Golden Dragon Mining Initiates Major Drilling Campaign at Cue Gold Project in Western Australia
Golden Dragon Mining has unleashed a fresh phase of reverse circulation (RC) drilling at its Behring Bore and Coodardy prospects within its Cue project in Western Australia's Murchison region. This strategic move aims to chase both scale and strike in a steadily expanding high-grade gold system, marking a significant step in the company's exploration efforts.
Expanding High-Grade Gold Systems with New Drilling Program
The new program includes probing a newly recognised camp-scale target, with a 2100m program already in motion. Earlier shallow hits have hinted at serious size potential, providing a strong foundation for this ambitious campaign. At Coodardy, previous drilling delivered standout shallow intercepts, including 8 metres at 7.3 grams per tonne (g/t) gold from 20m and 4m at 9.7g/t gold from 24m. These results outlined a mineralised corridor stretching about 700m along strike, where multiple sections consistently returned elevated grades.
Golden Dragon reports that the geological picture is shaping up neatly, with gold hosted in quartz-veined, carbonate–pyrite altered dolerite and chlorite schist beneath a cover of sediments and interlayered basalts. The mineralisation sits in layers of flat quartz veins stacked on top of one another, formed as the rocks cracked under stress. This has created a broad and fairly consistent mineralised system that is easier to track, strengthening the case for potential open-pit mining if further drilling confirms scale.
Exploring Deeper Dimensions and Underexplored Ground
The system is interpreted to gently plunge northward into fresh rock, opening a deeper exploration dimension that will be tested in the upcoming campaign. The drill bit will also investigate extensions into underexplored ground to assess whether grades improve or thicken beyond the oxide horizon. Over at Behring Bore, Golden Dragon will branch out into a broader and bolder play, targeting a gold system spanning roughly 900m by 500m beneath shallow transported cover.
Mineralisation at Behring Bore is tied to the upper portion of an altered, pyritic dolerite unit capped by graphitic schists. The area has been heavily folded and faulted, near a major structure called the Big Bell Anticline, which has created favourable pathways and traps for gold mineralisation. Early interpretations suggest Behring Bore may host narrow, high-grade shoots nestled within a broader mineralised halo, a hallmark of lode-style systems with potential to scale.
Strategic Landholding and Infrastructure Advantages
Management highlights that the prospect, already underscored by strong multi-element geochemical sampling, has been tagged as the most prospective camp-scale target within the project. This is bolstered by its strategic position near major shear zones. Despite encouraging signs, Behring Bore remains lightly tested, with sparse historical drilling and limited bedrock exposure leaving ample room for discovery. The current program will tighten drill spacing and target step-outs to unlock the system's true footprint.
Golden Dragon Mining managing director Simon Buswell-Smith emphasised that the system has proven it is gold mineralised, and the priority now is on learning the extent. The company has steadily built a serious footprint spanning 600 square kilometres in Western Australia's gold-rich Murchison region, stitching together previously scattered ground into a single large and strategic landholding now known as its Cue gold project.
This transformation has turned a patchwork of separate tenements into a coherent exploration play sitting along strike from some of the district's best-known gold camps. Early reviews have outlined an inventory of 14 priority targets across the tenure, pointing to the potential for multiple gold centres on a par with other million-ounce camps in the neighbourhood. The belt is buzzing with activity, from Westgold Resources' Big Bell and Bluebird mines to Ramelius Resources' recently acquired 2.5-million-ounce Dalgaranga project.
Economic Potential and Future Outlook
Location adds another layer of leverage, with the project sitting within easy haulage distance of operating mills, including Westgold's Big Bell and Tuckabianna plants and Ramelius' Mount Magnet hub. This opens a potential pathway to toll treatment should Golden Dragon strike paydirt. With gold prices holding strong and infrastructure close at hand, even modest hits could quickly stack the economics. The swelling suite of targets, rigs rolling, and assays pending suggest Golden Dragon is circling something substantial as it chases a standout gold find.
