Ballymore Resources (ASX:BMR) is planning follow-up drilling before the end of 2026 after Little Torpy’s returned 3m at 160.9 grams per tonne silver and 33.7% combined lead-zinc.
The result comes from hole BTPRC031, which intersected massive sulphide from 68m. It sits within a broader 16m zone @ 35.9g/t silver (Ag), 4.54% lead (Pb), and 3.41% zinc (Zn) from 65m.
Hole BTPRC030 returned 22m @ 47.3g/t Ag, 3.36% Pb, and 3.3% Zn from 34m. That includes 9m @ 90g/t Ag, 6.31% Pb, and 6.19% Zn from 44m.
The final five holes of the 2026 reverse circulation (RC) campaign tested Little Torpy’s for 502m. The full program totalled 22 holes for 2,609m at the Torpy’s silver-lead-zinc discovery.
Together with earlier discovery hole BTPRC007, which returned 30m @ 58.4g/t Ag from 22m, the results confirm ‘high-grade’ mineralisation about 600m south of the main Torpy’s zone.
The company says the best grades occur where rhyolite dykes intersect faults — the same control seen at Torpy’s. It plans to use that model to rank targets in untested ground between the two prospects.
Managing Director David A-Izzeddin says the result is the strongest yet at the prospect.
“Little Torpy’s has delivered its strongest result yet,” A-Izzeddin adds.
“That gives us a much sharper tool for finding the next high-grade zones.”
The next drilling program remains subject to final target selection, operational planning, and weather. The company is also modelling gravity survey data from the Ruddygore Project to generate further targets.
The Ruddygore Project covers 556km2 near Chillagoe, about 150km west of Cairns in North Queensland. Historical mining at Torpy’s began in 1904 and produced about 6,000 tonnes of ore and 920 tonnes of lead.
Ballymore Resources is an Australian explorer and developer advancing a portfolio of gold and base metal projects in Queensland.
Write to JC Villarba at Mining.com.au
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