Maritana Minerals Limited has completed reverse circulation drilling at the Boorara project in Western Australia, finishing 119 holes for over 17,000 metres ahead of a planned mining restart.

The Boorara work forms part of a wider 60,000-metre drilling campaign across the company's gold assets in the Kalgoorlie and Coolgardie districts. Resource conversion and extensional drilling has also commenced at the Coote and Crake deposits, located about 10 kilometres northwest of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

Maritana's Black Swan Processing Hub serves as the central infrastructure asset designed to process initial ore feed from Boorara alongside deposits such as Crake, Coote, and Burbanks.

The active drill programs are designed to convert Inferred Mineral Resources into the Indicated category, providing the geological confidence required for Ore Reserve updates and an updated life-of-mine plan.

The latest drilling schedule targets a mining restart at Boorara for mid-2027, with first gold processing at the processing hub scheduled for the second half of 2027. A 460,000-tonne ore stockpile remains established at Boorara from previous mining to support mill commissioning and ramp-up.

Phase 2 extensional drilling is also complete at the Burbanks project, while a maiden 4,000-metre aircore program has finished at the Wilsons Gold Prospect. Maritana Minerals expects first aircore assay results from the Wilsons prospect in October 2026 to guide follow-up work. Three drill rigs are currently operating across the company's projects, with a fourth rig scheduled to begin drilling during September 2026 to accelerate the ongoing programs.

Read the full announcement: Resource Conversion and Extensional Drilling Update