Tali Resources Ltd (ASX:TR2)

Tali Resources Ltd announced that an approximately 9,000m aircore drilling program will commence in October 2026 at its West Arunta Project in Western Australia, with about 5,500m focused on seven first-pass targets across the 45km-long Don Juan-Alakol alkaline ultramafic intrusive system and a further 3,500m on five Central Australian Suture prospects. The Don Juan and Alakol prospects are considered prospective for carbonatite-hosted critical minerals because historical drilling intersected aillikite in seven of eight holes, a rock type commonly associated with carbonatites, and geophysical surveys have identified multiple untested gravity and magnetic anomalies including Don Juan South-East, Don Juan East, Don Juan South, Don Juan West, Alakol, Alakol B and Alakol C. Historical work by Toro Energy and Niobium Holdings also supports fertility, including altered wall-rock rock-chip results up to 3.2% total rare earth elements in sample 136697 and prior RC intersections at Don Juan such as 19m at 853ppm REE+Y from 82m in DJRC0001 and 48m at 847ppm REE+Y from 76m in DJ_P002. Tali said more than 35km of the interpreted system remains accessible and underexplored despite some heritage access restrictions over parts of the historically drilled strike, and the current program is designed to test untested intrusive targets for carbonatite-associated niobium, rare earths, titanium, phosphorus and possible copper mineralisation.