True North Copper has secured $5 million in Queensland Government funding to restart exploration at the legacy Cloncurry copper project, targeting extensions to historical high-grade lodes using modern geophysics and deeper diamond drilling. Aureka is ramping up RC and diamond drilling across its Western Australian gold tenements, focusing on structurally controlled shear-hosted mineralisation near existing 1–2Mtpa processing hubs to fast-track potential toll treatment. Rincon is expanding silver and base metal exploration in South Australia with step-out drilling around known vein systems and updated 3D geological modelling to refine resource targets.

A breakthrough electrochemical processing technology for low‑grade copper ores has secured $5 million in Federal Government funding in Australia. The process targets previously uneconomic resources, aiming to recover copper from low‑grade and complex deposits that conventional flotation and smelting struggle to treat. If scaled, the technology could materially change project cut‑off grades, extend mine lives at existing operations, and open new deposits in underexplored Australian copper provinces.

Power solutions provider Genus is pushing miners to address electrification and connectivity at concept stage, using integrated power and digital networks rather than bolt‑on systems. The company is working with delivery partners to design mine power architectures that can accommodate trolley assist, battery‑electric haul trucks and high‑bandwidth OT networks without major rework. For geotechnical and civil teams, this means earlier coordination on substation footprints, cable corridors and high‑load foundations for modular power assets planned for 2026 projects.