Wishbone Gold (LSE:WSBN) has completed 14 reverse‑circulation (RC) holes for 2,182 metres and started diamond drilling at its Red Setter project, with initial assay results expected before the end of July.
Red Setter is a gold‑copper project in the Paterson Province of Western Australia, 20km south‑west of Greatland Gold's Telfer mine and 50km east of Cyprium Metals' Nifty copper mine, and the programme is intended to test extensions of known mineralisation along a 4km diorite trend and to target the strongest alteration and sulphide zones.
"We are on track to complete the 9,000m of drilling in this first phase of the 2026 programme," Richard Poulden, Wishbone's Chairman, said in the company announcement.
The initial RC phase started on 5 May and was designed to drill approximately 25 holes for approximately 3,500 metres, of which 14 holes (2,182m) have been completed, while the diamond phase, which began on 27 May and covers a further 4,500 metres, has seen two holes totalling 687 metres drilled to date and the programme is targeting depths of up to 600 metres from surface.
Apex Geoscience Consultants and Core Drilling crews have constructed multiple drill pads, drilled water bores, established a camp and mobilised track‑mounted rigs and ancillary equipment to make the programme operational.
The final heritage survey for the proposed new access road from the Nifty mine and airport to Red Setter has been completed and Wishbone expects permission to progress construction on grant of the required Miscellaneous Licence, with approval also given to relocate the support camp to Red Setter once road approvals are in place.
