Dalaroo Metals Ltd (ASX:DAL)

Dalaroo Metals Ltd (ASX: DAL) announced that the first two holes from its maiden reverse circulation drilling program at the Wilfred target within the Bondoukou Gold Ridge Project in Côte d’Ivoire delivered a high-grade gold discovery, with BDRC002 returning 18 m at 7.31 g/t Au from 63 m, including 12 m at 8.66 g/t Au and a peak 1 m assay of 15.90 g/t Au, plus a second zone of 16 m at 1.46 g/t Au from 113 m, while BDRC001 returned 23 m at 2.14 g/t Au from surface including 12 m at 3.35 g/t Au; the results represent the first drilling ever undertaken across the approximately 7 km Gold Ridge corridor and validate Dalaroo’s targeting model built from magnetic data, artisanal workings, mapping, soil sampling and auger drilling. The high-grade interval in BDRC002 is associated with strongly silicified volcaniclastic rocks with quartz-sulphide veining and pyrite, providing an important geological vector for follow-up work, while BDRC001 shows broad oxide gold from surface that may reflect weathered primary mineralisation. At the time of reporting, nine holes for 1,750 m had been completed and BDRC010 was in progress as part of a 24-hole, approximately 4,200 m orientation phase within a larger 102-hole, approximately 12,000 m maiden program targeting Wilfred, Mag and Ali, with Dalaroo able to earn up to an 80% interest in permit PR-825 through a joint venture with Goldridge SARL; true widths, geometry and continuity remain unknown, but the company considers the early drilling success a significant step toward defining the scale potential of the broader corridor.