05 February 2026
The Australian - Antipa delivers multiple Minyari gold and copper discoveries
By Special Report
- Antipa Minerals unearths several new gold and copper discoveries at Minyari Project in WA’s Paterson Province
- High-grade gold lode near 2.5Moz Minyari Dome resource
- Updated resource estimate expected in coming weeks taking in all 2025 drilling
Special Report: Antipa Minerals has unearthed a string of new mineralised zones at its Minyari gold and copper Project in the Paterson Province of WA, including a new high-grade lode near its 2.5Moz gold resource at Minyari Dome.
A standout intercept in the Fiama area returned 24.7m at 1.4g/t Au and 0.07% Cu from 39.3m, featuring a richer 2.3m interval at 6.8g/t Au and 0.18% Cu.
The lode remains open in all directions and supports the prospect of continued growth in the Minyari Dome resource base.
The results mark Antipa’s (ASX: AZY) eighth and final batch of assays from its 2025 drilling campaign.
This program was designed to drive resource growth, generate new discoveries and provide data for feasibility study workstreams.
New gold mineralisation has been identified near Fiama, several thick gold-copper-silver hits were returned at Reaper-Poblano-Serrano north of Minyari Dome, and a new copper discovery has been unveiled at Yolanda.
“The final batch of CY2025 results are a tremendous way to wrap up last year’s drilling programme, delivering multiple new gold discoveries in close proximity to our planned Minyari development,” noted Antipa Minerals Managing Director Roger Mason.
“The identification of a new high-grade lode at Fiama and confirmation of a large-scale northern repeat structure strongly indicate the potential for additional Minyari style deposits to emerge close to the immediate development footprint,” he said.
Latest highlight reel
Besides new discoveries at Fiama, drilling at the Minyari Northern Repeat target intersected significant gold-copper mineralisation.
Notable hits included 12.2m at 1.2g/t gold and 30m at 0.2g/t.
At Reaper-Poblano-Serrano, the drilling consisted of 26 RC holes devised to follow up previous shallow air core results.
These recent drill results have extended the limits of known gold-copper mineralisation at Serrano by 400m to a strike length of 800m. At Poblano, a 330m strike has been confirmed.
New intercepts included 146m at 0.3g/t Au and 0.07% Cu from 94m in one hole, including 20m at 0.6g/t Au and 0.11% Cu from 160m, and 100m at 0.3g/t Au and 0.03% Cu from 96m in another, 15m at 0.9g/t Au from 112m.
Further drilling in this area is planned for the coming months as Antipa looks to expand and delineate this large-scale gold-copper-tungsten mineral system.
Copper upside potential
Meanwhile, exploration drilling targeting an electromagnetic conductivity anomaly at Yolanda revealed a new copper discovery.
Here, the drilling has defined a 1.2km long by 220m wide copper prospect that is open in several directions.
Intercepts included 44m at 0.07% Cu from 40m, including 12m at 0.13% Cu from 72m, and 8m at 0.10% from 76m.
“Intersecting thick copper mineralisation across a potential 1.2 kilometre open trend at Yolanda is a major breakthrough, highlighting the presence of a previously unrecognised, potentially very large scale, copper system beneath shallow cover,” Mason explained.
Looking ahead
Results from the 2025 drilling will support an update to the Mineral Resource at Minyari, which Antipa expects to be wrapped up this month.
It will form the basis of an ore reserve estimate for the ongoing Pre-feasibility Study that is gauging the merits of bringing the project to life.
In conjunction, PFS activities to fine-tune the development opportunity at Minyari will motor along.
Planning for a 2026 drilling program is also well advanced.
This article was developed in collaboration with Antipa Minerals, a Stockhead advertiser at the time of publishing.
This article does not constitute financial product advice. You should consider obtaining independent advice before making any financial decisions.
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