True North Copper (ASX:TNC) CEO Andrew Mooney says the company is “onto something big here” within the Mt Oxide Project in Queensland, after the Aquila discovery reached over 900m of strike length.
Multiple ‘high-grade’ shoots were delineated through the extended Mt Oxide phase two drilling program, highlighting the potential to exceed the scale and quality of the existing Vero resource. Assays have been received from four of the eight pending holes at Aquila.
Follow-up drilling is currently being planned, which is expected to include following up Aquila in Q2 2026.
Extensional induced polarisation (IP) surveys will also be conducted to the north and south of the currently defined Aquila, Apollo, and Acanthis trends, and additional IP at the Rhea target within the Mt Gordon Fault Zone, expected in Q1 or Q2 2026.
Phase two drilling also included an additional four holes into the Apollo and Acanthis trends, expected December to January, that will enable follow up drilling in 2026 from improved drill pad locations.
Priority target zones along the Apollo and Acanthis trends remain untested. Results from the completed drilling will inform the detailed design of the next drilling program on these parallel trends.
Drillhole MOX260 returned 32m @ 1.02% copper, 0.17% cobalt, 4.4 grams per tonne silver from 109m, including 6m @ 3.56% copper, 0.60% cobalt, 11.5g/t silver from 122m
Other results include drillhole MOX259 with 31m @ 0.57% copper, 0.15% cobalt, 4.5g/t silver from 89m, including 5m @ 2.10% copper, 0.65% cobalt, 14g/t silver from 114m.
Mooney adds that with four drillholes pending at Aquila, the story continues to unfold.
“In 2026, we will continue to drill out Aquila north, south, and at depth, and look to test additional high-priority targets along strike to further grow Mt Oxide,” he says.
As previously reported, extensional induced polarisation (IP) surveys to the north and south of the currently defined Aquila, Apollo, and Acanthis trends will also be carried out, in conjunction with additional IP at the Rhea target during Q1 and Q2 2026.
True North says priority target zones along the Apollo and Acanthis trends remain untested. Results from the recently completed drilling program will inform the detailed design of the next drilling program on these parallel trends.
True North Copper is an Australian copper explorer focused on its projects in the Mt Isa region of Northwest Queensland.
Write to Aaliyah Rogan at Mining.com.au
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