True North Copper grows Aquila strike beyond 900m

• True North Copper extends strike length at Aquila discovery to more than 900m
• Discovery forms part of Mount Oxide copper, cobalt, silver project in Queensland
• Company plans to undertake follow up drilling in 2026

Special Report: True North Copper has extended the Aquila discovery at its Mount Oxide project in northwest Queensland to more than 900m of strike length.

Multiple high-grade shoots have been delineated in an extended drilling program including the ~250m long Northern shoot and ~150m long Southern shoot – both open at depth and adding to the total strike length.

That’s comparable to Mt Oxide’s Vero deposit, which is around ~1,000m strike and hosts a resource of 15.03Mt at 1.46% copper.

Assays from four of eight holes to date include these results from the Southern shoot:

• 32m at 1.02% copper, 0.17% cobalt, 4.4g/t silver from 109m including 6m at 3.56% Cu, 0.60% Co, 11.5g/t Ag from 122m; and
• 31m at 0.57% Cu, 0.15% Co, 4.5g/t Ag from 89m including 5m at 2.10% Cu, 0.65% Co, 14g/t Ag from 114m (MOX259).

True North Copper (ASX:TNC) said the scale of Aquila was growing and already comparable to the Vero deposit while the Mt Oxide project was emerging as a multi deposit copper district in the world-class Mt Isa Inlier.

Follow up drilling in 2026

The company has expanded second phase drilling to include an additional four holes into the Apollo and Acanthis trends to be drilled December to January, which will enable follow up drilling in 2026 from improved drill pad locations.

Planning is also underway for the 2026 follow-up and extensional drill program, which is expected to include more drilling at Aquila in Q2 2026, IP surveys to the north and south of the Aquila, Apollo and Acanthis trends, and an additional IP at the Rhea target within the Mt Gordon Fault Zone (expected in Q1/Q2 2026).

“It’s becoming increasingly clear that we’re onto something big here at Aquila, with the potential to exceed the scale and quality of our existing high-grade Vero resource at Mt Oxide,” MD and CEO Andrew Mooney said.

“With four drillholes pending at Aquila, the story is still unfolding, and in 2026 we will continue to drill out Aquila North, South and at depth, and look to test additional high-priority targets along strike to further grow Mt Oxide.”

This article was developed in collaboration with True North Copper, a Stockhead advertiser at the time of publishing.

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