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Parbo Resources begins first reverse-circulation drilling campaign
Parbo Resources has begun its first reverse-circulation drilling campaign near Meekatharra in Western Australia, testing for gold and copper-gold.
The 11-hole campaign will cover about 2,450 metres across Mount Padbury and the nearby Bryah Basin project.
It follows 5,460 metres of aircore drilling, with samples from 54 holes at two prospects sent for testing.
The company is investigating rock formations hidden beneath granite cover, using earlier drilling and geophysical surveys to choose targets.
At Narracoota, six holes will test deeper copper-gold targets that the company thinks earlier shallow drilling may have missed.
Assay results and down-hole surveys will guide any further work, including possible diamond drilling.
That follow-up is conditional on the results, and the company plans electromagnetic surveys after the current drilling.
Parbo Resources has begun its first reverse-circulation drilling campaign to test concealed gold and copper-gold targets.
The 11-hole program covers about 2,450 metres across Mount Padbury and the nearby Bryah Basin project.
Drilling began at GoldenEye and is also planned at Oddjob, Goldfinger and Narracoota.
The campaign follows 5,460 metres of aircore drilling, with samples from Oddjob and Goldfinger sent for assay.
Assays and down-hole electromagnetic surveys will help determine possible follow-up drilling.
- Who
- Parbo Resources (ASX: PRB).
- What
- The company has started its first reverse-circulation drilling campaign to test concealed gold and copper-gold targets.
- When
- Drilling began on Friday; the article was published on 9 November 2026.
- Where
- Mount Padbury and the nearby Bryah Basin project, near Meekatharra, Western Australia.
- Why
- To test geological and geophysical targets for gold, copper-gold and potential volcanogenic massive sulphide mineralisation.
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Parbo completed 5,460 metres of aircore drilling in 54 holes at Oddjob and Goldfinger, sending all samples for assay.
Parbo commenced RC drilling at GoldenEye.
Down-hole electromagnetic surveys are planned to refine a target for possible diamond drilling in the first quarter of 2027, subject to results.
- RC campaign
- 11 holes covering about 2,450 metres
- Mount Padbury program
- Five holes totalling about 1,250 metres
- Narracoota program
- Six RC holes of about 200 metres each
- Aircore drilling
- 5,460 metres completed
- Potential diamond drilling
- Planned for the first quarter of 2027, subject to results
What people are saying
We are excited to be moving straight into RC drilling following the successful completion of our second aircore program, marking another important step forward in our exploration strategy, just weeks after listing on the ASX.
We now have an opportunity to test this exciting geological model at depth, including along the interpreted extension of the Plutonic-Marymia (K2) structural corridor.
Meanwhile, at Narracoota we are also preparing to test priority copper-gold targets where modern geophysics suggests that historical drilling may have narrowly missed the primary target zones.