en.Wedoany.com Reported - Austin Metals has commenced a reverse circulation (RC) drilling program at its Austin Gold Project near the town of Cue in the Murchison region of Western Australia (WA). Covering 111 square kilometers, the program is planned to total approximately 4,000 meters, with initial focus on testing new gold targets identified during recent exploration in the Northern Zone of the project.
Drilling has commenced at the Brunswick Hill area, where five high-priority gold targets will be tested along a banded iron formation (BIF) horizon approximately 3 kilometers in length. These targets were identified by the company based on favorable chert-magnetite BIF host rocks, interpreted structural intersections, oxidized quartz-sulfide veins, and geochemical indicators associated with gold mineralization. After completing drilling at Brunswick Hill, operations will move to the Mt Sandy area to test potential extensions of previously identified gold mineralization. Early exploration at Mt Sandy found gold mineralization occurring in areas associated with quartz-sulfide veins along sheared mafic-felsic contacts. The company aims to test extensions of these mineralized zones and explore deeper areas considered prospective for higher-grade gold.
Drilling operations are expected to continue through June and July 2026. Austin Metals anticipates receiving assay results approximately four to six weeks after drilling concludes and will use these results to update its geological models to guide further exploration of the project. Additionally, future drilling planning and evaluation of other prospects within the project, including Teds and Shadow, are also underway.
Austin Metals Managing Director Mike Moore stated that the start of drilling marks a significant milestone for the Austin Project as the company begins testing a series of compelling gold targets generated from recent exploration work. He noted that this program represents the first meaningful drill test of several newly generated gold targets and expects regular exploration milestones to be achieved over the coming months. Mike Moore also emphasized that the Brunswick Hill area stands out, featuring over 3 kilometers of prospective BIF stratigraphy and multiple targets with geological characteristics showing similarities to significant BIF-hosted gold systems in the Cue-Mt Magnet district.
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