Golden Dragon Maps 3km Gold Corridor at Cue Project
Golden Dragon Mining has uncovered expansive gold-in-soil anomalies stretching over three kilometres at its Cue Gold Project, signalling a potentially larger mineralised system in Western Australia’s Murchison Goldfields.
- Kilometre-scale gold anomalies identified at Coodardy/Behring Bore
- Peak soil gold value hits 720ppb with strong arsenic and antimony association
- Anomalies link multiple known prospects along a northeast structural trend
- Auger drilling expands target area beyond previous limits
- Follow-up drilling underway to test high-grade mineralisation extensions
Regional Gold Anomalies Extend Known Prospects
Golden Dragon Mining Ltd (ASX:GDR) has revealed a striking discovery of broad gold-in-soil anomalies that stretch over three kilometres across its Coodardy and Behring Bore area within the Cue Gold Project. The company’s maiden auger drilling program delineated two large, coherent gold anomalies aligned northeast, coinciding with established prospects such as Curtis Find, Piston, and the core Behring Bore and Coodardy zones.
The anomalies are not only extensive but robust, with peak soil gold values reaching 720 parts per billion (ppb). This geochemical footprint is underscored by a strong association with classic orogenic gold pathfinder elements arsenic and antimony, suggesting mineralisation controlled by structural features like faults or shear zones.
Geochemical Corridor Highlights Structural Control
The combined gold-arsenic-antimony anomaly forms an elongate geochemical high trending at approximately 62 degrees azimuth, a pattern consistent with structurally controlled orogenic systems. This continuous northeast-trending corridor effectively links multiple known mineralised zones, expanding the interpreted footprint of the gold system beyond prior drilling limits.
Golden Dragon’s 827-hole auger program, sampling to shallow depths averaging around 0.5 metres, was designed to cover a largely underexplored area. The results validate the approach, revealing a coherent mineralised trend rather than isolated anomalies, and provide a strong vector for targeting further exploration.
Building on High-Grade Drilling at Behring Bore and Coodardy
These auger results complement recent high-grade drilling successes at Behring Bore and Coodardy, where Golden Dragon has intersected significant gold mineralisation including intervals such as 12 metres at 6.5 grams per tonne (g/t) Au, with standout higher-grade zones like 4 metres at 17.6 g/t Au. The company is currently advancing slimline reverse circulation drilling to extend these high-grade zones along strike and at depth.
Managing Director Simon Buswell-Smith emphasised the significance of the findings: "The scale, strength and coherence of the gold-in-soil anomalism, together with its strong association with arsenic and antimony, are highly encouraging and consistent with a classic orogenic gold system. The identification of a continuous northeast-trending anomaly linking multiple known prospects highlights the potential for a much larger, structurally controlled mineralised system than previously recognised."
Next Steps Focus on Targeted Drilling and Heritage Surveys
Golden Dragon is progressing heritage surveys and engaging drilling contractors to prepare for targeted drill testing of priority zones along this newly defined corridor. The company’s Cue project now encompasses a dominant landholding of approximately 619 square kilometres in the Murchison region, hosting over 50 kilometres of mineralised shear zones.
With the auger program expanding the exploration footprint and recent drilling confirming high-grade mineralisation continuity, Golden Dragon is well positioned to define a larger coherent gold system. The emerging corridor linking Behring Bore, Coodardy, and other prospects offers multiple targets for systematic follow-up.
Bottom Line?
Golden Dragon’s expansive soil anomalies and ongoing drilling at Cue set the stage for potential resource growth, but confirmation of economic mineralisation awaits further assay results.
Questions in the middle?
- Will follow-up drilling confirm continuity and grade along the newly identified corridor?
- How might the expanding footprint impact resource modelling and project valuation?
- What timeline is expected for assay results from the upcoming targeted drill programs?
