Australian mining firms launch expanded gold and rare‑earth drill programs
Gateway Mining announced that air‑core drilling at its Cowza prospect in Western Australia has extended continuous gold mineralisation to a 3.5‑km strike length, with notable intercepts such as 4 m grading 11.1 g/t Au from 72 m depth. The company is adding a second reverse‑circulation rig to further test the system.
Critica Limited reported high‑grade rare‑earth results from its Juno satellite prospect within the Brothers project in Western Australia, including a 14‑m interval grading 3,053 ppm total rare‑earth oxides (TREO) and magnet rare‑earths accounting for 20‑25% of the total. These findings support the development of a district‑scale rare‑earth district.
Barkly Rare Earths shipped the first batch of samples from its 10,000‑m drilling campaign in the Northern Territory to the ALS laboratory in Brisbane. The program targets shallow mineralisation around an inferred 40‑Mt resource grading 2,100 ppm TREO, with magnet rare‑earths making up 34% of the deposit.
Dalaroo Metals outlined a 20,000‑m drilling programme at its Gold Ridge prospect in Côte d’Ivoire, beginning with a 10,000‑m reverse‑circulation phase at the Wilfred target.
Kalgoorlie Gold Mining commenced reverse‑circulation drilling at its Lighthorse prospect in Western Australia, planning up to 19 holes covering 3,200 m to delineate the northern extension of the gold system.
Entities: Barkly Rare Earths · Cowza · Critica Limited · Dalaroo Metals · Gateway Mining · Kalgoorlie Gold Mining · Richard Pugh · Western Australia · Yandal gold project
Claims
What the coverage asserts, and how well corroborated each claim is across sources.
- [○ 1 SOURCE] Cowza drill intercepts include 4 m grading 11.1 g/t Au from 72 m depth, 8 m grading 3.1 g/t Au from 76 m, and 4 m grading 3.3 g/t Au from 80 m. (Gateway Mining)
- [○ 1 SOURCE] Dalaroo Metals announced a 20,000‑m drilling programme at the Gold Ridge prospect in Côte d’Ivoire, starting with a 10,000‑m reverse‑circulation phase at the Wilfred target. (Dalaroo Metals)
- [● 2 SOURCES] Gateway Mining extended continuous gold mineralisation at the Cowza prospect to a 3.5‑km strike length in Western Australia. (Gateway Mining)
- [○ 1 SOURCE] Kalgoorlie Gold Mining began reverse‑circulation drilling at the Lighthorse prospect, planning up to 19 holes covering 3,200 m. (Kalgoorlie Gold Mining)
- [● 2 SOURCES] Magnet rare‑earth oxides at Juno account for 20‑25% of the total rare‑earth content. (Critica Limited)
- [● 2 SOURCES] Barkly Rare Earths shipped the first batch of samples from its 10,000‑m drilling campaign to the ALS laboratory in Brisbane. (Barkly Rare Earths)
- [● 2 SOURCES] Barkly's inferred resource is 40 Mt grading 2,100 ppm TREO, with magnet rare‑earths representing 34% of the total. (Barkly Rare Earths)
- [● 2 SOURCES] Critica Limited reported a 14‑m interval grading 3,053 ppm total rare‑earth oxides (TREO) from 44 m depth at the Juno prospect. (Critica Limited)