29Metals has reported new drilling results at its Golden Grove operations in Western Australia, confirming further high‑grade copper–zinc–gold mineralisation at the Oizon deposit within the Gossan Hill project. Resource extension and resource conversion drilling both intersected additional ore-grade material, supporting Oizon’s progression as a key emerging underground ore source for the site’s existing processing plant. The results indicate scope to grow mine life and re-optimise stope sequencing, with geotechnical and ventilation planning likely to focus increasingly on Oizon as drilling tightens the resource model.

Namibia is emerging as a copper exploration hub as Australian juniors C29 Metals and Midas Minerals ramp up drilling across underexplored Proterozoic copper belts using extensive historical datasets from past state and major-company campaigns. C29 managing director Shannon Green is targeting large-scale sediment-hosted systems analogous to the Central African Copperbelt, with modern geophysics and deeper RC and diamond drilling testing beneath shallow cover that limited earlier work. For geologists and miners, Namibia offers district-scale potential with relatively simple logistics, established mining law, and scope for rapid resource definition if current programs hit thickness and grade.

REalloys is raising US$100 million via a securities purchase agreement to fund a vertically integrated mine-to-magnet rare earth supply chain centred on its Hoidas Lake project in Saskatchewan and downstream magnet manufacturing in Euclid, Ohio. The company is partnering with the Saskatchewan Research Council to scale heavy rare earth separation, refining and metallisation, and has a 15-year offtake for concentrates from Critical Metals’ Tanbreez project in Greenland. Bloomberg reports REalloys may also build a rare earth separation plant at the US Army’s Tooele Army Depot in Utah, pending government approval.