Right Resources Commences Maiden Drilling at Tungsten-Gold Blue Prospect
Key Takeaways
- Right Resources has commenced maiden aircore drilling at Blue Prospect, 22km north of Tumbarumba NSW, with ~2,000 metres across ~60 holes targeting shallow tungsten-gold mineralisation for the first time.
- The surface case is substantial: a 4.7km × 3.4km mineralised footprint with a 5km northwest-trending tungsten-bismuth-gold corridor returning rock chips up to 4.3% WO₃ and 5.26 g/t Au.
- Pre-drill metallurgical testwork returned 87.3% tungsten recovery from a composite sample grading 0.48% WO₃, with that tungsten reporting to just 1.6% of the original feed mass — a strong processing signal before a single drill hole has been assayed.
- Assay results are expected to be released progressively during the December Quarter 2026, with a second-stage programme on adjacent EL9889 also proposed for the same quarter subject to approvals.
- Blue Prospect sits within a broader 2,459km² tenement package across Tumbarumba and New England, with additional gold-copper targets at Rising Sun and Midnight Star providing further newsflow potential alongside the current drill campaign.
Maiden drilling underway at Blue Prospect as Right Resources tests tungsten-gold targets
Right Resources (ASX: RRE) has commenced maiden aircore drilling at its Blue Prospect, located approximately 22km north of Tumbarumba, New South Wales. The first-stage programme comprises approximately ~2,000 metres across around 60 aircore holes, marking the transition from surface exploration to first subsurface testing of the system. Assay results are expected to be released progressively during the December Quarter 2026, subject to drilling progress and laboratory turnaround times.
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What the drill programme is designed to achieve
This is a reconnaissance programme, not a resource definition drill. The distinction matters: the company is not yet attempting to define a Mineral Resource (a formally classified estimate of mineralisation with reasonable prospects for extraction) but rather gathering the first underground data to determine whether the surface story holds at depth.
The programme has four specific objectives:
- Assess the grade tenor, geometry, and continuity of shallow mineralisation
- Test whether surface geochemical and geological trends continue at depth, with holes targeting approximately 30m to 50m per hole
- Rank targets for follow-up drilling
- Build the geological model to guide potential reverse circulation (RC) and diamond drilling
The initial stage focuses on EL9028. A second-stage programme is proposed for adjacent EL9889 later in the December Quarter 2026, subject to approvals and refinement using first-stage results.
Managing Director Graham Howard
“The commencement of drilling at Blue is an important milestone for Right Resources and follows a sustained program of mapping, geological sampling, geochemistry and metallurgical work. For the first time, we are testing below surface across a number of our priority tungsten and gold targets. The objective of this program is straightforward: determine whether the extensive mineralisation and geochemical trends identified at surface continue at depth, improve our understanding of the system and identify the strongest targets for future drilling.”
Understanding the Blue Prospect — why the surface case compels a drill test
An intrusion-related tungsten-bismuth-gold system, in plain terms, is a mineralised zone formed when heat from an igneous intrusion drives metal-bearing fluids through surrounding rock. The metals (in this case tungsten, bismuth, and gold) concentrate in quartz veins and adjacent altered rock. Blue Prospect displays the surface characteristics typical of this style of mineralisation, and the question drilling will answer is whether that mineralisation extends meaningfully below the surface weathering profile.
The surface data underpinning this drill decision was established through the high-grade tungsten discovery at Blue Prospect confirmed earlier in 2026, when rock-chip sampling returned results up to 4.3% WO3 across a mineralised footprint that now spans nearly 5km of strike.
The surface footprint that built the case for drilling
The scale of the surface expression at Blue is what has driven the decision to drill. Key data points from prior work include:
- Mineralised footprint: approximately 4.7km × 3.4km
- Northwest-trending tungsten-bismuth-gold corridor: approximately 5km strike length, up to 1.5km width
- Rock-chip sampling grades: up to 4.3% WO₃ (tungsten trioxide, the standard measure of tungsten grade) and up to 5.26 g/t Au (grams per tonne gold)
- Geological observations: extensive quartz veining, low levels of sulphide minerals including pyrrhotite and arsenopyrite, together with observed scheelite (the primary tungsten-bearing mineral)
Six primary tungsten anomalies and five gold target areas have been identified through systematic surface work, and these are the targets the current aircore programme will test.
Metallurgical work adds a processing dimension
Alongside the surface geology, Right Resources has also been testing how the mineralisation responds to processing. This is notable because it tells you the company has been building conviction across multiple workstreams simultaneously, not just mapping outcrops.
A composite surface sample with a reported head grade of approximately 0.48% WO₃ achieved 87.3% tungsten recovery through initial flotation sighter testwork, with 87.3% of contained tungsten reporting to just 1.6% of the original feed mass. Earlier heavy liquid separation testwork also demonstrated the potential to effectively concentrate tungsten mineralisation.
The pre-drilling exploration milestones that have built the case for this drill programme are summarised below:
| Milestone | Date | Result | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High-grade tungsten rock chips | May 2026 | Up to 4.3% WO₃ | Established surface grade quality |
| Prospect footprint expansion | June 2026 | 4.7km × 3.4km | Scale of mineralised system confirmed |
| Metallurgical bulk sample head grade | July 2026 | 0.48% WO₃ | Processing-grade surface material confirmed |
| Flotation testwork recovery | August 2026 | 87.3% tungsten recovery | Strong metallurgical response demonstrated |
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What investors should watch for next
With drilling now underway, the sequence of newsflow to monitor is straightforward:
- Completion of the approximately ~2,000m first-stage aircore programme on EL9028
- Progressive assay result releases during the December Quarter 2026, subject to drilling progress and laboratory turnaround times
- Use of first-stage results to rank targets, refine the geological model, and finalise the second-stage drilling programme on EL9889
- Second-stage programme on EL9889, proposed for later in the December Quarter 2026, subject to approvals
For broader context, Right Resources holds 2,459km² of tenements across the Tumbarumba and New England regions, with eight 100% owned NSW exploration licences. Blue Prospect is the company’s primary focus for the current drilling campaign, but it sits within a portfolio the company considers highly prospective for gold, copper, and tungsten mineralisation.
Right Resources holds 2,459km2 of tenements across the Tumbarumba and New England regions, and the gold-copper targets across the New England project, including the elevated Rising Sun and Midnight Star prospects, represent additional newsflow vectors that sit alongside the Blue Prospect drilling campaign.
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