Business · Energy & Commodities · 17 hrs ago
Jacaranda begins fieldwork to prepare White Cockatoo drill targets
Jacaranda Natural Resources has started fieldwork at its White Cockatoo project in central Queensland, Australia.
The company is mapping and taking rock and soil samples at four prospects: Quartz Ridge, Old Kroombit, Cave Mountain and Tea Tree.
Historical surface samples showed copper and gold mineralisation, but none of the four prospects has recorded drilling.
The fieldwork will help the company assess the size and shape of the mineralised areas and rank possible drill targets.
Jacaranda will combine new field results with existing geochemical and geophysical data to decide where to drill.
The company is also progressing land access arrangements and approvals.
First drilling is planned for early 2027, subject to results, access and approvals.
Jacaranda Natural Resources has started fieldwork at four White Cockatoo copper-gold prospects in central Queensland.
The work aims to refine and rank targets for the company’s first drill campaign.
Teams are conducting geological and structural mapping, rock-chip sampling and soil sampling at Quartz Ridge, Old Kroombit, Cave Mountain and Tea Tree.
The company plans maiden drilling in early 2027, subject to results, approvals and land access.
- Who
- Jacaranda Natural Resources, an Australian-listed company.
- What
- It has begun fieldwork to refine and rank copper-gold drill targets at four prospects.
- When
- Fieldwork has started; maiden drilling is planned for early 2027.
- Where
- The White Cockatoo project in central Queensland, at Quartz Ridge, Old Kroombit, Cave Mountain and Tea Tree.
- Why
- To assess mineralised zones and use the results to place and rank targets for the first drill holes.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Historical rock-chip sampling at Quartz Ridge returned separate peak results of 24% copper, 4.4g/t gold and 912g/t silver.
A rock chip at Old Kroombit returned 42.1% copper, 2.4g/t gold and 198g/t silver, and soil sampling outlined a 1,360m gold-copper anomaly.
A rock chip at Cave Mountain returned 11.4g/t gold, 7.3g/t silver and 1.2% copper.
Jacaranda has started fieldwork at four White Cockatoo prospects.
Maiden drilling is planned, subject to results, approvals and access.
- Prospects
- Quartz Ridge, Old Kroombit, Cave Mountain and Tea Tree
- Project location
- Central Queensland
- Quartz Ridge rock-chip peaks
- 24% copper, 4.4g/t gold and 912g/t silver
- Old Kroombit soil anomaly
- 1,360m gold-copper anomaly
- Cave Mountain soil anomaly
- 1km copper-gold-molybdenum-bismuth anomaly
- Planned maiden drilling
- Early 2027, subject to results, approvals and access
What people are saying
The prospects at Quartz Ridge, Old Kroombit, Cave Mountain, and Tea Tree have all returned high-grade surface results and none have any recorded drilling
This work is about understanding the size and shape of each target so that our first drill holes go in the right place.