Avira Resources (ASX:AVW) reports ‘standout’ intercepts from its maiden reverse circulation drilling at the Mt Cattlin Gold Project in Western Australia.
Hole RAGC116 at the Maori Queen prospect returned 7m @ 6.11 grams per tonne gold (Au) from 105m, including 2m @ 15.1g/t Au from 107m. The intercept sits 25m down-plunge from historical drilling that returned 5m @ 6.34g/t Au.
Additional results from the final five holes include 5m @ 1.85g/t Au from 106m in RAGC117, incorporating 1m @ 7.47g/t Au, and 8m @ 1.4g/t Au from 37m in RAGC113.
RAGC116 also intersected two uphole zones at 2m @ 1.63g/t Au from 61m and 2m @ 1.31g/t Au from 101m.
CEO Andrew van Bentum says the results confirm ‘high-grade’ gold continues at depth at Maori Queen.
“The 7m intercept @ 6.11g/t Au in RAGC116 — including 2m @ 15.1g/t Au — together with 5m @ 1.85g/t Au in RAGC117, confirm the high-grade momentum building at Maori Queen and into the New Zealand Trend, which is emerging as a genuinely exciting, high-grade mineralised corridor with real scope to grow,” van Bentum adds.
Assays have now been received for all 18 holes, confirming mineralisation over a 650m strike length along the New Zealand Trend, which captures the Maori Queen, Maori Chief, and Maori Prince prospects.
The Mt Cattlin Gold Project sits 4km north of Ravensthorpe and adjacent to Rio Tinto’s (ASX:RIO) Mt Cattlin Lithium Mine. Historical production from Maori Queen and Sirdar totalled 23,006 tonnes @ 24.56g/t Au.
The program remains paused for winter weather and will recommence in September to test down-dip extensions at Maori Queen while commencing first-pass drilling at Sirdar and Ellendale.
AVW holds 100% of gold and non-pegmatite mineral rights over exploration licence E74/401 following its acquisition from Traka Resources (ASX:TKL) in December 2025.
Avira Resources holds a diversified portfolio of exploration assets across Western Australia and Sweden, including the Tangadee Copper-Zinc Project and the Puolalaki Copper-Nickel-Cobalt Project in Sweden’s Gällivare district.
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