A drill rig mobilising to site at PLC Resources’ Abbotts North gold project in the Murchison of Western Australia. PLC Resources (ASX: PLC) is about to put the drill bit into the company’s Rochefort gold prospect in Western Australia’s prolific Murchison region for the first time, with a maiden reverse circulation (RC) program set to test its prime Abbott’s North real estate. The company, formerly Premier1 Lithium, says earthworks are complete, ahead of a 1000-metre, fi

Premier1's Yalgoo gold project in the tier-1 Yalgoo-Singleton greenstone belt of Western Australia. Premier1 Lithium (ASX: PLC) has unveiled solid gold results from the latest drilling at its Yalgoo gold project in Western Australia, delivering high-grade hits while also revealing a compelling geochemical signature pointing to a potentially different style of discovery. The company says its multielement analysis now hints at a potential volcanogenic massive sulphide (VM

Wide-open Murchison terrain near Meekatharra, where vast, lightly tested greenstone belts are still giving up new gold stories. Premier1 (ASX: PLC) is primed to pull the trigger on a reverse circulation (RC) drill campaign at Rochefort, a largely untouched prospect within its Abbotts North project in Western Australia’s Murchison region, 35 kilometres north of Meekatharra. Approvals and heritage clearances have now been locked in ahead of a late May start to test a tant

Early mining activities at New Murchison Gold’s Crown Prince deposit, adjacent to Premier1’s Abbotts North gold project in Western Australia. Credit: File Premier1 (ASX: PLC) has sharpened its aim on a potential Murchison gold discovery at its Abbotts North project in Western Australia, with high-resolution gravity surveys confirming priority drill targets in the burgeoning gold region. The company says its new gravity data, when layered over existing high-res magnetics, con

Reverse circulation drilling underway at Premier1’s Yalgoo gold project in WA. Credit: File Perth-based Premier1 (ASX: PLC) has wrapped up a reverse circulation (RC) drilling campaign at its Yalgoo gold project in Western Australia, testing a series of high-priority targets as the company looks to expand its foothold in the prospective greenstone belt. The program drilled 16 RC holes for a combined 2776 metres, chasing structural and geochemical sweet spots in the large-scale

Blasting underway at the high-grade Crown Prince deposit, adjacent to Premier1’s Abbotts North gold project in Western Australia. Credit: File Premier1 (ASX: PLC) has launched powerful gravity surveys at its Abbotts North gold project in Western Australia’s Murchison region, with the program designed to sharpen the structural controls around its Rochefort prospect in the burgeoning gold address. The company says the high-resolution pictures generated by its geophysics will b

Reverse circulation drilling underway at Premier1’s Yalgoo gold project in Western Australia. Credit: File Premier1 (ASX: PLC) has kicked off drilling at its Mt Kersey gold prospect, one of the few remaining gold targets in the prolific West Australian Yalgoo greenstone belt that have been barely touched. The company has launched into 3700m of reverse circulation (RC) drilling at site, chasing a large-scale hydrothermal system east of its Wadgingarra starter resource. The ex

Drill pad preparation completed ahead of RC drilling at Premier1’s Mt Kersey gold prospect in Western Australia. Credit: File Premier1 Lithium (ASX: PLC) is about to put drill steel into the ground at its Mt Kersey gold prospect in Western Australia’s Murchison region, lining up a reverse circulation (RC) drilling program at one of the highest-priority targets within its newly consolidated Yalgoo Gold Project. The drilling follows Premier1’s recent 100 per cent acquisition of

Premier1 has locked up full ownership of one of the Yalgoo greenstone belt’s last remaining gold packages in Western Australia not already in the hands of a multi-billion-dollar gold producer.

A strategic review by rare earths-focused Critica (ASX: CRI) and Premier1 Lithium (ASX: PLC) at their Yalgoo joint venture (JV) project...