Gorilla Gold Accelerates Drilling After New High-Grade Comet Vale Discoveries

New High-Grade Gold Zones Emerge at Comet Vale

Gorilla Gold Mines Ltd (ASX:GG8) has reported two fresh shallow, high-grade gold discoveries at its 100%-owned Comet Vale Gold Project in Western Australia. The initial wide-spaced drilling at the Donkey Kong and Magilla targets, both less than a kilometre from the Goldfields Highway, has intersected multiple significant gold intervals, including 21 metres at 11.6 grams per tonne (g/t) Au at Donkey Kong and 8 metres at 3.6 g/t Au at Magilla. These results echo the geological style seen at the nearby Lakeview discovery, reinforcing the potential for further resource growth in this under-explored region.

Donkey Kong’s standout intercept, 16 metres at 4.2 g/t Au from 36 metres downhole, was the first hole drilled into a 1-kilometre-long coincident gold and pathfinder soil anomaly, marking a promising new mineralised system. Magilla, situated 400 metres north along strike, produced high-grade hits including 2 metres at 6.1 g/t Au from 151 metres. Both targets are hosted within sheared ultramafic rocks with sulphidic alteration, consistent with orogenic gold mineralisation typical of the Kalgoorlie region.

Drilling Program Accelerated to Capitalise on Discoveries

In response to these encouraging results, Gorilla Gold has secured an additional reverse circulation (RC) rig, scheduled to arrive on site in May 2026, to accelerate follow-up drilling. This move swaps out a diamond rig to fast-track the exploration of these new targets, which are part of a broader 30-kilometre strike length of high-priority anomalies across the Comet Vale project. The company is also nearing completion of follow-up drilling at the Happy Jack Discovery, where previous drilling in 2025 returned high-grade shallow gold mineralisation.

The North Kalgoorlie Hub, comprising Comet Vale and the Mulwarrie Project, now hosts a resource base of approximately 1.2 million ounces at 3.7 g/t Au. Gorilla Gold’s aggressive exploration strategy is focused on discovering new gold resources, defining them through drilling, and progressing towards development. This is supported by a robust 150,000-metre drilling program planned for 2026, with multiple rigs active across the Hub and the Vivien Project.

Strategic Positioning Within a Growing Gold Hub

Comet Vale’s mineral resource estimate currently stands at 860,000 ounces at 3.7 g/t Au, with historical production exceeding 200,000 ounces at grades above 20 g/t Au from underground operations as recent as 2020. The project’s granted mining leases are strategically located adjacent to the Goldfields Highway, with several operational gold mills within a 100-kilometre radius, enhancing its development potential.

The company’s CEO, Charles Hughes, highlighted the scale of the targets and the geological analogies to Lakeview, underscoring the discovery’s significance. He emphasised that Comet Vale remains significantly under-explored within the broader North Kalgoorlie Gold Hub, suggesting substantial upside for further discoveries and resource growth.

Ongoing drilling includes two diamond rigs extending the Sovereign Deposit, one diamond rig at Mulwarrie, and one diamond rig at the Vivien Project targeting hanging wall and footwall exploration zones. Complementary workstreams such as engineering, geotechnical, metallurgical, and hydrological studies continue alongside permitting efforts, laying the groundwork for potential development.

This latest drilling update builds on a series of strong results from Comet Vale earlier in 2026, including multiple high-grade intercepts at the Sovereign Deposit and thick mineralised zones beyond existing resources, as detailed in recent company announcements. The expanded drilling capacity and continued assay turnaround improvements position Gorilla Gold well to maintain momentum in its exploration and resource definition activities.