The Day's Play Edition 161: High-grade gold hits, stacked zones and near-58% TREO | PGL, SNM, CRI
THE COIN TOSS
Pilbara Gold (ASX:PGL)
Terra Lights Up With High-Grade Gold
First 2026 drilling at Terra returned 46m @ 3.17g/t Au from 92m, including 18m @ 4.36g/t Au, alongside 4m @ 9.91g/t Au including 1m @ 33.62g/t Au. Mineralisation shows potential scale across a 1.5–2km corridor, remains open in multiple directions, and 6,300m of drilling remains.
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Sentinel Metals (ASX:SNM)
Columbia Delivers Another Strong Gold Hit
Maiden drilling at Columbia returned 48m @ 1.13g/t Au, including 6.1m @ 3.50g/t Au and 1.5m @ 12.1g/t Au. Fire assays also confirmed 46.8m @ 5.33g/t Au, including 13.5m @ 15.7g/t Au, with further assays expected in October ahead of an updated MRE targeted for November.
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Critica Ltd (ASX:CRI)
Jupiter Repeats Near-58% TREO Result
Critica has produced a second MREC grading 57.9% TREO from Jupiter, closely replicating the first MREC while increasing MagREO to 15.0% and HREO to 3.66%. The result adds to testwork covering beneficiation recovery, concentrate grade, mass rejection and reagent consumption, with the Jupiter Scoping Study targeted for Q3 2026.
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Western Gold Resources (ASX:WGR)
Gold Duke Production Target Surges Forward
The Expanded Scoping Study incorporates 18 open-pit designs and a Production Target of approximately 1.11Mt @ 1.7g/t Au for 59.7koz of contained gold and approximately 55.5koz of recovered/payable gold. The development strategy uses open-pit mining and toll treatment, with a binding Toll Milling Agreement remaining in place.
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Mount Ridley Mines (ASX:MRD)
Scandium Recovery Jumps to 91.8%
Selectro Test 3 lifted scandium recovery to 91.8%, from 80.0%, while HREE recovery averaged approximately 84% and LREE recovery approximately 77%. The test used half the reagent dose applied in Tests 1 and 2 on the same unbeneficiated Grass Patch composite and without process optimisation.
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Hydrix Ltd (ASX:HYD)
Hydrix Lands A$0.625M Heart Monitoring Deal
Hydrix Medical has secured a multi-year contract with National Heart Centre Singapore for deployment of the Implicity remote cardiac monitoring platform. The contract is estimated at approximately A$0.625M over 3 years, equivalent to approximately A$0.21M annual recurring revenue, subject to patient volumes, with implementation expected to commence shortly.
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Ordell Minerals (ASX:ORD)
McNabs East Hits Wide, Shallow Gold
McNabs East drilling returned 32m @ 1.65g/t Au, 19m @ 2.70g/t Au and 25m @ 1.89g/t Au, including 1m @ 26.67g/t Au. Mineralisation starts approximately 10m below surface and remains open, with a maiden MRE targeted for Q4 2026 following completion of 122 RC holes over 1,400m of strike.
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OD6 Metals (ASX:OD6)
Quinn Fluorspar Corridor Stretches 8km
OD6 has consolidated 100% ownership of 226 mining claims covering approximately 1,890 hectares at the Quinn Fluorspar Project, with more than 20 fluorspar occurrences and an 8km fertile mineralised corridor identified. Recent exploration has demonstrated high-grade fluorspar mineralisation, with permitting and beneficiation work advancing.
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Resonance Health (ASX:RHT)
Resonance Opens Global Imaging Channel
Resonance has executed a Strategic Alliance and Master Services Agreement with Image Analysis Group, making its regulatory-cleared MRI endpoints orderable through IAG’s global imaging business. The agreement has an initial 24-month term with no minimum volume or revenue commitments, while the first 2 work orders will comprise pilot studies.
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Elk Range Mining (ASX:ELK)
Visible Gold Shows Up in Maiden Hole
Elk Range identified 7 separate visible native-gold occurrences between 122.45m and 122.55m in its maiden diamond hole at Friday, approximately 14.5m above visible gold identified in a nearby historical hole. The hole has progressed beyond the historical hole and extends approximately 200m into an area with limited previous drilling.
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Corazon Mining (ASX:CZN)
Chalice Drilling Targets 191koz Gold Resource
Corazon’s Chalice Gold Project hosts a 191,000oz JORC Mineral Resource at 2.7g/t Au on a granted Mining Lease. A resource-growth drilling program is targeted to commence in Q3 2026, with the project supported by historical drilling, a 645,000oz production history and proximity to established processing infrastructure.
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Mt Malcolm Mines (ASX:M2M)
Malcolm Review Fires Up Copper-Gold Targets
An integrated geological review has defined multiple copper and gold targets across the Malcolm Project, including laboratory rock-chip results up to 1.37% Cu and 0.44g/t Au. Additional multi-element anomalies coincide with geophysical and structural targets, with follow-up drilling identified for further testing.
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