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Highlights
- Catalina will commence Phase 1 drilling at Evanston and Yerilgee on 1 December 2025.
- Site establishment, access works, and operational setup are nearing completion ahead of schedule.
- All heritage assessments and regulatory clearances for proposed drill sites have been finalised.
- Agreement executed with McKay Drilling, and mobilisation activities are progressing.
- Phase 1 will cover 7,500 metres of drilling focused on prospective gold-bearing structures.
Catalina Resources Limited (ASX:CTN) is set to begin drilling at the Evanston and Yerilgee gold projects on 1 December 2025. The company has confirmed that preparatory works for the Phase 1 drilling program are progressing in line with the operational schedule.
Catalina has completed site establishment activities to support the initial campaign. Operational facilities have been deployed, and field support resources are now in place. Earthworks and access preparation are nearing completion across the first set of priority drill locations, allowing for the planned start without delays.
The company has finalised heritage assessments covering all proposed drill sites. The Phase 1 drill plan has been structured to comply with heritage outcomes and all regulatory requirements.
A drilling services agreement has been executed with McKay Drilling. Contractor mobilisation processes are currently underway to meet the scheduled start date and sequencing of drill activities.
Reflecting on the development, Catalina’s Executive Director Ross Cotton commented: “Phase 1 builds on a strong body of results that have already demonstrated the prospectivity of the Central Yilgarn. We are now moving into the highest-priority structural and geochemical targets defined to date, and the alignment of datasets gives us confidence in the potential for meaningful advancement. This is an important stage for Catalina as we look to convert early success into a clearer view of the system’s scale and continuity.”
Phase 1 Program
Phase 1 will cover approximately 7,500 metres of reverse-circulation (RC) and aircore (AC) drilling. The program would test priority structural corridors, coherent surface geochemical anomalies, and extensions to previously identified mineralised trends across the Evanston and Yerilgee project areas.
The targets include highly prospective gold-bearing structures where earlier drilling demonstrated the presence of near-surface mineralisation.
Next Steps
The company expects to finalise earthworks and access preparation, followed by the completion of drilling contractor mobilisation to the site. The Phase 1 drilling is scheduled to commence on 1 December 2025, with samples to be progressively dispatched to the laboratory. The company stated that assay results would be reported as they become available.
Shares of CTN traded at AUD 0.0030 at the time of writing on 25 November 2025.
