Wildcat Hits 16m at 1.5% Li2O at Bolt Cutter Central and Advances Tabba Tabba Drilling

By Mining Hub News Desk
30 August 2026, 7:27 p.m. EDT 2 min read

Wildcat Resources Limited has intersected multiple strongly mineralised intervals across its Bolt Cutter Central and Tabba Tabba projects in Western Australia’s Pilbara region, highlighted by a drill hit of 16 metres grading 1.5% Li2O from 116 metres downhole.

Exploration and infill drilling at Bolt Cutter Central, which sits approximately 10 kilometres west of the Tabba Tabba Project, returned several broad lithium intercepts from the stacked pegmatite system. Hole BCRC115 yielded 8 metres at 1.5% Li2O from 89 metres alongside the deeper 16-metre intersection, while hole BCRC113 intersected 18 metres at 1.1% Li2O from 16 metres near the surface. Hole BCRC112 returned 11 metres at 1.5% Li2O from 67 metres and 6 metres at 1.5% Li2O from 174 metres.

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Plan of the Bolt Cutter Central lithium discovery showing drill collars and mineralized areas. Source: Wildcat Resources Limited

The Bolt Cutter Central system spans an area of approximately 2.3 kilometres by 0.8 kilometres and remains open in most directions. Wildcat is currently advancing resource modelling for the prospect, with a maiden Mineral Resource Estimate targeted for delivery in the fourth quarter of 2026.

Meanwhile, metallurgical and infill drilling at the Tabba Tabba project targeted the Hutt, Chewy and Leia pegmatites to support ongoing technical studies for a Definitive Feasibility Study. At Hutt, hole TAMT038 returned 25.1 metres at 1.2% Li2O from 56.5 metres, while TAMT040 intersected 21.4 metres at 0.9% Li2O from 22.6 metres, including an 8.6-metre section at 1.4% Li2O from 28.6 metres.

The Chewy pegmatite group returned high-grade intervals including 13.9 metres at 2.0% Li2O from 45.2 metres in hole TAMT036, which included a 7.8-metre interval grading 2.3% Li2O. At Leia, infill drilling in areas previously affected by access constraints returned 18 metres at 1.3% Li2O from 69 metres in hole TARC435, including 9 metres at 2.0% Li2O from 74 metres.

Wildcat expects to deliver the Definitive Feasibility Study for the Tabba Tabba Project in the second half of 2026. The company recently completed the acquisition of LCT pegmatite rights over exploration licence E45/2364, which abuts the southern boundary of the Tabba Tabba mining leases and expands the explorable strike length of the shear zone by approximately 7 kilometres.

Subsidiary company Wildcat (Tabba) Pty Ltd also staked one new claim near the Tabba Tabba project on 23 June 2026. Wildcat held $37.2 million in cash at 30 June 2026.

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