Albion Resources Drills First Holes at Gidgee Gold Targeting 5g/t Historical Hits
Key Takeaways
- Albion Resources (ASX: ALB) has commenced its maiden drilling campaign at the Gidgee Gold Project, with approximately 6,000m of aircore drilling now underway across priority regional targets in WA's Murchison region.
- The headline RC drilling target, German Well South, carries historical intercepts of 21m at 5.4 g/t Au from 118m and 16m at 5.52 g/t Au from 41m — results from prior explorers that Albion is now testing systematically for the first time.
- Approximately 1,000m of RC drilling at German Well South is scheduled to commence in late September 2026, representing the first direct test of the high-grade historical results under Albion's tenure.
- The project sits within the Gum Creek Greenstone Belt, adjacent to Horizon Gold's and Brightstar Resources' projects, which together hold approximately 2.8 million ounces of combined reported Mineral Resources.
- Albion's prior soil sampling programme defined eight gold targets across the Tokey and Wilson shear corridors, with the current aircore campaign now systematically testing those anomalies for the first time.
Maiden drilling gets underway at Albion’s Gidgee Gold Project
Albion Resources (ASX: ALB) has commenced its maiden drilling campaign at the Gidgee Gold Project in Western Australia’s Murchison region, marking the company’s first systematic test of the priority targets it has spent months building through soil sampling and historical data review. The programme kicks off with approximately 6,000m of aircore drilling across regional gold targets, with approximately 1,000m of RC (Reverse Circulation) drilling expected to follow in late September 2026.
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What’s being tested and why it matters
German Well South — the high-grade priority
The headline target for the RC drilling phase is German Well South, where historical drilling has returned a set of high-grade gold intercepts that give the programme immediate investor appeal. Those historical results, previously reported on 2 March 2026, include:
- 21m at 5.4 g/t Au from 118m
- 16m at 5.52 g/t Au from 41m
- 15m at 2.1 g/t Au from 95m
Importantly, these are historical results from prior explorers. The upcoming RC programme will represent Albion’s first systematic test of this target.
Regional targets across the shear corridors
The aircore component is designed to test multiple gold targets tied to the Tokey and Wilson shear corridors, which traverse Albion’s tenure at Gidgee. A soil sampling programme, previously announced on 9 June 2026, generated and refined a portfolio of targets across the project area, including prospects at:
- German Well North
- German Well Central
- Virgo
- The Wilson Splay corridor
Gold mineralisation has been identified at each of these regional prospects through historical drilling, and Albion’s ultrafine soil sampling programme has further defined new, untested or poorly tested targets associated with the project’s shear corridors.
Albion’s soil sampling programme defined eight gold targets across the shear corridors at Gidgee, with the current aircore campaign now systematically testing those anomalies for the first time.
The Gum Creek Greenstone Belt — why location matters for investors
A greenstone belt is an ancient sequence of volcanic and sedimentary rocks that has been compressed and folded over geological time. These sequences are among the most prospective geological settings for orogenic gold deposits — the type formed when gold-bearing fluids migrate through deep crustal fault systems and precipitate gold in structural traps. The world’s great gold regions, including Western Australia’s Eastern Goldfields, are built on greenstone belts.
Gidgee sits within the Gum Creek Greenstone Belt in the Murchison region of WA, a well-endowed part of Western Australia’s broader gold province. The project is located adjacent to Horizon Gold’s Gum Creek Project and Brightstar Resources’ Montague Project, which together contain combined reported Mineral Resources of approximately 2.8 million ounces (these are third-party figures belonging to those companies, not Albion’s own resources).
The broader district context adds further weight to the address. The project sits between established regional mining centres including Wiluna, Sandstone, Meekatharra, and Mount Magnet, with operations by Westgold Resources, Ramelius Resources, and Gold Fields in the surrounding region. Crucially, the project has access to existing roads, mining services, and regional processing infrastructure, which reduces the logistical complexity of any future development pathway.
Proximity to multi-million-ounce neighbour projects and established infrastructure validates the district’s endowment. It says nothing definitive about what Albion may find, but it tells you the address has geological pedigree.
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What happens next
The drilling sequence is straightforward and staged:
- Aircore drilling (approximately 6,000m) — underway now, testing priority regional targets across the Gidgee tenement
- RC drilling (approximately 1,000m) — expected to commence in late September 2026, focused on German Well South
- Results to be reported as drilling progresses, with shareholder updates expected throughout the campaign
Peter Goh, Chief Executive Officer
“We are excited to test German Well South and the regional targets developed through our recent soil sampling program and review of historical exploration data. This is Albion’s first systematic test of these targets, and we look forward to updating shareholders as drilling progresses.”
The broader programme is explicitly designed to generate targets for follow-up drilling, not simply to tick a box. If the aircore phase identifies new anomalies and the RC phase confirms grade at German Well South, it would lay the groundwork for a more extensive second-phase campaign. That makes the coming months a genuine information inflection point for shareholders watching Albion’s progress at Gidgee.
Ready to Learn More About the Gidgee Gold Project?
Albion Resources (ASX: ALB) has commenced its maiden drilling campaign across approximately 6,000m of aircore targets within the Gum Creek Greenstone Belt, with high-grade RC drilling at German Well South to follow — a programme that could represent a genuine discovery inflection point for the company.
Investors seeking to understand the full scope of Albion’s exploration strategy and target pipeline can explore the Gidgee Gold Project in detail on Discovery Alert, where the latest announcements and project updates are tracked in real time.