Platina Commences Strategic Aircore Drilling at WA’s Challa & Beete Projects



 

Platina Resources Limited (ASX: PGM) has launched a strategic aircore drilling campaign at its Challa and Beete gold prospects in Western Australia—two strong assets identified in the highly prospective Murchison region. The campaign comprises 1,690 m across 14 holes at Challa, located 55 km east of Mt Magnet, and 1,536 m over 39 holes at Beete, situated near Norseman.

At Challa, drilling targets a northwest-trending splay off the Challa shear zone—previous drilling (CHAC0155) intersected 12 m grading 0.66 g/t Au, with a high-grade segment of 4 m at 1.7 g/t Au. Current efforts aim to trace that structure and define its lateral gold potential.

At Beete, the drill pattern is designed to infill earlier assays marked by anomalous gold and arsenic values. Results here will provide clarity ahead of deeper follow-up by RC or diamond drilling.

Managing Director Corey Nolan emphasised that these aircore programs are essential to testing current geological models before allocating further resources. The moves follow Platina’s earlier diamond drilling at Xanadu—adjacent to Challa—which returned promising deeper results and now faces government-supported exploration funding.

With rising gold prices and supportive infrastructure, Platina’s disciplined sampling-led approach underpins its balanced, multi-project strategy. Assays are expected within weeks, and positive results could trigger accelerated follow-up drilling.

These campaigns highlight Platina’s value-driving ambition to build a portfolio of gold projects in WA’s promising junior resource sector.

 

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