Vita Resources (ASX:VTA) will expand its maiden auger drilling program at the Ninnis Gold Project in Western Australia after initial results identified several gold-in-soil anomalies.
Vita says drilling is scheduled to resume in early August after wet weather forced the company to suspend the original 1,200-hole program with 850 holes completed.
Gyro Drilling will remobilise to complete the remaining 350 holes, alongside approximately 300 additional infill holes. Vita has received a program of works approval for the infill component.
Results from the initial drilling identified numerous gold-in-soil anomalies extending 600m to the northwest within the project’s northern sector.
Closer-spaced sampling in the southern sector outlined a separate anomaly measuring 500m north to south and 300m wide.
Vita says the infill drilling will target two subparallel fault zones intersected during the initial program, which it interprets as major structural controls on the mineralised system.
Non-Executive Chairman Gavin Rutherford says the weather-related suspension gave the company time to review the first 850 assay results.
“The results provided encouraging guidance and an incentive for the board to expand our maiden Ninnis Gold program to include some in-fill drilling,” Rutherford says.
“We anticipate the programme being complete in August 2026 and if the balance of the results yields similar results, we will be very pleased.”
Vita expects to complete the expanded program by the end of August. It intends to undertake a geochemical review before beginning a maiden reverse circulation drilling program later in 2026.
Ninnis Gold covers 25km² and lies approximately 30km west of Laverton in the Eastern Goldfields region. Vita acquired the early-stage exploration project in November 2025.
The project is situated within the regional Celia and Ninnis Gold fault systems.
Write to France Pinzon at Mining.com.au
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