Native Mineral Resources Holdings Limited has returned strong gold mineralisation from the first 14 reverse circulation holes of its North Pit drilling program at the Blackjack Gold Mine near Charters Towers, Queensland.

Drill hole BJRC1304 intersected 19 metres at 3.09g/t gold from 41 metres, including 4 metres at 13.79g/t gold from 48 metres, which in turn included 2 metres at 26.02g/t gold from 48 metres. BJRC1305 returned a broad mineralised interval of 34 metres at 1.81g/t gold from 42 metres, including 12 metres at 4.63g/t gold from 42 metres.

Additional intersections from the initial assay batch include 6 metres at 1.93g/t gold from 56 metres in BJRC1300, 21 metres at 0.75g/t gold from 47 metres in BJRC1302, and 11 metres at 0.85g/t gold from 45 metres in BJRC1306.

The ongoing program is designed to comprise approximately 6,000 metres across roughly 100 holes. The drilling aims to improve geological definition within the proposed North Pit area and provide data for geological modelling and pit design.

“These initial North Pit results are highly encouraging, particularly the broad 19m and 34m gold intersections returned from BJRC1304 and BJRC1305. These results are from within an existing operating gold project, immediately adjacent to our current Blackjack mining and processing activities.”

“The drilling program is designed to improve our geological understanding of North Pit and provide the information required to progress geological modelling and pit design, and on the back of our first month of gold production exceeding 1,000oz at Blackjack, we are excited about what's ahead for our operation.” — Blake Cannavo, Managing Director and CEO

The North Pit drilling forms part of Native Mineral Resources' staged development program at the Blackjack Gold Mine, following completed mining at the South Pit and ongoing operations at the North Central Pit.

The company achieved a record monthly official gold outturn of 1,080.5 ounces at the Blackjack Gold Operations in August 2026. Drilling and assaying at the North Pit are continuing, with further assay results pending.

Read the full announcement: North Pit drilling returns 19m at 3.09g/t gold at Blackjack