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Dalaroo finds gold at a second prospect in Côte d’Ivoire
Australian company Dalaroo Metals found gold at its Wilfred prospect in Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa.
Drilling intersected 13 metres of mineralisation grading 2.67 grams of gold per tonne, starting 87 metres below the surface.
Wilfred is 1.25 kilometres from the Fournier discovery, where earlier drilling also found gold.
The two prospects lie along the Bondoukou Gold Ridge, a 40-kilometre regional structure that has seen little modern exploration.
Gold has now been found at two widely separated locations, but Dalaroo says it has not yet established that the mineralisation connects between them.
If further work confirms a continuous deposit, it could point to a larger gold system, but that remains unproven.
Dalaroo plans 1,750 metres of diamond drilling and is preparing an induced-polarisation survey to guide exploration.
Dalaroo Metals reported a gold intersection at the Wilfred prospect, its second prospect to return significant gold results at the Bondoukou Gold Ridge in Côte d’Ivoire.
The Wilfred hole intersected 13 metres grading 2.67 grams per tonne of gold from 87 metres depth.
The result is 1.25 kilometres along strike from the company’s Fournier discovery.
Dalaroo said mineralisation continuity between the two prospects has not yet been established.
The company plans an expanded 1,750-metre diamond drilling program and is preparing an induced polarisation geophysical survey.
- Who
- Dalaroo Metals, an exploration company.
- What
- It reported a 13-metre gold intersection at the Wilfred prospect, its second prospect with significant gold results at Bondoukou.
- When
- November 9, 2026.
- Where
- The Bondoukou Gold Ridge in Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa.
- Why
- The drilling was part of Dalaroo’s exploration program to assess the gold prospects; the company said the result supports its view that a large mineralised system may be present.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Dalaroo’s maiden drilling at Fournier returned gold intercepts, including 18 metres grading 7.31 grams per tonne from 63 metres.
Dalaroo reported a 13-metre intersection grading 2.67 grams per tonne at Wilfred.
Dalaroo said it would begin an expanded 1,750-metre diamond drilling program and prepare for an induced polarisation survey.
- Wilfred intersection
- 13 metres at 2.67 grams per tonne of gold from 87 metres
- Higher-grade core
- 6 metres at 4.19 grams per tonne from 87 metres
- Distance from Fournier
- 1.25 kilometres along strike
- Planned diamond drilling
- 1,750 metres
- Bondoukou Gold Ridge length
- 40 kilometres
What people are saying
The intersection of a new zone of significant gold mineralisation at the Wilfred Prospect, 1.25km from the Fournier discovery hole, is an excellent result and strongly supports our view that a large mineralised system is present at Bondoukou.
We are very encouraged by the fact that the results from the first two prospects drilled at the Bondoukou Gold Ridge have both delivered significant gold intercepts from our maiden drilling program.