Doug Bright

Bulls N' Bears 27 Aug 2026

Maritana extends high grade gold at Burbanks, near Kalgoorlie in WA

Maritana Minerals has extended high-grade gold mineralisation at depth with its latest diamond drilling at the Burbanks project, 9km south of Coolgardie. Results include a standout 0.48m intercept grading 25.19 grams per tonne gold. The program is designed to test underground extensions not currently within the mine plan, potentially providing a new source of feed for the company's Black Swan processing hub.

Bulls N' Bears 27 Aug 2026

St George eyes Brazilian rare earths processing centre

St George Mining has entered a collaboration with the Brazilian State of Minas Gerais and industrial giant Lima & Pergher Group to assess a new rare earths processing centre. The proposed hub would create a domestic mine-to-magnet supply chain, refining feedstock from projects such as St George's massive Araxá deposit into materials for Brazil's first permanent magnet factory.

Bulls N' Bears 27 Aug 2026

WA Gold fires up rig in hunt for gold reserve near Wiluna

WA Gold Limited has kicked off a 54-hole, 7200-metre reverse circulation drilling program at its wholly owned Abercromby gold project near Wiluna, in WA's storied Wiluna-Agnew greenstone belt. The campaign is designed to upgrade the existing 518,000-ounce gold resource to a maiden ore reserve for a planned stage one open-pit mine, with the company targeting a final investment decision in 2027.

Bulls N' Bears 26 Aug 2026

Xpedra drills deep, broad gold at growing NSW discovery

Xpedra Resources has confirmed depth extensions at its Springfield gold deposit, 10km south of Gulgong in NSW, with its four deepest holes to date all hitting broad gold mineralisation. New results include a 64-metre intercept grading 1.34 grams per tonne gold from 140m. The system is defined over 400m of strike and remains open, with a third drill phase planned to test a 1.1km northern extension.

Bulls N' Bears 25 Aug 2026

St George launches permit push for Brazilian rare earths giant

St George Mining has fired the starting gun on the permitting process for its world-class Araxá rare earths and niobium project in Brazil. The company has lodged its Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Impact Report with state authorities in Minas Gerais, marking the first formal step in a multi-stage licensing process for its proposed open-pit mine and industrial complex.

Bulls N' Bears 25 Aug 2026

Big Hits: Sun Silver, Manhattan Gold Corporation and QMines Ltd

Bulls N' Bears Big Hits looks at notable drill intercepts recently reported to the ASX last week, led by Sun Silver, Manhattan Gold Corporation and QMines Ltd. Sun Silver took out top spot after delivering a monster silver-equivalent intercept from its Maverick Springs project in Nevada, USA.

Bulls N' Bears 21 Aug 2026

Terrain IP lights up multiple priority WA Mid West gold targets

Terrain Minerals has defined seven new high-priority gold drill targets from an induced polarisation geophysical survey at its Smokebush project in Western Australia. They include a strong anomaly immediately north of its recent 54,000-ounce Lightning gold discovery in the northern part of its tenure and a previously untested structure 1500m to the west. The company is now planning its next follow-up RC drilling campaign.

Bulls N' Bears 20 Aug 2026

Maritana boosts WA gold reserves 148% to 204,000 ounces

After accounting for mining depletion, Maritana Minerals has delivered a significant boost to its gold inventory, boosting its gold ore reserves in WA by a whopping 148 per cent to 204,000 ounces and hiking its total combined mineral resource to 1.86 million ounces of gold, up by 6.6 per cent on a year-on-year basis. The growth was driven by the company's maiden reserves at its Crake and Kalpini projects.

Bulls N' Bears 20 Aug 2026

Augustus takes fresh angle on gold hotspot near Leonora in WA

Augustus Minerals says it will target a new high-grade gold theory at its Clifton East prospect when the company launches a new RC drilling campaign at its Music Well project, 35km north of WA's Leonora. The program will test a new geological theory by drilling oblique higher grade quartz vein zones from the opposite direction to that previously employed.

Bulls N' Bears 19 Aug 2026

KalGold locks in heritage deal to fast-track WA gold hunt

Kalgoorlie Gold Mining has executed a comprehensive heritage protection agreement with the Kakarra Aboriginal Corporation, covering its key Pinjin and Bulong Taurus gold projects near Kalgoorlie in WA. The company says the deal will streamline heritage surveys and fast-track clearances for upcoming drill programs, de-risking its exploration activities.

Bulls N' Bears 18 Aug 2026

Chariot lines up China-backed Nigerian lithium offtake deal

The share price of Chariot Resources surged after the company signed a term sheet with a subsidiary of Chinese behemoth Xiamen C&D and others for a partner-funded program in Nigeria. The proposed deal covers drilling, potential trial mining and offtake for direct shipping lithium ore, providing a potential low-cost pathway for Chariot to explore and potentially monetise its recently acquired Nigerian portfolio.

