Open-Ended Gold Zones at Yundamindra Pose Both Opportunity and Exploration Challenge

Exploration Momentum Builds at Yundamindra

Arika Resources Limited (ASX – ARI) has delivered a robust update from its ongoing drilling campaign at the Yundamindra Gold Project in Western Australia. The latest assay results from the Landed at Last Prospect, situated at the northern end of the Yellow Brick Road corridor, reveal multiple wide zones of gold mineralisation with encouraging grades and thicknesses. These findings reinforce the prospect’s potential as a key focus for near-term resource delineation.

Among the standout intercepts is a 24-metre section grading 1.57 grams per tonne gold starting at 101 metres depth, which includes higher-grade intervals such as 11 metres at 3.05 g/t and 5 metres at 5.21 g/t. These results come from step-out drilling targeting strike and depth extensions along the F1 and F0 fault structures, which appear to be strengthening near the contact between the Danjo Granite and adjacent mafic volcanic rocks.

Expanding the Footprint

The drilling program, which has completed approximately 17,000 metres to date, is systematically testing multiple gold targets across the project’s corridors. Alongside Landed at Last, attention is also focused on the Pennyweight Point Prospect within the Red Brick Road corridor, where drilling is underway to explore down-plunge extensions of previously reported high-grade intersections.

Arika’s Managing Director, Justin Barton, highlighted the significance of the recent results, noting the thick zones of mineralisation and the open-ended nature of the system. He emphasized that Landed at Last is now a priority for resource drilling, with the potential to substantially grow the known mineralisation footprint.

Geological Context and Strategic Positioning

The Yundamindra Project lies within the prolific Laverton Greenstone Belt, a region renowned for world-class gold deposits such as Sunrise Dam and Wallaby. The project area features a complex structural setting dominated by granite domes flanked by greenstone belts, with gold mineralisation hosted in shear zones and quartz veins near granite-mafic contacts.

Recent drilling has confirmed continuity of mineralisation from surface to at least 120 metres depth, with the system remaining open in all directions. This structural and geological setting, combined with the scale of the drilling program, positions Arika well to advance the project towards resource definition and potential development.

Looking Ahead

With assays still awaited for 31 holes, the exploration story at Yundamindra is far from complete. The company plans to continue close-spaced deposit definition drilling at Pennyweight Point and test new targets identified through recent geophysical surveys. These efforts aim to build on the strong foundation laid by the current drilling campaign and unlock further value for shareholders.