Zenith kicks off major drilling assault at WA gold playAndrew ToddSponsoredWed, 1 October 2025 11:52AM
Zenith Minerals has fired up its biggest drilling campaign at the company’s Consolidated Dulcie gold project in Western Australia. It has two rigs set to run 9000 to 12,000 metres of reverse circulation drilling, targeting resource growth beyond the project’s existing 302,000-ounce resource base.
The drilling assault aims to convert Zenith’s 300,000 to 800,000-ounce exploration target into a massive 1.1 million ounces of resource within the project’s near-surface mineralisation, 50 kilometres south of Southern Cross.
Cashed up from a fresh $7.65 million strategic capital raise at a price premium, the drills are set to turn well beyond the extensive phase two program. Management is also accelerating follow-up programs at the company’s recent exciting Red Mountain intrusion-related gold system (IRGS) discovery.
At the Consolidated Dulcie ground an existing 8.2 million tonne resource grading 1.2 grams per tonne (g/t) gold for 302,000 ounces of open-pittable resource lies in the Dulcie Far North prospect.
The company’s recent exploration now targets expansions at the Dulcie, Dulcie North and the Dulcie Far North ground.
Zenith says first assays from drilling will flow within a few weeks’ time and continue through to December.
The recently defined exploration target gave us the confidence to tackle this aggressively and that’s what we aim to do, with a second rig set to arrive on site in a couple of weeks’ time. This is another significant milestone for the company in what is shaping up to be a transformative year.
Zenith Minerals managing director Andrew Smith
Phase one drilling at Dulcie wrapped up in August, revealing a tenth footwall lode at the prospect’s Far North area. Rig issues cut some holes short, prompting the follow-up phase two campaign, in which Zenith brought in better gear to retest its northern structural targets.
Dulcie North and the project’s southern extension will get their first systematic drilling to date, following the consolidated acquisition of 6km of gold structures at Dulcie.
Metallurgical tests at Dulcie have added promise to the project’s mining credentials, returning up to 97 per cent gold recoveries from low reagent use and straightforward processing.
The company says it has set aside a further $3 million to drill its follow-up reverse circulation program at Red Mountain. Zenith will drill 10 to 15 holes into its IRGS target before the end of the year.
Red Mountain has been all the buzz lately, as the Queensland IRGS play delivered 139.7m at 1.05 g/t gold, pointing at a potential Mt Wright-style multi-million ounce discovery. Assays remain pending.
With WA’s gold market white-hot, Dulcie’s 302,000-ounce base and up to 800,000-ounce gold target lay the groundwork for a potential million-ounce monster for the company just 25km from the Marvel Loch processing plant. And assays are still coming for a second potentially million-ounce project at Red Mountain.
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