Bulls N' Bears 17 Aug 2026

Aurum extends gold resource potential with 80g/t hit in West Africa

Aurum Resources has tabled a swag of high-grade gold hits from its 3.22-million-ounce Boundiali project in West Africa. Drilling outside the current resource at the BST1 deposit returned a stellar 3m intercept grading 80.09 grams per tonne gold. At the nearby BST2 prospect, which has no defined resource, drilling hit 3m going 27.65 g/t gold, confirming a significant growth opportunity.

Bulls N' Bears 17 Aug 2026

Forrestania inks $27M mining deal for Tycho gold mine in WA goldfields

Forrestania Resources has awarded an estimated $27 million open pit mining contract for its Tycho gold project in WA to MEGA Resources. The deal covers a seven-month campaign and is a critical step in the company's transition to becoming a producer as it advances towards first gold production from its growing portfolio.

Bulls N' Bears 14 Aug 2026

KalGold wraps up drilling blitz on regional-scale Eastern Goldfields structure

Kalgoorlie Gold Mining has wrapped up its largest-ever aircore drilling program, punching out more than 7000m across 225 holes at the previously untested LTZ Flexure target within its Pinjin gold project, 140km northeast of Kalgoorlie in WA. The program tested a major structural bend - a classic plumbing system trap for gold - in the historical 30-million-ounce Laverton Tectonic Zone, with assay results expected in six weeks.

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Bulls N' Bears 13 Aug 2026

AI boom a copper boon, not a bust

While fibre optics will carry the data in the new artificial intelligence era, the massive electricity demand from new data centres is set to create an unexpected boom for copper. Analysts tip AI could add up to 2 million tonnes of copper demand by 2030, with new hyperscale facilities requiring up to ten times more of the metal than legacy infrastructure.

Bulls N' Bears 12 Aug 2026

Maritana clears key approvals for Black Swan gold processing hub

Maritana Minerals has cleared major hurdles for its Black Swan processing hub near Kalgoorlie, securing critical environmental and mining approvals from the West Australian government. The approvals de-risk the project's timeline and pave the way for a final investment decision ahead of a targeted first gold pour in H2 2027.

Bulls N' Bears 12 Aug 2026

Estrella lights up Timor-Leste targets for deep drilling

Estrella Resources' recently completed drone-borne aerial geophysical survey has defined multiple deep drill targets at its Ira Miri manganese project in Timor-Leste. Two distinct styles of targets point to deep conductive hydrothermal “plumes” possibly related to sulphide mineralisation and other shallow conductivity anomalies which might reflect manganese bearing horizons. The company is preparing to launch a 3000m drilling campaign which will be the deepest mineral exploration program in the country's history.

Bulls N' Bears 11 Aug 2026

St George delivers massive Brazil resource upgrade

St George Mining has confirmed its Araxá project in Brazil as a world-class deposit, delivering a monster resource upgrade to 111.2 million tonnes at a solid 3.57 per cent total rare earth oxides and 0.57 per cent niobium pentoxide. The result represents a 57 per cent lift in total tonnage but crucially, a 155 per cent surge in the higher-confidence measured and indicated categories, up to 75.2 million tonnes.

Bulls N' Bears 10 Aug 2026

Dalaroo set for first drilling of three key Côte d’Ivoire gold targets

Dalaroo Metals has completed drill pad preparation and expanded its fully funded maiden drilling program to 12,000 metres at its Bondoukou Gold Ridge Project in Côte d'Ivoire. The planned reverse circulation campaign, set to begin by mid-August, will systematically test the company's Mag, Wilfred and Ali targets within the highly prospective Birimian Greenstone Belt.

Bulls N' Bears 07 Aug 2026

Aurum hits bonanza 367g/t gold in West Africa

Aurum Resources has hit a drill intercept of 0.72m at a stunning 367 grams per tonne grade gold from its Boundiali project in Côte d'Ivoire. The result came from the company's ongoing 100,000m drill campaign aimed at growing the project's already impressive 3.22-million-ounce resource, which sits within a larger 4.4-million-ounce group total. Aurum is cashed up with $54.7 million and is fast-tracking a DFS.

Bulls N' Bears 07 Aug 2026

Patriot expands Peru silver play acreage by 50%

Patriot Resources has expanded its Tassa silver-gold project in southern Peru, staking the new “Tassa 5” tenement directly south of its existing 31.4-million-ounce silver-equivalent resource. The move increases the company's landholding by 50 per cent to 1800 hectares and significantly extends the system's interpreted strike length in a prospective district which it shares with major miners, including Barrick and Teck.

Bulls N' Bears 04 Aug 2026

KalGold nails broad gold hits near Kalgoorlie

Kalgoorlie Gold Mining has landed some broad new gold hits from RC drilling at its Pinjin project in WA, with standout runs of 28m at 1.15 grams per tonne gold and 13m at 1.54g/t extending mineralisation beyond the company's current combined Kirgella Gift and Providence resource.

