Category: Exploration & Discovery

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.

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.

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.

The Queensland Government has granted Ark Mines (ASX: AHK) an exploration permit for its Jackson fluorite project near Chillagoe in North Queensland.

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.

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. 

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.

The Queensland Government is launching Australia’s largest high-resolution regional airborne gravity gradiometry (AGG) survey covering 40,000km across Queensland’s north-west.

Northern Star (ASX: NST) has reported Hemi’s mineral resources and ore reserves for the first time, driving a 26% and 27% increase in group mineral resources and ore reserves, respectively.

Ardea Resources (ASX: ARL) has pushed back the definitive feasibility study (DFS) final report for its Kalgoorlie nickel project, with completion now extending beyond the previous timeline of June 30.

Terra Metals (ASX: TM1) has observed zones of massive sulphide mineralisation in its first diamond drillhole of 2026 at the Southwest prospect within the Dante project in WA.