Latest Western Australia News

Cosmo Metals has launched the diamond drilling phase at its Kanowna Gold Project near Kalgoorlie, focusing on a 400m deep hole co-funded by the WA Government to test key structural gold targets.

Hawk Resources is raising up to $5.87 million through a placement and entitlement offer to fund drilling and soil sampling at its US copper and WA scandium projects. The raise includes a non-renounceable entitlement offer and options issuance, with dilution risks for non-participating shareholders.

Corella Resources has secured a transformative district-scale landholding in Western Australia's West Arunta, targeting niobium, rare earth elements, copper, and gold with a clear exploration roadmap.

Benz Mining has verified extensive tungsten mineralisation across its 12km Glenburgh Gold System, closely linked with high-grade gold zones. The discovery adds a potential by-product revenue stream as drilling intensifies.

Corazon Mining takes a major step into gold development by acquiring the Chalice Gold Project from Westgold, backed by a $16.5 million capital raise and a near 20% strategic stake from Westgold.

Corazon Mining has secured the Chalice Gold Project from Westgold Resources, gaining a 191,000oz high-grade gold resource and a strategic partnership with Westgold as a near-20% shareholder.

Austin Metals has mapped over 12 km of prospective BIF and identified five drill-ready gold targets at Brunswick Hill within its Austin Gold Project. A 4,000m RC drilling campaign is set to begin in June, initially focusing on Brunswick Hill and Mt Sandy.

Australia’s Treasurer has mandated six foreign shareholders to divest nearly 18% of Northern Minerals shares by early July, citing national security under the Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act. Northern Minerals supports the move as vital for aligning with Australia’s strategic interests and advancing its Browns Range rare earths project.

Castle Minerals has locked in a 90% stake in the Nielle Gold Project, a high-grade asset in a prolific West African gold belt, while planning to divest its Ghanaian holdings and rebrand as TerraNova Metals.

Babylon Pump & Power has called off its planned acquisition of a water pumping and storage business after failing to agree on terms. The ASX-listed company now aims to refresh working capital through a capital raise and lift its trading suspension.

TG Metals is accelerating development at its Lake Johnston Lithium Project amid improved lithium prices, with mining lease applications and resource drilling approvals underway for the Burmeister deposit.

TechGen Metals has identified a 2.5km gold soil anomaly and returned high-grade gold and arsenic results near historic workings at its Dalgaranga Gold Project in WA, while initiating key geophysical surveys ahead of planned drilling.