Latest Zinc News

Diablo Resources has exercised its option over 101 patented claims covering the historic Horn Silver Mine in Utah, bringing its broader 202-claim, 13.2 square kilometre project package together. The company will now rank targets, advance permitting and prepare for a maiden Horn Silver drilling program in 2026.

Red Hill Minerals has more than doubled FY2026 net profit to A$20.1 million as its Onslow Iron royalty delivered A$28.8 million in income. The ASX-listed miner declared a fully franked final dividend of 10.8 cents per share, taking FY2026 distributions to 22.4 cents per share.

Talonx Resources has identified copper and broader base-metal exploration potential across its 1,000km² Kihabe Project in Botswana, supported by historical copper intersections and established zinc-lead-silver resources. The immediate task is to turn an exploration thesis into drill-ready targets, with no new drilling or copper resource reported in the announcement.

Piche Resources has begun a strategic review of its three remaining mineral projects and potential new opportunities after completing its rights issue, while searching for a chief executive to lead the next phase. The review will be supported by independent geological consultants, but no acquisition, disposal or revised exploration program has yet been announced.

Daly Resources has begun systematic soil sampling at the Hot Spring zinc target in the Northern Territory, using surface geochemistry to refine drill locations ahead of maiden diamond drilling. The target lies along the same structural corridor as the HYC and Teena zinc deposits, although no mineralisation has yet been identified at Hot Spring.

Raptor Metals has launched a multi-element assay program on archived drill core at its Chester Project, aiming to unlock the polymetallic potential of its existing copper resource in Canada’s Bathurst Mining Camp.

Green & Gold Minerals (ASX:GG1) is raising $3.2 million through a 1-for-2 renounceable rights issue priced at 10 cents per share to fund aggressive drilling programs targeting copper-silver-tin at Herberton and gold resource expansion at Chillagoe's Mt Wandoo.

Iltani Resources has reported robust assay results from nine new drill holes at its flagship Orient Silver-Indium Project, confirming continuity and expansion potential across Orient East, West, and Vein One zones. The company targets a resource update in Q4 2026 to underpin a 2027 scoping study.

Argent Minerals has kicked off its first-ever drilling campaign at the Trunkey Creek Gold Project in New South Wales, targeting a priority zone within a 4.7km gold-mineralised corridor beneath historic workings.

Tivan Limited’s latest bulk assays from Timor-Leste confirm high-grade copper and gold mineralisation, sharpening focus on the Vemasse and Scorpion prospects for drilling later this year.

TechGen Metals has wrapped up diamond drilling at its Blue Devil Project in East Kimberley, intersecting pyrite-rich sedimentary rocks and quartz-carbonate-pyrite zones that hint at an intrusive-related gold system. Initial assay results are due next month, potentially setting the stage for further exploration.

Polymetals Resources has boosted the Endeavor Mine’s Mineral Resource to 20.7 million tonnes, adding 1.3 Mt of high-grade sulphide mineralisation in the Upper Main Lode despite ongoing depletion and a more conservative density model.