TechGen Metals Flags Five Untested Gold Targets 8km From Ramelius Dalgaranga Plant
Key Takeaways
- TechGen has identified five new Priority 1 gold targets (T1 to T4 and T7) at Dalgaranga, none of which has previously been drill tested.
- The project sits just 8km from Ramelius Resources' Dalgaranga processing plant, along the Karbah Shear Zone that hosts 2.97Moz at Dalgaranga and 2.6Moz at Big Bell.
- T3 coincides with earlier samples returning 7.3% As with 0.458g/t Au and 1.94% As with 1.235g/t Au, while Armstrong rock chips ran up to 39.3g/t Au.
- Aircore and RC drilling is targeted before the end of Q4, but it depends on heritage approvals and is not confirmed.
- The licences remain exploration licence applications, and parts of the area sit within the Dalgaranga A Class Reserve, where exploration is unlikely.
Five new Priority 1 gold targets identified at Dalgaranga
Interpretation of recently flown airborne magnetic and radiometric data has identified five new Priority 1 gold targets (T1 to T4 and T7) at the Dalgaranga Gold Project, according to TechGen Metals (ASX: TG1). None of the five has previously been drill tested.
The project sits 475km northeast of Perth and 55km northwest of Mount Magnet in Western Australia. It is just 8km from Ramelius Resources’ Dalgaranga processing plant, within what the company describes as a proven gold-producing corridor.
For you as an investor, the appeal is simple: untested targets in a known gold corridor, with potential infrastructure nearby. The company describes the corridor as having seen limited modern exploration beyond the known major deposits.
Ashley Hood, Managing Director
“We’re delighted to be able to add an additional five new magnetic targets to the already untested Armstong Pit (WMC 1986), the historic Western Reefs gold in soil anomaly and the Company’s recent gold and arsenic anomaly that straddles the Karbah Shear…”
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What the survey revealed
Survey and targets
A detailed airborne magnetic and radiometric survey was completed at 100m line spacings across the project area in June 2026. Interpretation of the data identified 9 targets in total for further work.
Targets T1 to T6 are in the northern project area and T7 to T9 are in the southern project area. 3D inversion modelling of the priority targets is continuing.
Target summary table
The table below sets out the five Priority 1 targets, using the descriptions from the company’s Table 1.
| Target | Area | Priority | Key feature | Nearby anomaly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Northern | 1 | Discrete/complex magnetic zone, possible magnetic remanence, structural complexity | Just west of Armstrong Au pit area |
| T2 | Northern | 1 | Discrete remanent magnetic unit, structural complexity | Just to the north of Armstrong Au pit |
| T3 | Northern | 1 | Discrete remanent magnetic unit, structural complexity | Overlapping and coincident to arsenic and gold geochemical anomalism |
| T4 | Northern | 1 | Zone of structural complexity/dilational zone potentially from a Au perspective | Just south of the Western Reefs Au soil anomalism |
| T7 | Southern | 1 | Zone of structural complexity/dilational zone potentially from a Au perspective | Partially coincident with VMS and Au in soil target area |
| T5, T6, T8, T9 | T5 and T6 northern; T8 and T9 southern | 2 | Not detailed here | Not detailed here |
Standout targets
- T3: coincident with highly anomalous arsenic and gold soil and rock chip results, with previous samples returning 7.3% As and 0.458g/t Au and 1.94% As and 1.235g/t Au.
- T4: close to a 1997 soil gold anomaly identified by Western Reefs Limited.
- T1 and T2: close to the Armstrong Au pit area.
- T7: in the southern area, partially coincident with a VMS and Au in soil target area.
Why the Karbah Shear Zone matters
An airborne magnetic survey maps variations in the magnetic properties of rocks from the air. Those variations can reveal buried structures and different rock units. The company describes several targets as zones of “structural complexity” or “dilational zones”, which it flags as potentially favourable from a gold perspective.
The Armstrong Prospect, T1 to T3 and T7 all occur along the Karbah Shear Zone. The company describes it as a regionally significant structure that hosts Ramelius Resources’ Dalgaranga Gold Project (2.97Moz) and Westgold Resources’ Big Bell Gold Mine (2.6Moz @ 1.7g/t Au).
The Never Never and Pepper Lode discoveries, part of Ramelius’s Dalgaranga Gold Project, were made by Spartan Resources. The company describes them as two of the highest grade +500,000oz Au discoveries made in Western Australia in recent times. That is context for the neighbourhood, not a claim about mineralisation on TechGen’s ground.
Mr Hood noted that production at Dalgaranga has historically been low grade, which “may somewhat explain why the broader region has been grossly under explored, until now.”
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Armstrong Prospect and the path to drilling
Armstrong’s high-grade surface results
Previous rock chip sampling by the company at the Armstrong workings returned gold results of 39.3g/t, 25.8g/t, 12.0g/t, 8.89g/t, 7.85g/t and 5.57g/t. Samples were dominantly quartz vein and wall rock material.
The Armstrong pit was a trial pit dug by WMC in 1986. It is approximately 60m long, 4m wide and up to 5m deep, with recorded historic production of 107 tonnes @ 2.5g/t Au from quartz vein material. The pit and project have never been drill tested.
Next steps and timing
The company outlined the following path:
- Heritage approvals, with project granting and heritage surveys booked.
- Continued 3D inversion modelling of the priority targets.
- Aircore and RC drilling, which the company is hoping to start before the end of Q4 this year.
Timing depends on heritage approvals, and Mr Hood said the company is expediting the process “to the best as it possibly can”. Drilling is not confirmed.
All targets identified to date are 100% within the company’s tenements and well outside any overlapping proposed reserves/parks.
The licences are, however, listed as exploration licence applications (E59/3024, E59/3059 and E59/3064), and the project status is “Approvals Process”. Parts of the project area sit within the “Dalgaranga A Class Reserve”, where it is unlikely that exploration will be able to be undertaken.
The near-term catalyst is heritage approval, followed by drill testing of targets that have not previously been drilled. Until approvals land, the targets remain just that: targets.
Ready to Learn More About TechGen Metals’ Dalgaranga Gold Project?
Five new Priority 1 targets, none previously drill tested, sit along the Karbah Shear Zone just 8km from Ramelius Resources’ Dalgaranga processing plant. With heritage approvals under way and aircore and RC drilling targeted before the end of Q4, the project is moving towards its next catalyst.
Explore the TechGen Metals (ASX: TG1) company profile and latest updates to see how the Dalgaranga exploration story is developing.