Platina Resources Ltd. has confirmed a broad, shallow gold system at its Sunrise Bore project near Laverton in Western Australia, returning high-grade intercepts from its inaugural reverse circulation (RC) drilling campaign.
The 2,863-metre, 23-hole program represented the first modern drilling undertaken at the project in 28 years.
Assay results validated historic mineralisation and confirmed a continuous mineralised structure spanning more than 80 metres wide that remains open along strike and at depth.
A standout intersection in hole SBRC0023 returned 29 metres at 3.38 grams per tonne (g/t) gold from a depth of just 11 metres, including an ultra-high-grade zone of 11 metres at 8.62 g/t gold.
Other notable shallow hits included 18 metres at 1.12 g/t gold from 51 metres, 14 metres at 0.64 g/t gold from 15 metres, and a broad intercept of 55 metres at 0.25 g/t gold from 6 metres.
Platina Managing Director Dr Paul Polito said: “These results demonstrate why Sunrise Bore was an attractive addition to Platina’s Laverton portfolio.
“Our first objective was to confirm the historical gold system with modern drilling and begin establishing the geological framework needed to determine its scale. We have achieved that.”
Polito pointed out that the maiden drilling tested only 200 metres of a broader 1.2-kilometre mineralised trend, offering significant scope for further discoveries.
“We therefore have considerable room to test whether the system can be extended and whether further higher-grade zones can be identified,” Polito added.
Acquired in June 2026, Sunrise Bore forms part of Platina’s greater than 300-square-kilometre Laverton portfolio alongside the Mt McKenna and Mt Morgans South projects.
Platina will now integrate the new drill data into historic geological models to define targets for follow-up drilling.
The results will assist Platina in determining the most effective next phase of exploration required to assess the scale and continuity of the Sunrise Bore gold system.
