Where Are the Higher Gold Grades Hiding at Augustus Minerals’ (ASX:AUG) Clifton East?

Sonal Goyal

11 November 2026 12:24 PM AEDT

Where Are the Higher Gold Grades Hiding at Augustus Minerals’ (ASX:AUG) Clifton East?

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Key Highlights

Scissor hole MWRC0025 stayed within the mineralised zone for 71m, returning 71m at 0.50 g/t gold from 15m.
Within that interval, 13m returned 1.05 g/t gold from 22m, using a 0.5 g/t cut.
The gold-bearing zones at Clifton East dip moderately to the north-west, giving a direction for the next drilling.
Drilling has started at St Patrick’s Well, where rock chips returned up to 30.4 g/t gold.

Augustus Minerals Limited (ASX:AUG) has reported an update on exploration at its Music Well Gold Project, including assays from the first five reverse circulation holes at Clifton East. The announcement dated 11 November 2026 says the assays confirm the dip of the gold-bearing zones, and that a scissor hole drilled in the opposite direction has returned a wide intercept.

The scissor hole and its intercept

Hole MWRC0025 was drilled in the opposite direction to MWRC0010, which had returned 34m at 0.83 g/t gold, and stayed within the mineralised zone for 71m. The best interval was 71m at 0.50 g/t gold from 15m to 86m, including 13m at 1.05 g/t gold from 22m to 35m.

Holes MWRC0026 and MWRC0027, about 80m to the north-east, returned lower grades. The company interprets those holes as running parallel to the mineralised zones rather than across them.

Dip, orientation and the next drilling

The first five holes, totalling 686m, show that the gold-bearing zones dip moderately to the north-west. The company said understanding this orientation is a key step in targeting future drilling.

Follow-up drilling will target extensions to the two higher-grade shoots defined in earlier drilling and surface sampling. The company said those shoots sit within an area of about 540m by 240m that drilling has already defined.

St Patrick’s Well and the shear zone

The rig is now drilling the first holes at St Patrick’s Well, where rock chips have returned up to 30.4 g/t gold. The company said the prospect sits on the same major shear zone that hosts Clifton East and the nearby Celtic gold mine.

The 0.50 g/t average across 71m is a broad, lower-grade intercept, and the higher grades are in narrower sections. Rock chip samples at St Patrick’s Well are selective and do not indicate average grade.

Final Word

The scissor hole has confirmed that the Clifton East zone extends down-dip for at least 71m, while the higher-grade shoots remain the focus for the next drilling. The St Patrick’s Well drilling will test whether the same shear zone carries similar mineralisation along strike.

FAQs

Q: How long was the mineralised intercept in MWRC0025?

A:71m at 0.50 g/t gold from 15m to 86m.

Q: What is the highest-grade part of the intercept?

A:13m at 1.05 g/t gold from 22m to 35m, using a 0.5 g/t cut.

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