Latest Underground Mining News

Stavely Minerals has made significant progress on its Scoping Study for the Thursday’s Gossan and Cayley Lode copper-gold-silver deposits, capturing a large portion of its 60Mt resource and evaluating multiple processing throughput scenarios.

Brightstar Resources has given the green light to its Goldfields Project, commencing construction of a 1.5Mtpa processing plant at Laverton. First gold production is slated for June 2027, backed by full funding and regulatory approvals.

Strickland Metals has expanded the Gradina Deposit's inferred gold resource by 600,000 ounces, pushing the Rogozna Project's total resource to 9.24 million ounces gold equivalent and reinforcing its Tier-1 status.

Meeka Metals is transitioning to underground mining at its Murchison Gold Project, with capital investment tapering and exploration drilling underway to support resource growth and production expansion.

Meeka Metals has kicked off ore development at Judy North within its Andy Well underground mine, targeting a 96,000-ounce high-grade gold resource. Development is expanding across multiple levels, with grades aligning with resource estimates and potential for improvement at depth.

Avira Resources has kicked off siteworks at its Mt Cattlin Gold Project ahead of a 4,500-metre RC drilling program targeting a maiden resource estimate by year-end.

Hillgrove Resources has secured an option to earn an 80% stake in the Mutooroo Copper Project through a $10 million pre-feasibility study farm-in with Havilah Resources, aiming to leverage existing infrastructure to boost copper output.

Hillgrove Resources has secured the right to earn an 80% stake in the Mutooroo Copper Project through a farm-in deal with Havilah Resources, leveraging its Kanmantoo processing plant to potentially boost copper output with lower capital risk.

PC Gold has revealed fresh high-grade gold intersections and a new footwall lode at Spring Hill, reinforcing the project’s growth potential ahead of a resource update.

Wia Gold has raised A$92 million through a heavily supported placement to accelerate development of its Kokoseb Gold Project in Namibia, underpinning progress towards a Definitive Feasibility Study due later this year.

Barton Gold’s recent drilling at the Challenger Gold Project confirms new open-pittable mineralisation at Challenger South-Southwest and Challenger 3, underpinning potential resource upgrades and a low-risk mill restart.

Core Lithium has kicked off mining at the Grants open pit within its Finniss Lithium Operation, aiming to process ore by September and ship spodumene concentrate by December. This milestone advances the company's production restart on schedule.