Australian mining firms launch multiple drilling programs across WA and SA

Pacgold (ASX:PGO) is fast‑tracking the restart of the Vertigo deposit at its White Dam gold project in South Australia after identifying shallow oxide extensions that could cut pre‑strip costs and boost near‑term production.

CGN Resources (ASX:CGR) has begun a maiden reverse‑circulation drilling campaign at the Christmas Well project in Western Australia, testing high‑priority gold targets such as Ox Tongue, Lambs Fry, Sweetbread and Rocky Mountain Oyster.

Novo Resources reported the completion of maiden RC drilling at the Wyloo Polymetallic Project in the Pilbara, confirming a hydrothermal alteration system with significant silver and antimony intercepts and outlining a broad antimony‑arsenic anomaly at the Vera prospect.

West Cobar Metals (ASX:WC1) outlined near‑term air‑core and RC drilling at Blind Freddie in New South Wales and at the Salazar Scandium zone in Western Australia, aiming to test a large surface copper‑gold anomaly and high‑grade scandium intersections.

Gateway Mining has activated two RC rigs at its Yandal gold project near Wiluna, Western Australia, following promising air‑core results at the Haflinger and Great Western prospects and planning further holes at Cowza and Celia South.

Golden Dragon Mining identified a three‑kilometre gold‑in‑soil corridor at its Cue project in the Murchison region, linking four prospects and reporting auger drill hits up to 6.5 g/t gold, consistent with a classic orogenic gold system.