⚒️ Southern Hemisphere Mining Limited reports expanded diamond drilling completed at Ferro South, Ferro Central and Cerro; inside the Llahuin Copper-Gold-Moly Project in Chile.
The company also released its Quarterly Activity Report for the period ending 30 June 2026.
- Expanded diamond drilling program completed at Llahuin targeting extensions of nine mineralised RC holes across Ferro South, Ferro Central and Cerro.
- Results due in August 2026 will assist in targeting further resource growth and defining higher-grade zones within the expanding Cerro-Ferro mineralised corridor.
Figure 1. Diamond Drilling at Llahuin Copper-Gold-Moly Project in Q2 2026.
EXPLORATION ACTIVITIES
Llahuin Copper-Gold-Molybdenum Project The Company completed a 2,250m diamond drilling program across Ferro South, Ferro Central and Cerro, designed to extend mineralisation in nine RC holes that previously ended in copper mineralisation due to groundwater ingress.
The key RC holes being extended:
- RDLLA134 – 24m @ 0.78% CuEq from 180m
- 24LHRD064 – 104m @ 0.37% CuEq from surface
- 24LHRD065 – 105m @ 0.71% CuEq from surface
- 24LHRD055 – 81m @ 0.53% CuEq from 2m
Surface mapping and geochemistry reinforced the scale of the system, with drill pad clearing at Ferro South exposing visible oxide copper.
Results are due in August and will be reported as soon as analysis is completed.
Figure 2: Typical disseminated chalcopyrite from 103.5m downhole in 24LHRD055* (refer to Appendix 1 in ASX Announcement – Amended Visible Copper Mineralisation in Ongoing Drilling, dated 10 June 2026). *Cautionary Statement: Visual estimates of mineral abundance should never be considered a proxy or substitute for laboratory analysis where concentrations or grades are the factor of principal economic interest. Visual estimates may also provide no information about impurities or deleterious physical proper es relevant to valua ons.
Figure 3: Location map of Southern Hemisphere’s Projects in South America.
Curiosity-Southern Porphyry Target
Final assays from diamond hole 26LHDD073 at Southern Porphyry confirm broad copper-gold-molybdenum anomalism associated with porphyry intrusive phase and stockwork breccias.
Technical interpretation:
- Drilling intersected multiple intrusive phases and pervasive alteration
- Increasing vein complexity suggests proximity to porphyry fluid source
- Multi-element geochemistry, petrography and geophysics being integrated
- Phase II drill targeting scheduled for Q4 2026 The Southern Porphyry target sits within a six-kilometre-long mineralised corridor hosting multiple porphyry centres.
Cardawan Copper Project
The Cardawan licence applications (ELA 52/4433 and ELA 52/4434) are located approximately 160km south of Newman, and the Great Northern Highway runs through the project. The tenements are 169 and 8 blocks size respectively. (Approximately 3km2 per block).
This large copper prospect was pegged by the Company based on an exploration concept for sedimentary hosted copper deposits. The historic Kumarina Group of copper deposits and prospects are along strike and in adjacent to other tenements to the east of Cardawan. The Abra lead silver mine is 70km west of the Cardawan Copper Project and the DeGrussa VMS copper gold silver mine is approximately 100km south. An early-stage low-cost high impact copper prospect in an excellent location both geologically and strategically. Sedimentary hosted copper deposits are common in the Zambian copperbelt.
Los Pumas Battery Metals Manganese Project 100%
The Los Pumas Project is an advanced manganese deposit for which Southern Hemisphere is seeking off-take/JV funding/sale for a long life mine to produce one or more products:
- Manganese concentrate;
- Agriculture products for soil improvement;
- Electrolytic Manganese for steel making; and/or
- High-Purity Manganese Sulphate Monohydrate (“HPMSM”) to supply the Electric Vehicle (“EV”) and energy storage markets.
Southern Hemisphere is actively marketing this project, and welcome any inquires to cosec@shmining.com.au
The Full PDF is available below.
News Release
Date: 28 July 2026 | ASX Code: SUH | Frankfurt Exchange: NK4
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Southern Hemisphere Mining Limited is an experienced minerals explorer in Chile, South America.
Chile is the world’s leading copper producing country and one of the most prospective regions of the world for major new copper discoveries. The Company’s projects include the flagship Llahuin Copper-Gold-Moly Project and the Los Pumas Manganese Project, both of which were discovered by the Company.
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