True North Copper outlines new stack of drill targets at Aquila

• True North completes infill and extension IP survey at Aquila
• The company has defined three large-scale geophysical trends that have comparable or stronger anomalies than those that led to the Aquila discovery
• A follow-up program is planned across all newly defined extensions

Special report: A recently completed infill extension induced polarisation survey at the Aquila copper-cobalt-silver discovery has delivered a shiny new stack of drilling targets, expanding True North’s understanding of the mineralised system.

The survey has extended the Aquila geophysical trend from 250m to over 1.3km strike length, just 4km from the company’s 15.03Mt indicated and inferred Verso resource grading 1.46% copper and 10.59gt silver.

The results build on high-grade drilling success at the Mt Oxide project, with the newly identified targets presenting the opportunity to expand the mineralised footprint and deliver discoveries within the broader project area.

Stand out intercepts from the first round of drilling at Aquila included 145m at 0.75% copper, 0.12% cobalt and 2.9g/t silver from 28m, including 53m at 1.18% copper, 0.13% cobalt and 3.6g/t silver from 86m, as well as 30m at 2.45% copper, 0.02% cobalt and 6.2g/t silver from 20m.

As part of a reverse circulation campaign which kicked off in May, True North Copper (ASX:TNC) has been again drill testing the priority prospect, with assays from the first three holes revealing significant copper, silver and cobalt mineralisation.

Meanwhile, first pass RC drilling over the southern end of the Apollo Trend to confirm structures and geological setting has now been completed, with results expected in early November 2025.

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“Multi-kilometre-scale system”

TNC managing director Bevan Jones said what began as a single anomaly with limited strike extents is now emerging as a potential multi-kilometre-scale copper-cobalt-silver system.

This latest survey expands and fills in gaps from a Queensland Government–backed MIMDAS campaign wrapped up in September 2024, targeting regional Mt Oxide prospects.

The initial effort sought to uncover potential sulphide mineralisation hidden beneath leached gossans and to piece together the area’s regional geological puzzle.

Three newly defined trends (Aquila, Apollo and Acanthis) of high order IP geophysical anomalies have been identified including a significant increase in the footprint of the anomaly associated with the Aquila discovery.

“The speed at which we’ve completed this follow-up work is a testament to the strength of our exploration strategy and the efforts of our team,” Jones said.

“We’ve now defined three distinct, large-scale geophysical trends that have comparable or stronger anomalies than those that led to the Aquila discovery.”

The company is now planning an aggressive follow-up program on all newly defined extensions in the hope it will continue to deliver resource growth at the Mt Oxide project.

The exploration team is now using new 3D IP data, surface mapping and geochemical sampling to progress detailed drill planning, permitting and earthworks in anticipation of tramming the rig to pads for step-out drilling to the north and south of the Aquila Discovery zone.

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

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