Solstice Minerals Hits 52m at 0.71% Copper in Nanadie Step-Outs
Solstice Minerals Limited has returned broad copper intersections from three diamond tails at the Nanadie Copper-Gold Project in Western Australia, with assay results extending mineralization beyond the current resource boundary.
Assays from diamond tail NANRCD033 in the central deposit delivered intervals including 48m at 0.59% copper and 0.16g/t gold from 334.8m, and 52m at 0.71% copper and 0.13g/t gold from 406m, including a 6m sub-interval grading 1.79% copper and 0.37g/t gold from 408m.
Subsequent downhole electromagnetic surveying in NANRCD033 identified a 140m by 140m high-conductance plate situated below the hole, adjacent to a local cross-fault favourable for copper sulphide accumulation.
Solstice is scheduled to test the plate with an 850m follow-up hole. The program is supported by the Western Australian Government's Exploration Incentive Scheme, which awarded Solstice up to $200,000 in April 2026 to co-fund drilling at Nanadie.
Additional step-out drilling confirmed broader system growth. In the south, hole NANRCD009 intersected 28.3m at 0.74% copper and 0.21g/t gold from 334.8m, and 43.8m at 0.55% copper and 0.19g/t gold from 514.2m. In the north, hole NANRCD020 returned 23m at 0.41% copper and 0.05g/t gold from 359m along the host gabbro.
The project is underpinned by an Inferred Resource of 40.4 million tonnes grading 0.4% copper and 0.1g/t gold. Three drill rigs remain active on site to continue step-out and resource definition drilling through 2026.
Assays are pending from a further 16 completed diamond holes and more than 20 reverse circulation holes, maintaining an active pipeline of results over the coming months.
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director Nick Castleden said, “Strong results continue to roll in as we extend our drilling into both strike and depth positions. The assays reported in this announcement are all from diamond tails completed well beyond the margins of the current Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE), which can only add volume to the system.”
Read the full announcement: Broad Cu-Au Zones Extend Nanadie as DHEM Target Takes Shape