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14 August 2026 | Mount Isa North Copper Project, northwest Queensland

Antares Metals has intersected copper mineralisation in all six holes of its maiden reverse-circulation program at the Conglomerate Creek prospect, part of the company’s Mount Isa North Copper Project.

The 780m program was the first subsurface test of Target 2 within a 2km by 2.5km intrusive complex. The best reported result was 4m at 0.81 per cent copper from 84m in hole ACD002.

First test of a larger target area

Drilling intersected the same quartz-vein system mapped and sampled at surface, confirming that the mineralising system continues at depth. Other reported intervals were generally lower grade, ranging from 504ppm to 1,310ppm copper over individual composite or one-metre intervals.

14 August 2026 | Peak Operation, Cobar Basin, New South Wales

Aurelia Metals has secured the final regulatory approval needed to operate its Peak processing plant at an expanded throughput rate of 1.2 million tonnes a year.

Cobar Shire Council approved an increase from the plant’s current rate of about 800,000 tonnes a year, giving Aurelia approval for a 50 per cent lift in processing capacity at the western New South Wales operation.

The higher rate is enabled by a group of projects covering tailings and water management, a tertiary ball mill, and expanded crushing and materials handling.

Expansion work already under way

Aurelia said the processing expansion is well advanced. A new tailings thickener was commissioned in June 2026, while commissioning of the tertiary ball mill is expected in the first quarter of FY27.