Litchfield Minerals has been granted Exploration Licence EL34245, unlocking approximately 384 square kilometres of ground in central Australia to advance the undrilled Sybil copper target.

The licence, granted on 30 July 2026, expands the company's regional Harts Range footprint. Sybil is located approximately 33.6 kilometres south-east of Litchfield's Oonagalabi Project and about 24.6 kilometres west of the third-party Basil copper-cobalt deposit within the Riddock Amphibolite geological unit.

Historical exploration at Sybil previously identified surface rock-chip results of up to 0.9% Cu and 0.1% Zn alongside an airborne VTEM response, while Litchfield's current compilation has integrated regional gravity data to define a broadly rounded gravity high beneath the target area. Preliminary geophysical modelling indicates shallow north-dipping conductor plates extending over more than one kilometre.

Litchfield plans to commence field work over the coming weeks at the Sybil copper target within EL34245, including geological mapping, validation and resampling of historical copper occurrences, ground-truthing of the historical VTEM target and ground electromagnetic surveying.

“Now that EL34245 has been granted, we can move from interpretation to field testing. Our priority is to validate the historical information, better constrain the conductor with ground EM and determine whether the target warrants progression toward drilling.”

— Matt Pustahya, Managing Director

Litchfield is also refining drill targets at Oonagalabi to test strike continuity and true width, with a drilling program scheduled to commence as soon as practical.

Read the full announcement: New Harts Range Licence Unlocks Priority Sybil Copper Target