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Andrew Todd

April 30, 2026 — 1:44pm

Augustus Minerals has struck paydirt in a first-ever drilling campaign at its Clifton East prospect north of Leonora in Western Australia, returning a swag of shallow intersections at the untouched gold ground.

The company’s first tilt at the prospect delivered several solid hits, including a 16-metre intercept grading 1.46 grams per tonne (g/t) gold from 28m and a thicker 32-metre hit running 0.9g/t from just 40m downhole, featuring a higher-grade 4-metre core at 2.72g/t gold.

Executive chairman Brian Rodan on site at Augustus Minerals’ Music Well gold project north of Leonora in Western Australia.

The promising results came from an 11-hole, 1100m maiden reverse circulation (RC) program at Clifton East, which forms part of the company’s broader Music Well gold project.

Augustus says the results from 4m composites will now be combed for more accurate 1m breakdowns from the best hits, which may serve to sharpen up the grades within…