High-Grade Shallow Gold Intercepts Point to Open Pit Expansion at Meeka's Turnberry Deposit

Konrad Forrest
MEK

Meeka Metals Limited (ASX: MEK) has delivered another set of strong drilling results from its Turnberry deposit within the Murchison Gold Project, WA. The company has intersected shallow, high-grade gold south of the existing Stage 1 Turnberry Central open pit, reinforcing the project's growth potential.

Key highlights from the recent RC drilling program include:

  • 10m @ 5.20g/t Au from 37m, including 2m @ 23.23g/t Au (25TBRC009)

  • 1m @ 15.83g/t Au from 61m

  • 16m @ 1.39g/t Au from 34m, including 7m @ 2.25g/t Au

  • 5m @ 2.68g/t Au from 55m, including 1m @ 10.33g/t Au

These results extend mineralisation 200m south of the current pit and highlight the potential to expand Meeka’s production plans. The new data will feed into an ongoing re-evaluation of the Stage 1 pit design, which may now extend beyond the originally planned ~2 years.

Drilling is continuing at Turnberry South, where a new ore zone was recently defined. The company remains on track to commission its processing plant in June 2025, with first gold production targeted shortly after.

Managing Director Tim Davidson commented, “It is apparent from the broad zones of shallow high-grade gold in this drilling that we have far more oxide gold than contemplated in the DFS. It highlights the opportunity to organically grow the production plan.”

Meeka’s Murchison Gold Project hosts a 1.2Moz resource and is fully permitted, with open pit mining underway and site infrastructure nearing completion.