Latest Drilling Campaigns News

Elixir Energy advances its dominant position in Queensland’s Taroom Trough with a major drilling campaign set for early 2026, aiming to address looming East Coast gas shortages. The company’s extensive acreage and certified resources position it as a key player in Australia’s energy future.

Stavely Minerals has launched a new phase of drilling at its Fairview South gold prospect, revealing promising high-grade gold intercepts and expanding the known mineralised zone by hundreds of metres. Concurrent reconnaissance drilling at the S41 target signals growing exploration momentum in western Victoria.

Patronus Resources (ASX – PTN) reveals a robust financial position with $78 million in cash and investments alongside a 2.3 million ounce gold equivalent resource base, underpinning a multi-commodity growth strategy across Western Australia and the Northern Territory.

Venari Minerals has identified six strong multi-element soil anomalies at its Needles Gold Project in Nevada, highlighting significant untested potential for large-scale epithermal gold-silver mineralisation. The company awaits assay results from recent drilling amid a US lab backlog.

Horseshoe Metals reports strong drilling results confirming extensive shallow copper mineralisation at its Horseshoe Lights Project, with Direct Shipping Ore operations set to begin this quarter amid active offtake and funding talks.

Resources & Energy Group Limited (ASX, REZ) has announced a substantial JORC-compliant exploration target at its Gigante Grande Central Domain, estimating up to 500,000 ounces of gold. An extensive 8,750m drilling program is planned to commence in early 2026 to test and expand this promising resource.

GBM Resources has reported significant new gold assay results from its Lone Sister deposit, revealing high-grade mineralisation beyond the current resource estimate and identifying a previously unknown east-west gold-bearing structure.

Kuniko Limited’s recent airborne electromagnetic survey at its Commonwealth Gold–Silver Project has revealed multiple promising conductive features along a key structural corridor, setting the stage for targeted drilling in early 2026.

Tali Resources has advanced its exploration in the underexplored West Arunta region, focusing on copper and critical minerals, with key drilling results expected in December 2025. The company’s significant landholding and strong local partnerships position it well in Australia’s emerging mineral province.

QMines Limited has reprocessed over 3,100 historical soil samples at its Mount Mackenzie Gold Project, revealing extensive gold-silver-arsenic anomalies aligned with key geological features. A multi-rig drilling campaign is now underway to test these high-priority targets.

Lion Rock Minerals has pinpointed a unique monazite-enriched granite source rich in heavy rare earths at its Minta Est Project in Cameroon, triggering an infill drilling campaign to define this promising mineralisation.

Strickland Metals has reported its largest-ever mineralised intercept at the Gradina Deposit in Serbia, with over 700 metres of continuous gold and zinc mineralisation. This breakthrough supports confidence in expanding the Rogozna Project’s resource ahead of a maiden estimate due late 2025.