West Coast Silver (ASX:WCE) is preparing for a geophysical survey campaign at its flagship Elizabeth Hill silver project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, designed to test potential silver mineralisation and structures hosting and channeling mineralisation.
The program will commence by the end of March 2026 and will test the area around the diamond holes completed in 2025 to the south and below historic mine workings at the project.
The program will also focus on testing from surface around the defined ‘high-grade’ silver mineralisation from historic and 2025 diamond and air core drilling to the north, east, and west for potential offshoots, parallel structures, and deeper targets.
Finally, the upcoming campaign will use the known mineralisation from Elizabeth Hill as a natural test for geophysical methods to determine the optimal survey types for future work along strike.
Executive Chairman Bruce Garlick says that the results from recent petrophysical investigations suggest that geophysical surveys can be used to identify silver and potentially base metals mineralisation across the project.
“Elizabeth Hill may be part of a broader, repeatable silver mineralised system amenable to definition by geophysical methods,” Garlick says.
“Testing and calibrating geophysical techniques over near mine and regional exploration targets is part of WCE’s planned 2026 exploration scope of works.
“This geophysical program aims to extend the potential strike and depth extent of Elizabeth Hill mineralisation and structures controlling mineralisation distribution.
“Geophysics adds another layer of data that assists in more precise exploration drill targeting.”
West Coast Silver has signed a contract with Southern Geoscience Consultants for the 2026 geophysics programs across Elizabeth Hill.
West Coast Silver is focused on three key projects in Western Australia, with a core focus on the Elizabeth Hill Silver Project to help meet growing silver demand.
Write to Amy Rotman at Mining.com.au
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