Bulls N' Bears 03 Aug 2026

Peninsula recruits uranium veteran to drive Wyoming production growth

Peninsula Energy has strengthened its technical leadership by appointing former Heathgate chief operating officer Gary Birch as chief technical officer and establishing a new technical committee to support the ramp-up of its Lance uranium project in Wyoming, USA. Birch brings more than 20 years of low-pH in-situ recovery uranium experience from South Australia's Beverley and Four Mile operations and will help drive future production growth.

Bulls N' Bears 31 Jul 2026

Ora Banda grows Little Gem gold footprint near Kalgoorlie

Ora Banda Mining has expanded the mineralised footprint at its Little Gem prospect near Kalgoorlie, with drilling defining the newer Sapphire lodes along 2.6km of strike to a depth of 200m and the Gem lodes for more than 4.7km along strike. The company says both systems remain open, with a maiden Little Gem resource estimate on track for late 2026.

Bulls N' Bears 29 Jul 2026

Deep high-grade hits expand Xpedra NSW gold system

Xpedra Resources has strengthened the growth story at its Springfield gold project in central NSW after final assays from its maiden 27-hole drilling campaign returned another broad high-grade gold intercept at depth. The latest results reinforce the continuity of mineralisation beneath previous drilling and add weight to management's view that Springfield could develop into a sizeable intrusion-hosted gold system extending well beyond the 400m strike drilled so far.

Bulls N' Bears 29 Jul 2026

St George hits monster 207m total rare earths intercept in Brazil

St George Mining has served up a series of outstanding drill hits it says are the best yet from 37 diamond holes sunk at its Araxá rare earths and niobium project in Brazil. The standout intercept length was a record 207m grading 2.60 per cent TREO with the same intersection also showing 0.30 per cent niobium pentoxide from surface, including 24m going 0.55 per cent niobium pentoxide from 20m depth.

Bulls N' Bears 28 Jul 2026

Big Hits: Broken Hill Mines, Gorilla Gold and Meeka Metals

Bulls N' Bears Big Hits looks at notable drill intercepts recently reported to the ASX this week, led by Broken Hill Mines' Centenary Zone in the Rasp mine at Broken Hill in NSW, followed by Gorilla Gold's Sovereign Zone at Comet Vale, 100km north of Kalgoorlie and Meeka Metals' Turnberry Mine at the company's Murchison gold project, 50km northwest of Meekatharra.

Bulls N' Bears 27 Jul 2026

Terrain lands 54,000-ounce initial gold resource in WA Mid West

Terrain Minerals has delivered a maiden JORC-compliant inferred resource of 677,000 tonnes grading 2.5 grams per tonne gold for 54,000 ounces at its Lightning deposit within the Smokebush project. The resource starts at surface, remains open along strike and at depth and provides a foundation for upcoming infill and extension drilling aimed at increasing resource confidence and scale.

Bulls N' Bears 27 Jul 2026

Two drill programs accelerate WA Goldfields hunt for KalGold

Kalgoorlie Gold Mining has kicked off a new 19-hole RC drilling campaign at the Lighthorse gold prospect within its Pinjin project, 140km northeast of Kalgoorlie, following up on previously-defined primary gold mineralisation which remains open to the north. Drilling at Lighthorse will continue alongside the company's other aircore drilling program on the adjacent Laverton Tectonic Zone Flexure target which is more than halfway complete and on budget.

Bulls N' Bears 24 Jul 2026

Aurum extends West African gold resource potential

Aurum Resources has wrapped up its latest drilling campaign at the BDT2 deposit within its 3.22-million-ounce Boundiali gold project in West Africa, returning multiple gold hits outside the current estimated resource boundary and confirming the system is still open at depth. The company is targeting a major resource update by the end of the September quarter with a definitive feasibility study scheduled for later in the year.

Bulls N' Bears 24 Jul 2026

Patriot extends Zambia copper discovery corridor to 5.5km

Patriot Resources has expanded the prospective geophysical footprint around its Tonic copper discovery in Zambia to a 5.5 kilometre-long corridor defining two new high priority drill targets. The company says the newly-identified targets show alteration pointing to iron-oxide copper-gold affinities which sit on the same regional Mumbwa Fault Zone as Sinomine's Kitumba copper deposit.

Bulls N' Bears 23 Jul 2026

Maritana beds down camp strategy for WA Black Swan gold hub

Maritana Minerals has locked in a staged accommodation strategy for its Black Swan gold processing hub near Kalgoorlie. Plans include securing a 57-room fly-camp, ordering long-lead modules for a scalable permanent camp and acquiring a Kalgoorlie property with approval for 50 rooms, as it prepares for construction and future Goldfields mining operations.

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