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Bison plans first drilling at Nevada’s Bald Peaks gold-silver target
Bison Resources has filed a notice with the US Bureau of Land Management for its first drilling at the Bald Peaks project in Elko County, Nevada.
The company plans seven drill pads to test a 1.5-kilometre gold-silver anomaly.
The target was identified through rock sampling, geological mapping and geophysical work, but has not yet been tested below the surface.
Bison plans holes averaging about 300 metres deep to investigate the underlying rock layers.
A second batch of rock-chip assay results is due by the end of October and may help the company choose final drill locations.
The Bureau of Land Management must review the notice, and drilling can proceed once a reclamation bond is in place.
Bison is targeting a December 2026 start, with the planned drilling intended as an initial test of a broader geological corridor.
Bison Resources has lodged a notice of intent to drill at its Bald Peaks project in Elko County, Nevada.
The company plans seven drill pads to test the heart of a 1.5km gold-silver geochemical and alteration anomaly.
Bison is targeting a December 2026 start for its maiden drilling program.
The planned holes will average about 300m deep and are intended to test the prospective rock layers.
A second batch of rock-chip assay results is due by the end of October and may help refine drill locations.
- Who
- Bison Resources.
- What
- The company lodged a notice of intent for its first drilling at the Bald Peaks project.
- When
- Drilling is targeted to begin in December 2026.
- Where
- Bald Peaks, in Elko County, Nevada.
- Why
- The drilling is intended to test a 1.5km gold-silver geochemical and alteration anomaly and assess its potential mineralised core.
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A second batch of rock-chip assay results is due, including the first samples from the expanded claim area.
Bison is targeting the start of maiden drilling at Bald Peaks.
- Planned drill pads
- 7
- Target length
- 1.5km
- Average planned hole depth
- About 300m
- Project location
- Elko County, Nevada
- Target drilling start
- December 2026
What people are saying
Every piece of work at Bald Peaks – from our first rock chips to the recent magnetics – has strengthened the case to drill
We have a 1.5 km Carlin-type trend sitting in the same structural setting as the known deposits across the region, and lodging the Notice puts us on track to test it at depth.
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