Australian Critical Minerals (ASX:ACM) has appointed SFP Drilling to begin a maiden diamond drilling campaign at the Flint Gold-Silver Project in northern Peru.
SFP will mobilise to the site this month, before drilling begins in late March 2026. Phase one will comprise four drillholes across 1,850m to test the northern high-suphidation epithermal gold target cluster.
The company identified the hydrothermal system to extend 4km from sub-surface modelling.
Australian Critical is currently preparing the drill pad for exploration, with all regulatory approvals already granted for phase one.
Executive Chairman Dean de Largie says the company is transitioning from drill-ready to drill-active.
“Our phase one program will drill the northern cluster of gold-silver targets identified by extensive geochemistry, alteration mapping, and geophysics,” de Largie says.
“Importantly, the Flint Project sits within one of the world’s premier epithermal metallogenic belts, which hosts more than 10 major deposits and resources exceeding 50 million ounces of gold.
“Flint is endowed with an ideal geological setting and compelling alteration characteristics that are consistent with high-sulphidation systems within this highly prospective region.”
Australian Critical Minerals is an exploration company with a portfolio of precious and base metals projects in Peru and Western Australia.
Write to Maddison Elliott at Mining.com.au
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