Phase two drilling at Mount Oxide has now been completed, with assays pending from five additional holes drilled at Acanthis, Apollo and Aquila North. The results will help shape the next phase of drilling. Extensional induced polarisation surveys are planned for early next year to test priority areas north and south of the current discoveries. An airborne magnetic survey is also scheduled to refine targets across the broader project area.
True North Copper managing director and chief executive officer Andrew Mooney said: “Aquila continues to demonstrate it is a large, robust and growing copper system, with mineralisation extending both along strike and at depth. The system shows clear similarities to other major copper deposits in the region, including Capricorn Copper, which has proven depth extents exceeding 1.2 kilometres. With drilling at Aquila only testing to around 250 metres depth and 900 metres of strike so far, substantial exploration potential remains, with Mt Oxide emerging as a significant new copper district”
Mooney added the latest results appear to represent far more than isolated drill hits, pointing instead to a growing body of evidence that the Mount Oxide system can support district-scale copper mineralisation.
Looking ahead, the company plans to return after the wet season to drill Aquila north, south and at depth, while systematically testing new high-priority targets along the 10-kilometre-plus trend.
With copper prices strengthening and the metal firmly embedded on critical mineral lists, the timing appears increasingly favourable for True North’s expanding Queensland footprint.
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