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.

Boss Energy is pursuing a new development pathway for the Honeymoon uranium operation in South Australia based on an alternative wide-spaced in-situ recovery wellfield layout. The concept aims to reduce drilling density and capital per pound of U₃O₈ while maintaining flow rates and leach contact, potentially cutting operating costs across the existing plant and satellite wellfields. For geotechnical and hydrogeological teams, the approach will hinge on demonstrating sufficient hydraulic connectivity, containment within the mineralised aquifer and reliable long-term recovery under the wider spacing.