Catalina Resources (ASX: CTN) to Commence Laverton Drilling Targeting Gold Extensions in September

3 min read | August 28, 2025 01:11 PM AEST | By Sonal Goyal

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Highlights

Catalina Resources will begin an RC drilling program at the halo area of its Laverton Project in early September 2025.

The Halo area is situated along the Barnicoat Shear Zone, a key regional structure hosting multiple gold deposits.

The program will target extensions of known gold mineralisation while also conducting infill drilling within the defined gold halo.

Previous drilling confirmed broad zones of gold mineralisation, including intercepts of 28m at 1.09g/t gold and 18m at 1.16g/t gold.

Catalina Resources Limited (ASX:CTN) is set to begin preparations for a reverse circulation (RC) drilling program at the halo area of its Laverton Project (E38/3697) in Western Australia starting 1 September 2025. Drilling operations will commence shortly thereafter.

The program will include both infill drilling targeting the known gold halo, alongside step-out drilling aimed at testing extensions of mineralisation.

Building on Previous Results

Drilling to date has demonstrated that the mineralised system at Laverton remains open in multiple directions, in line with a large-scale mineralising system. The planned work aims to follow up on encouraging results from earlier aircore (AC) and RC drilling.

Previous intercepts included:

28m at 1.09 grams per tonne (g/t) gold from 57m, including 1m at 9.69 g/t gold (LVAC049).
18m at 1.16 g/t gold from 126m, including 5m at 2.3 g/t gold (LVRC02).

Exploration to date has focused on a supergene gold anomaly, with results confirming broad gold mineralisation within the halo area, which is hosted in quartz feldspar volcanic rocks and associated with hydrothermal alteration.

Objective of the RC drilling program is to extend and refine these intercepts both along strike and down-dip.

Strategic Location in a World-Class District

The Laverton Project is situated within the Laverton Gold Province of Eastern Goldfields, Western Australia. This region has produced over 20 million ounces of gold and hosts globally significant deposits, including Sunrise Dam, Wallaby, Granny Smith, and the Mt Weld rare earth element deposit, one of the highest-grade REE deposits worldwide.

The halo area lies along the Barnicoat Shear Zone (BSZ), a structural corridor that also hosts other notable gold resources such as Lily Pond Well, Mon Ami, and Ida H. Geophysical data indicates that the BSZ transects Catalina’s tenement, providing a favourable structural setting for the observed mineralisation.

Management Commentary

Ross Cotton, Executive Director of Catalina Resources, stated:

“This next phase of drilling will include both infill holes within the defined halo and step-out holes designed to test extensions along strike and down dip of the interpreted Barnicoat Shear Zone. By combining these approaches, we are advancing the geological model while defining the scale potential of the system.”

CTN shares were trading at AUD 0.004 per share at the time of writing on 28 August 2025.

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