Unity Metals Intersects Multiple New Gold Targets at O'Phlay via Core and Magnetics Integration

By Mining Hub News Desk
9 September 2026, 8:23 p.m. EDT 2 min read

Unity Metals has identified multiple new gold targets at its O'Phlay Gold Project in Cambodia following the integration of detailed drill core measurements with airborne UAV magnetic data.

The technical breakthrough links broad zones of gold-bearing stockwork mineralisation at the project's Camp prospect directly to demagnetised zones within major northeast-to-east-northeast trending magnetic anomalies. Detailed logging showed that magnetic susceptibility readings in altered and mineralised diorite core average 0.67 x 10^-3 SI units, compared to 26 x 10^-3 SI units in unaltered surrounding rock.

New analysis of the UAV magnetic data indicates that similar northeast-to-east-northeast trending magnetic anomalies are stacked across the northern end of a major diorite intrusion, collectively extending for more than six kilometres. Multiple magnetic lows within these structures coincide with historical mine workings, highlighting high-priority areas for further exploration.

“The collection of systematic vein orientation and magnetic susceptibility readings on our drill core and then the integration of this data with our 50m line spaced UAV magnetics is a game changer for our exploration at O'Phlay. We now believe the broad zone of gold-bearing stockwork mineralisation discovered at O'Phlay has an NE-ENE trend and is directly associated with a demagnetised zone within a major NE-ENE trending magnetic anomaly.”

“The contrast between our magnetic susceptibility readings in altered and mineralised drill core and the surrounding unaltered and unmineralised drill core is pronounced. The readings in the altered and mineralised core being nearly 40 times lower on average than those in the unaltered and unmineralized core.”

— Craig Mackay, Managing Director

To test these targets, Unity Metals has proposed an initial 10-hole drilling program across the Small Creek and Toulsroloav prospects early in the fourth quarter of 2026, alongside infill soil sampling and trenching across demagnetised zones. A further 10 drill holes are planned at O'Phlay to test extensions to the stockwork gold discovery at Camp alongside additional magnetic and geochemical targets.

Read the full announcement: Multiple New Gold Targets at O'Phlay Gold Discovery