Exploration & DiscoveryNews Brightstar flags significant potential Sandstone resource upgrade Brightstar Resources (ASX: BTR) has received a 305.4m at 1.82g/t of gold assay result from its drilling at its Sandstone gold project in WA.
Exploration & DiscoveryNews Exploration spending holds at $3.9b Australia’s total mineral exploration expenditure held steady in 2025 as increased spending on gold and silver-lead-zinc offset declines across other commodities.
Exploration & DiscoveryNews North Stanmore rare earths confirmed in secondary phosphate Recent mineral analysis results have confirmed the rare earths at Victory Metals’ (ASX: VTM) North Stanmore project will be cheaper and easier to extract than previously thought.
Exploration & DiscoveryNews Falcon gets greenlight for drilling at Errabiddy Falcon Metals (ASX: FAL) has secured regulatory approvals for its maiden drilling program at its Olsen Well target as part of the Errabiddy gold project in WA.
Exploration & DiscoveryNews Ramelius lifts exploration budget on high-grade results High-grade drilling results have strengthened Ramelius Resources’ (ASX: RMS) case for its next underground mine as the company targets annual production of more than 500,000oz by FY30.
Exploration & DiscoveryNews Microbes unlock uranium in mine waste Microbial activity in decades-old South Australian mine waste may be transforming uranium and rare earth elements into mobile nanoparticles capable of dispersing through the environment, new research has found.
Exploration & DiscoveryNews Kingfisher extends high-grade mineralisation at Copper Blow Kingfisher Mining (ASX: KFM) has reported high-grade assay results from its reverse circulation drilling program at the Copper Blow iron oxide copper gold project near Broken Hill, NSW.
Exploration & DiscoveryNews Ark advances Queensland fluorite exploration The Queensland Government has granted Ark Mines (ASX: AHK) an exploration permit for its Jackson fluorite project near Chillagoe in North Queensland.
Exploration & DiscoveryNews Barton returns high-grade assays Barton Gold Holdings (ASX: BGD) has returned some of the highest-grade assays received to date from the southern Area 223 zone at its Tunkillia gold project in South Australia.
Exploration & DiscoveryNews Larvotto drilling supports Hillgrove growth Larvotto Resources (ASX: LRV) has reported further high-grade drilling results from the Midas Lode at its 100%-owned Hillgrove antimony-gold project in NSW.
Exploration & DiscoveryNews Exploration spending nears $1b New Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data shows the Australian mineral exploration sector experienced a 16.3% year-on-year expenditure increase to $949.3m during Q3 FY26.
