Top Australian Mining Stocks This Week: European Resources Soars on Rare Earth Results

2026-02-26 17:00:00 ET

Welcome to the Investing News Network's weekly round-up of the top-performing mining stocks listed on the ASX, starting with news in Australia's resource sector.

Gold, lithium and copper companies continue to dominate our top ASX stocks of the week.

This week, the Northern Territory's Minister for Mining and Energy announced the program for the 2026 Annual Geoscience Exploration Seminar, taking place in April. In the release, he revealed that the Northern Territory's gold production reached a record value of AU$1.7 billion in the 2024/2025 fiscal year.

Showing further government support for mining, Austral Resources received AU$15 million in funding from the Queensland government to refurbish its Rocklands copper sulphide processing hub. It is the cornerstone investment in a larger AU$65 million private placement .

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