DPM Metals is expanding drilling across Serbia’s Rakita Camp after encouraging results at Dumitru Potok, with a 2026 programme of roughly 32,000–35,000 metres, or about 32–35 kilometres. The company has indicated that it plans to deploy up to 15 rigs across the wider camp.
The exploration includes the area around Dumitru Potok and is intended to rapidly define the geology while DPM Metals prepares Čoka Rakita for a possible construction start in 2027. The expanded work could develop the company’s Serbian portfolio from a focus on Čoka Rakita into a district with multiple exploration targets.
Testing district-scale potential
A near-term task is to determine whether strong drilling intersections form coherent mineralised bodies with enough geometry and grade to support resource estimates. Individual intersections alone do not establish whether a deposit can be defined as a resource.
Over the longer term, exploration will test whether any resources can share infrastructure with Čoka Rakita or would require separate development concepts. If deposits are close enough and metallurgically compatible, shared roads, power and processing, as well as camps, technical teams and permitting knowledge, could improve project economics.
Smaller satellite resources could potentially supply a central processing system, making them economically viable as feed. The Timok and wider eastern Serbian gold-copper belt is described as one of Europe’s most active exploration regions.
The expanded campaign raises the potential for additional mine investment in Serbia as the current generation of projects moves into construction. Whether new targets can support resource estimates and share infrastructure with Čoka Rakita remains to be established.
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