Wishbone Gold has won a contested ballot for a 67km² mineral title located 25km northwest of the Telfer gold mine in Western Australia, significantly expanding its tenement footprint.
The new licence application, E45/7169, will be added to the company’s existing access agreement with Greatland Gold and is covered by a current Heritage Agreement. Wishbone expects assay results from its Red Setter copper and gold project shortly and plans to finalise its 2026 drilling strategy after reviewing data from the 2025 drill programme, with drilling due to begin in April 2026.
Ed Mead, Wishbone Gold WA director, commented: “It is a terrific result for Wishbone to secure this area in a contested ballot undertaken by the WA Mines Department last week. The tenement will now move towards grant and then will be added to an existing access agreement with Greatland. Also noteworthy is the fact it is covered by our existing Heritage Agreement for the area.
The new tenement covers an area of 67km2 and is easily accessed via the main road between Telfer and Marble Bar. We will work up data on the tenement as we move towards getting back on the ground for the start of the 2026 drilling season at Red Setter expected in April.
Assay results for the Red Setter copper and gold project are expected shortly from the 2025 drill program and the geologists at Apex Geoscience are well advanced with their geological and structural interpretation. We remain happy with what we have seen to date in the 2025 drill core and when we receive and analyse the assays for 2025 we will finalise our 2026 drilling plans. We look forward to increased news flow over the coming months.”
Figure 1: WSBN Red Setter Project (Red) and Exploration Tenement applications (Blue) immediately surrounding the Telfer Mine, with successful ballot win for E45/7169 highlighted, and new access road application to Nifty Copper Mine
For more information on Wishbone, please visit the Company’s website.
