Zenith Minerals has delivered a series of high-grade gold intercepts from drilling at its Consolidated Dulcie project, strongly hinting at a much larger prize within Western Australia's prolific Southern Cross–Forrestania Greenstone Belt.
Drilling Delivers Standout Gold Grades
The company has released assays from half of a major 77-hole, 12,621-metre reverse circulation drilling program completed at its wholly-owned project. The results have provided significant southerly extensions to the known Dulcie Far North (DFN) inferred resource, following the securing of additional subsurface rights in June 2025.
Key intercepts have impressed the market. At Dulcie North, drilling returned 6 metres at 2.66 grams per tonne (g/t) gold from 162m, including a higher-grade 3-metre section of 4.66g/t gold. A wider zone of 15m at 1.01g/t gold from 47m was also recorded, containing a richer core of 2m at 3.64g/t gold.
Other notable results included 10m at 1.09g/t gold from 87m and 7m at 1.43g/t gold from 158m. The program also yielded the project's highest-grade intercept to date: 3m assaying 22.67g/t gold from 101m, which included an exceptional 1-metre slice grading 56.76g/t gold.
Validating a District-Scale Gold System
According to Zenith Minerals managing director Andrew Smith, the results confirm Dulcie is rapidly evolving into a district-scale gold system. "Results to date continue to confirm scale, continuity and predictable geometry across the corridor," Mr Smith stated. This reinforces confidence in the project's exploration target, set in July 2025, of between 0.3 and 0.8 million ounces of gold.
Drilling has successfully extended the mineralised system roughly 400 metres south of the current northern resource boundary at Dulcie North. Furthermore, drilling outside the main target area identified new lodes, indicating strong potential for further growth. The latest intercepts, along with new mineralisation linked to a western banded iron formation horizon, validate the company's geological targeting model.
Funding and Forward Plan
Zenith is well-funded to advance the project after locking in a A$7.65 million strategic placement with Ida Metal Investments in September last year. This war chest is earmarked to fast-track drilling at Consolidated Dulcie and advance work at its Red Mountain project in Queensland.
The funding puts the company in a strong position to deliver a maiden JORC-compliant mineral resource estimate next month. Ongoing drilling will continue to test unexplored areas within the exploration corridor. A planned diamond drilling program will also commence to gather critical structural and metallurgical data.
With the balance of assay results due in the coming weeks, the story at the more than 6km-long Dulcie Shear Zone is only getting bigger. The project, which sits on granted mining leases with excellent infrastructure, is sharpening its case to become a standout new gold asset in one of WA's most sought-after regions.
