Arika paves Yellow Brick Road with more gold after returning thick high-grade results

Recent drilling at the F1 and Landed at Last structures delivered strong results, with the program targeting depth extensions below previous work.

Results at F1 include 57m at 1.42g/t Au from 125m in hole 26AYRC024, 29m at 1.50g/t from 156m in 26AYRC027 and 13m at 3.78g/t from 126m in 26AYRC028.

Each of these contains higher-grade zones, including 4m at 15.67g/t from 152m in 26AYRC024, 9m at 2.97g/t from 167m in 26AYRC027 and 2m at 17.76g/t from 133m in 26AYRC028.

Notably, hole 26AYRC027 finished in mineralisation, returning 5m at 2.23g/t from 198m, including a higher-grade interval of 2m at 5.48g/t.

Arika Resources (ASX:ARI) plans to extend this hole to test for further mineralisation at depth.

Interpretation of these results indicates that the F1 structure remains open and appears to strengthen at depth below earlier drill holes, supporting the potential for further extensions.

Drilling on the Landed at Last main structure and hinge zone also returned strong results.

Extension of historical hole YMRC114 returned 33m at 1.12g/t Au from 65m, with higher-grade intervals at the interpreted hinge where F1 and Landed at Last converge.

Hole 25AYRC178 intersected 20m at 0.49g/t Au from 170m, including 4m at 1.90g/t.

This step-out, drilled about 100m down-dip from previous intercepts, confirms that the structure continues at depth.

Managing director Justin Barton said Yundamindra was continuing to fire, with each new batch of assays building the case for a bigger gold system.

He said the latest results came from systematic drilling across the northern end of the Landed at Last corridor, part of the Western Corridor.

They support the potential for further growth along the 2.5km corridor and across the broader Yundamindra project.

“This is a fantastic result, which shows the potential of all the key prospects along the Yellow Brick Road to continue to grow and, ultimately, contribute towards the ultimate resource endowment of the greater Yundamindra Gold Project,” Barton said.

With assays pending from more than 10,000m of drilling, Arika expects a steady flow of exploration results in the coming months.

Arika is systematically testing the northern 2.5km of the Landed at Last corridor.

The objective is to establish mineralisation continuity between Queen of Poland in the north and Golden Treasure Deeps in the south.

Importantly, ore zones remain open in all directions, limited by the extent of current drilling.

Recent results also indicate a broader structural system, with multiple lodes showing significant widths and internal higher-grade zones rather than isolated intercepts.

Arika’s drilling campaign is designed to underpin a maiden mineral resource estimate at Yundamindra, with work since January focused on the Yellow Brick Road in the Western Corridor and the Red Brick Road in the Eastern Corridor.

Drilling is temporarily paused while the company works through a backlog of assays, with results still pending from 75 holes for about 10,000m.

Field activity is expected to resume once results are received.

Yundamindra is about 65km southwest of Laverton in Western Australia’s Laverton Greenstone Belt, which has produced more than 28Moz of gold and hosts major operations, including Sunrise Dam and Wallaby.

Arika owns 80% of the project and is moving towards full ownership, subject to completing conditions.