Capital Infusion Accelerates Exploration for ASX Juniors

Highlights

• Blackstone eyes $24.6M for copper-gold exploration
• Trigg Minerals closes $12.5M to advance US-Australia assets
• Battery Age Minerals targets Austria with $3M raise

A flurry of capital raising activity among ASX-listed resource companies is reshaping the outlook for several junior explorers, with a combined funding boost aimed at advancing exploration and drilling programs across multiple projects.

Blackstone Minerals (ASX:BSX) has announced a $22.6 million placement through the issue of 289.80 million shares at $0.078 per share. This capital raising marks a strategic step to fund an aggressive exploration plan, including a 50,000-metre drilling campaign at the Mankayan Copper-Gold Project in the Philippines. The offer price reflects a 14.3% discount to its last closing price on 27 June and a 9% discount to its five-day volume-weighted average. An additional $2 million is expected to be raised through a share purchase plan offered to eligible shareholders.

Trigg Minerals (ASX:TMG) has completed a $12.5 million placement, issuing 147.05 million shares at $0.085 each. This price represents a 6.51% premium to its 30-day VWAP of $0.08, but a 13.2% discount to its last closing value of $0.098. Shareholders will also receive a free-attaching option for every two shares subscribed, exercisable at $0.10 with a three-year expiry. Proceeds are set to support exploration at the Antimony Canyon Project in Utah and further progress at Wild Cattle Creek in New South Wales.

Battery Age Minerals (ASX:BM8) is raising $3 million via a two-tranche placement priced at $0.05 per share. This represents a 9.1% discount to the company’s last closing price and an 8.4% discount to its 15-day VWAP. The funds are earmarked for maiden drilling at the Bleiberg Project in Austria, which lies in a historically productive mining district for germanium. Participants will receive one free-attaching option for every three shares subscribed, with options expiring in three years.

AuKing Mining (ASX:AKM) is advancing a $1.17 million capital raise via a two-tranche placement at $0.006 per share, reflecting the company’s latest market price. The raise includes director participation of $150,000 pending shareholder approval. Shareholders will also be offered one option per share and an additional option per two shares, with the second tranche exercisable at $0.03. Separately, the company has secured a $5 million loan facility repayable over three years, along with a restructured loan agreement to reduce short-term liabilities.

These capital initiatives underscore growing investor interest in junior explorers with high-impact assets, with proceeds poised to accelerate drilling activity, resource expansion, and critical mineral development in line with global supply chain priorities.