Minerals industry updates for December 2025 and January 2026

We scan ASX announcements and company websites for updates on exploration and mining activity. Here are the releases for December 2025 and January 2026.

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

Here are the releases for October and November 2025:

S2 Resources

22 December 2025 – Sale of Fosterville tenement to Agnico Eagle completed

ACDC Metals

20 January 2026 – Goschen Central update & Gold Project application

Adelong Gold

21 January 2026 – Lauriston Gold-Antimony Project drilling update

21 January 2026 – Lauriston Gold-Antimony Project drilling update - amended

22 January 2026 – Regional soil sampling completed at Apollo Gold-Antimony Project

23 January 2026 – Retraction of historical soil sampling results at Apollo Project

Advance Metals

21 January 2026 – New high grade gold zone discovered near Happy Valley

Alkane Resources

30 January 2026 – Proposed investment and earn-in with Nagambie Resources

Aureka

3 December 2025 – Resolution footwall delivers high grade results

16 December 2025 – Highly successful $3.6m placement adds second drill rig 2026

22 December 2025 – St Arnaud Comstock mineralisation intersected

Bubalus Resources

4 December 2025 - $1.5M raised to advance gold and critical minerals projects

8 December 2025 – Drilling underway at Avon Plains Gold Project

18 December 2025 – Drilling completed at Avon Plains Gold Project

Dart Mining

24 December 2025 – Rushworth drilling

Falcon Metals

2 December 2025 – Wild zone of mineralised quartz intersected at Blue Moon

18 December 2025 – Blue Moon extended 200 metres along strike hitting 2.75 metres @ 41.9 g/t gold

Gippsland Critical Minerals

5 December 2025 - $1M flows to local business as demonstration pit gets the green light

16 December 2025 – Economic and soil studies commence

19 December 2025 – Australia needs secure supply of critical minerals says East Gippslanders

12 January 2026 – Project update: Fingerboards Project EES referral accepted for processing

Iluka Resources Limited

29 January 2026 – WIM100 mineral resource estimate increase

Infinity Lithium

29 January 2026 – Drilling results – Cobungra Gold-Silver Project

Kaiser Reef

16 December 2025 – Union Hill Waste Dump drilling complete

Leviathan Metals

15 January 2026 – Leviathan Metals announces agreement to sell Timor Gold Project license to Au Gold Corp.

Mount Rommel Mining Limited

1 December 2025 – Change of name to Bonshaw Gold Group Ltd

Nagambie Resources

30 January 2026 – Proposed Alkane and Nagambie Joint Venture

North Stawell Minerals

17 December 2025 – Surface geochemistry supports continued drilling

23 January 2026 – Darlington mineralisation continues at depth

Southern Cross Gold

17 December 2025 – Southern Cross Gold expands Apollo to depth along strike

6 January 2026 – Southern Cross Gold drills 12.2 m @ 32.4 g/t at Golden Dyke

28 January 2026 – SX2 Drills 559m @ 2.1 g/t gold (uncut) traversing 16 veins

Stavely Minerals

18 December 2025 – Drilling update – Fairview Sth and Freddy’s Find gold target

14 January 2026 – Updated 2026 scoping study commences on Stavely Project

21 January 2026 – Drilling strengthens potential of large Gold-Silver discovery

30 January 2026 – 2026 Scoping study progress update

VHM Ltd

12 January 2026 – VHM strengthens offtake strategy

WIM Resources

19 January 2026 – Appointment of Community and Landowner Director