Latest Yilgarn Craton News

Forrestania Resources has upgraded its Johnson Range gold resource to 130,730 ounces, marking a 26% increase supported by recent drilling and independent estimation.

Charger Metals has extended spodumene mineralisation at its Medcalf deposit to 700 metres depth, prompting a pending resource upgrade beyond the maiden 8.2Mt @ 1.0% Li2O estimate.

PLC Resources (ASX:PLC) is set to start its first reverse circulation drilling at the Rochefort Gold Prospect in Western Australia’s Murchison region, targeting a strong gold anomaly near a producing deposit.

Avira Resources has secured a two-year extension for its Mt Cattlin Gold Project tenure and is set to launch a 4,500-metre RC drilling campaign targeting a maiden resource estimate by year-end.

High-Tech Metals has completed 700m of a planned 5,000m RC drilling program at Mt Fisher, aiming to expand its current gold resource by targeting high-grade shoots and extensions. Assay results for the first four holes are expected soon, following operational delays resolved by a contractor change.

Mamba Exploration has identified over 20km of gold mineralisation strike at its Meeka East Gold Project, extending the Mulga Bill trend and unveiling new anomalies. The company secured up to $90,000 in co-funding from the WA Government’s Exploration Incentive Scheme to advance drilling plans.

Arika Resources has won a $211,000 government grant to fund deep diamond drilling targeting high-grade extensions at the historic Cosmopolitan Gold Mine in WA’s Kookynie district. The drilling aims to unlock a large, underexplored mineral system with parallels to major regional deposits.

Premier1 Lithium is set to begin its first-ever drilling campaign at the Rochefort Gold Prospect, targeting a substantial gold-in-soil anomaly near a producing deposit in Western Australia’s Murchison region.

Dreadnought Resources has reported some of the highest-grade gold intercepts yet at Metzke’s Find, extending mineralisation beyond its 2023 resource and setting the stage for a resource upgrade in July 2026.

Gateway Mining has expanded oxide gold mineralisation at its Haflinger prospect to a 4km strike, revealing strong primary gold potential across multiple Yandal prospects. Recent aircore drilling highlights new high-grade intercepts and sets the stage for follow-up RC drilling.

Dreadnought Resources has confirmed near-complete gold recoveries from metallurgical tests at Metzke’s Find, underpinning a planned resource upgrade and scoping study for its Illaara Gold Project.

Leeuwin Metals has delivered strong early results from its 10,000m drilling campaign at Evanston, extending high-grade gold mineralisation beyond the existing resource at the Marda Gold Project.