Exploration
As the mining industry pushes deeper and demands faster, safer, and more cost-efficient development methods, tunnel boring machines (TBMs) are emerging as a compelling alternative to traditional drill and blast (D&B) techniques.
A gold developer in Western Australia is pushing ahead with a technically robust, multi-hub production strategy, leveraging its in-house underground mining capability, modular infrastructure design, and aggressive drilling to transform a fragmented portfolio into a scalable mid-tier platform.
With rigs spinning, ounces growing, and a royalty revenue stream just months away, Emmerson Resources is showing how lean exploration models can still deliver material upside—especially when paired with infrastructure alignment and a heavyweight JV partner.
Black Canyon (ASX: BCA) used the RIU Sydney Resources Round-up 2025 to showcase something that’s getting field geologists and metallurgists talking: a genuine greenfields manganese discovery in the Pilbara with direct shipping-grade iron in the mix.
With multi-style mineralisation, legacy workings and shallow high-grade hits, Neometals’ Barrambie Gold Project is shaping into a textbook short-cycle gold play.
A new player in Western Australia’s industrial minerals space is making a serious tilt at Asia’s booming demand for high-purity quartz (HPQ), with a dual-mine revival strategy backed by testwork breakthroughs, smart ore sorting, and a boots-on-ground presence in China’s quartz processing heartland.
Australia’s offshore oil sector is stirring to life with a new wave of development momentum and exploration ambition, centred on two high-grade liquids discoveries that could materially shift the national fuel balance — and open the door for substantial equipment and service demand across the METS value chain.
In a corner of Western Australia traditionally known for iron ore, a quiet transformation is underway in gas.
Leeuwin Metals has hit the ground running at its newly acquired Marda Gold Project in Western Australia, unveiling a high-impact exploration strategy during its recent presentation at the RIU Sydney Resources Round-up 2025.
Cosmo Metals is bringing a modern exploration playbook to one of Australia’s oldest mining districts—and it’s one that could deliver big, belt-scale returns across a suite of walk-up, drill-ready gold, copper, and antimony targets.
