Minerals industry updates for April and May 2026

We scan ASX announcements and company websites for updates on exploration and mining activity. Here are the releases for April and May 2026.

We scan ASX announcements and company websites for updates on exploration and mining activity.

Here are the releases for April and May 2026.

Adelong Gold/Amara Minerals

April 23 2026 – High-grade gold confirmed at Comet; First antimony hits at New Trojan

May 12 2026 – Change of Company Name and ASX Code

May 20 2026 – High-grade antimony continues at Trojan prospect; potentially improving at depth

Advance Metals

May 21 2026 – Advance moves towards 100% ownership of Victorian gold projects following strong exploration and metallurgical results

Aureka

May 29 2026 – Infill drilling commences at Comstock

Falcon Metals

May 5 2026 – Third diamond drill rig commences at Blue Moon targeting parallel reef

May 19 2026 – Gold intersected at Blue Moon over 600 metres of strike length

Gippsland Critical Minerals

April 22 2026 – Work begins at Fingerboards following mobilisation by local contractors

Great Pacific Gold

April 29 2026 – Great Pacific Gold spin out, Walhalla Gold, completes CSE listing

Great Plains Metal Corp

April 15 2026 – Corporate and operations update

May 4 2026 – Update on GPS drilling programs

Infinity Mining

April 27 2026 – Farm-in agreement and strategic alliance with global consultancy to advance gold-antimony projects

May 26 2026 – Highly regarded JV partner starts exploration at Infinity’s Victorian gold-antimony project

Kaiser Reef

April 22 2026 – Drilling results and exploration update: Maldon Gold Project

May 1 2026 – Maldon processing update – 2^nd shift commenced

May 18 2026 – Union Hill decline refurbishment underway

North Stawell Minerals

May 29 2026 – Aircore drilling confirms mineralisation at Darlington and Caledonia

Rokeby Resources Limited

April 24 2026 – Transformational acquisition of advanced, high-grade Omeo Gold Project

May 15 2026 – Mining licence renewed for 20 years at the high-grade Omeo Gold Project

S2 Resources

May 12 2026 – Strong gold and multielement anomalies in soil sampling at Yeungroon

Southern Cross Gold

April 9 2026 – Southern Cross Gold drills deepest hole on project: gold hit 460 metres below Golden Dyke

April 22 2026 – Southern Cross Gold drills 1.6 metres @ 55.3 g/t gold and 1.9% antimony

May 5 2026 – Pybar awarded exploration decline contract for Sunday Creek

Stavely Minerals

May 6 2026 – Follow-up drilling planned to test large-scale gold-silver discovery potential at Freddy’s Find

May 27 2026 – Thursday’s Gossan/Cayley Lode scoping study update