Xenora Minerals Limited has scheduled an inaugural 600-metre reverse circulation drilling program for the fourth quarter of 2026 at the Dudley Lithium Project on Kangaroo Island, South Australia, to test the bedrock source of a lithium anomaly associated with the 400-metre-long Dudley Pegmatite.

Chairman Peretz Schapiro noted that deep weathering has likely destroyed most primary minerals in the LCT pegmatite, making bedrock drilling necessary to determine if economic lithium minerals are present.

“There are extensive pegmatite occurrences on the Dudley Peninsula, and the Dudley Pegmatite is clearly a lithium rich LCT pegmatite. Deep weathering is believed to have destroyed most of the primary minerals and the Company plans to drill the bedrock to determine if economic lithium minerals are present. We anticipate favourable drilling conditions from late October.”

Beyond South Australia, Xenora is preparing for reconnaissance fieldwork at its Halo Yuri Lithium Project in Canada's Northwest Territories, where First Nations consensus was recently achieved for the Arctic Economic and Security Corridor to improve year-round road access.

In the Northern Territory, the company has lodged a lease renewal application for the Mt Hardy Copper Project and is preparing for the 9 December 2026 expiration of a five-year moratorium covering four exploration licence applications at the Petermann Range.

Read the full announcement: Exploration Update