Lefroy Exploration has reported new milestones at its Lucky Strike gold project in Western Australia, while Broken Hill Mines and Auravelle Metals are also progressing gold and base metal targets across their respective tenements. Activity includes step-out drilling to extend known mineralised zones, infill drilling to tighten resource models, and follow-up on geophysical anomalies indicating potential sulphide-rich lenses. For geotechs and mine planners, the results signal continuing demand for resource definition drilling, updated block models, and early-stage geotechnical characterisation to support future pit and underground designs.

Alkane Resources lifted March quarter output to 45,776 ounces of gold equivalent from its Tomingley operations in New South Wales, materially boosting cash on hand and balance sheet strength. The performance comes as Alkane advances open-pit and underground expansion at Tomingley and continues drilling across the East Lachlan region, including the Boda porphyry gold–copper system. Strong cash generation improves funding flexibility for further resource definition drilling, mine life extensions and potential plant upgrades without immediate reliance on external capital.

Maiden drilling at Benz Mining’s Hurricane project in Western Australia has confirmed a new high-grade gold mineralised corridor, extending the existing Hurricane Camp footprint. The corridor was initially recognised in surface geochemical sampling and has now been intersected in multiple reverse circulation and diamond drillholes, with visible sulphide mineralisation associated with gold-bearing structures. The discovery opens additional step-out drilling targets along strike and at depth, with immediate implications for resource expansion and future mine planning at Hurricane.