Metal Hawk Limited (ASX:MHK) has commenced diamond drilling at the Thylacine south zone within its 100%-owned Leinster South Project in the Agnew-Lawlers region of Western Australia, targeting the high-grade Numbat lode and associated Numbat shear zone in a campaign of approximately 1,200 metres.

Key Points

  • Diamond drilling has commenced at the Thylacine south zone, Leinster South Project, Western Australia
  • The campaign totals approximately 1,200m, targeting the Numbat lode and Numbat shear zone
  • Three holes for approximately 1,000m are co-funded by the WA Government's Exploration Incentive Scheme, contributing up to $175,000 towards direct drilling costs
  • Assay results from a recently completed 10-hole, 1,642m RC program are expected mid-November

Diamond Drilling Program at Thylacine South Zone

The approximately 1,200-metre diamond drilling campaign at the Thylacine south zone is designed to test the high-grade Numbat lode and the associated Numbat shear zone. Oriented core will be used to define the geometry, plunge and true width of high-grade gold mineralisation at Numbat. The program follows up a discovery intercept at the Numbat lode in hole 26LSRC077, which returned 9m at 12.3 grams per tonne gold from 70 metres, and shear-hosted gold in hole 26LSRC075, which intersected 4m at 12.5 grams per tonne gold from 43 metres, as reported in prior filings.

WA Government Exploration Incentive Scheme Co-Funding

Three holes forming approximately 1,000 metres of the diamond drilling program are co-funded under the Western Australian Government's Exploration Incentive Scheme Co-funded Exploration Drilling Program. The scheme is contributing up to $175,000 towards direct drilling costs for those holes. Managing Director Will Belbin acknowledged the WA Government's support through the EIS, noting that oriented core will help define the geometry and plunge of the high-grade zones identified through the RC drilling program and guide future drilling decisions at the Numbat area.

RC Program Assays and Leinster South Project Overview

Samples from a recently completed RC program, comprising 10 holes numbered 26LSRC084 to 26LSRC093 for a total of 1,642 metres, are currently with the laboratory, with assay results expected mid-November. The Leinster South Project covers more than 430 square kilometres, situated between 10 kilometres and 40 kilometres south of Leinster. The project is located on tenement E36/1068 along the southeastern limb of the Lawlers Anticline on the Agnew-Wiluna Greenstone Belt. The company's maiden drilling at Leinster South began in mid-2025.