the apparent width of the Emilia zinc mineralised system beyond 100 metres, although assays from nine holes are still pending. The company is combining four historical workings into one Novales Project as it prepares further drilling, a resource upgrade and mine restart documents.

Nelson Resources has made Gold Point the centrepiece of its exploration strategy, with underground drilling underway in Nevada and exploration assets rising to A$2.81 million. The push came alongside a wider A$1.17 million FY2026 loss, A$2.10 million in cash and continued reliance on equity funding.

Tanami Gold has entered FY27 with funding in place for a 3,500-metre underground decline at Groundrush, after raising $70.5 million and reporting a 2.8 million ounce Central Tanami resource. The project remains in the study and resource-definition phase, with no Ore Reserve or production decision yet disclosed.

Apollo Minerals has completed a 180-line-kilometre airborne magnetic and radiometric survey over its Couflens tungsten-gold project in France, with the work conducted alongside the French Geological Survey. The data is still being processed, but it could help shape the next phase of exploration, including planned underground drilling at the Véronique zone.

Bellevue Gold will spend A$25-30 million on FY27 exploration after its Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve declined year on year, while a slower Barminco ramp-up is expected to cut September-quarter production by 3,000-4,000 ounces. High-grade Deacon North drilling and deeper targets offer a possible longer-term counterweight.

Cobre has logged copper sulphide mineralisation in its first deep diamond hole at Sierra Atacama since 2021, extending the system below the existing operation. The result is encouraging but remains visual and preliminary, with laboratory assays due in October.

Pantoro Gold has extended the interpreted mineralised strike at its Racetrack discovery to about 900 metres, with drilling returning several high-grade intersections. The company will begin a 450-metre exploration decline from the OK Underground Mine in the December 2026 quarter, although Racetrack remains outside the current Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve.

Rox Resources has reported multiple high-grade underground gold intercepts at Youanmi’s United North area, including 10.30m at 12.46g/t. Ore drives on two levels have also extended about 125m beyond the existing DFS mine plan, with production stoping preparations now underway.