Arika Resources begins drilling at WA's Kookynie Gold Project

Arika Resources Limited announced on 20 July 2026 the start of a major reverse‑circulation (RC) drilling program at its Kookynie Gold Project in Western Australia. The campaign is part of a broader +20,000‑metre exploration effort spanning both Kookynie and the nearby Yundamindra project.

Initial drilling will focus on the Cosmopolitan, Altona and Ithaca prospects, seeking extensions of known mineralisation and new discoveries. Recent surface sampling returned exceptionally high grades, including assays up to 109 g/t gold, with almost half of 82 samples exceeding 1 g/t and 43 samples above 5 g/t. Managing Director Justin Barton noted this is the first drilling at Kookynie in five years and highlighted the project's historically rich but under‑explored gold endowment.

The new drill targets were identified using aeromagnetic data and confirmed by high‑grade surface sampling, aiming to test previously un‑drilled structures and expand the project’s resource potential.