Hamelin Gold identifies high-grade gold lode at Day Dawn

Hamelin Gold (ASX:HMG) has identified a high-grade Aurora gold lode with a desktop study of historical drilling datasets from the Day Dawn project within the Paterson Province of Western Australia.

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The in-depth review uncovered multiple historical gold intersections on a continuous lode position that projects to surface and remains open at depth.

Highlight results include 4.0m  at 4.3 grams per tonnes (g/t) from surface, 7.0m at 17.1 g/t from 16m and  3.0m at 51.1 g/t from 35m.

MD, Peter Bewick, said the company is planning to follow up the desktop interpretations with drilling to test for extensions to the high-grade Aurora lode and potential parallel gold lodes.

“The identification of the Aurora lode underscores the value of disciplined, data-driven reassessment of historical geological data,” he said.

“Located in the highly endowed Paterson gold province and proximal to the world-class Telfer mine, Hamelin’s recent work demonstrates the Day Dawn project hosts multiple high-priority targets.

“These targets include newly interpreted strike and plunge extensions of the Aurora lode, adjacent parallel gold-bearing structures, and other similarly oriented structures within the project area.

Drill testing of the Day Dawn prospects will be a key focus for Hamelin in 2026.”

Historic exploration of the Day Dawn area can be traced back to the 1980s, with multiple companies identifying high‐grade gold across several prospects.

Despite the promising drill results and being located just 10 km northwest of the more than 32 million ounce Telfer gold-copper mine, definition of consistent, continuous zones of mineralisation has proved challenging for previous explorers.

The desktop review was undertaken by Hamelin in its assessment of Day Dawn while it awaits the completion of the application process, with the exploration licence expected to be granted in April 2026.

A validation process included the examination of historic drilling results and highlighted three areas containing high-grade gold mineralisation now named the Aurora, Sparrows and Phoenix prospects.

Hamelin expects the signing of a heritage protection agreement is likely to be completed in the coming weeks, with drilling programs planned to commence in May-June 2026 following grant of the Day Dawn tenement.

HMG is steady at 7.1c. Mkt cap $13.88M.

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