Alien Metals (AIM:UFO) (AIM: UFO), a minerals exploration and development company, has reported high-grade silver and base metal intersections from its joint venture partner West Coast Silver (ASX: WCE) at the Elizabeth Hill Silver Project near Karratha in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
Diamond drill hole 26WCDD029 intersected 3 metres at 524 grams per tonne (g/t) silver from 183 metres depth, including 1.5 metres at 1,039g/t silver from 184.5 metres, confirming a discrete mineralised zone below and separate from the previously mined Elizabeth Hill orebody.
The new intersection connects historical drill results to define an approximately 50-metre-long, north-south, sub-horizontal mineralised trend beneath the historical mine workings, expanding the scale of the known silver system.
The same hole also returned a nickel-copper-palladium intersection of 0.45 metres at 2.73% nickel, 0.93% copper and 0.7g/t palladium from 154.87 metres, opening what West Coast Silver described as a potentially additional mineralisation style at the project.
Separately, reverse circulation drilling results from 15 of 32 holes completed in May extended near-surface silver mineralisation beyond the April 2026 maiden mineral resource estimate (MRE), with the best result returning 44 metres at 26g/t silver from surface in hole 26WCRC020.
West Coast Silver holds a 70% interest in Elizabeth Hill; Alien Metals holds the remaining 30%.
Further assay results from the final planned diamond drill holes are expected progressively through July and August, with a resource update targeted for the fourth quarter of 2026.
