{"id":"ballard-mt-ida-baldock-depth-drilling-october-28-2026","canonicalSlug":"ballard-mt-ida-baldock-depth-drilling-october-28-2026","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/ballard-mt-ida-baldock-depth-drilling-october-28-2026","language":"en","title":"Ballard finds gold outside Baldock’s resource and maps a deeper conductor","summary":"Mt Ida drilling and geophysics identify targets beneath Baldock and around regional satellite prospects.","body":["Ballard Mining announced on 28 October new drilling and downhole geophysical results at its Mt Ida gold project in Western Australia. The company reported gold intersections outside the current Baldock mineral resource and a conductor extending to approximately 1,100 metres below surface, about 485 metres beneath the existing resource.","Baldock results include 1.2 metres at 20.9 grams of gold per tonne from 775.8 metres in BDG009, 1.5 metres at 13.4 g/t from 425.6 metres in BDG017, and 0.35 metres at 41.8 g/t from 319.6 metres in BDG022W1. A deeper intersection in BDG040 returned 1.1 metres at 11.1 g/t from 868.9 metres.","Regional drilling also returned seven metres at 2.5 g/t from 99 metres at Ayla, four metres at 2.5 g/t from 36 metres at Vortex and one metre at 11.9 g/t from 37 metres at Astro-Quasar. These results concern different locations and should not be combined into a single continuous intersection or resource.","Baldock’s existing resource is 1.36 million ounces, within Mt Ida’s wider 1.84-million-ounce resource estimate. Geological interpretation and follow-up drilling are progressing to assess extensions beyond current drill coverage. The conductor is a geophysical target, not proof of continuous gold mineralisation to its full depth, and the new intersections require assessment before incorporation into any future resource update."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"Ballard finds gold outside Baldock’s resource and maps a deeper conductor\n\nMt Ida drilling and geophysics identify targets beneath Baldock and around regional satellite prospects.\n\nBallard Mining announced on 28 October new drilling and downhole geophysical results at its Mt Ida gold project in Western Australia. The company reported gold intersections outside the current Baldock mineral resource and a conductor extending to approximately 1,100 metres below surface, about 485 metres beneath the existing resource.\n\nBaldock results include 1.2 metres at 20.9 grams of gold per tonne from 775.8 metres in BDG009, 1.5 metres at 13.4 g/t from 425.6 metres in BDG017, and 0.35 metres at 41.8 g/t from 319.6 metres in BDG022W1. A deeper intersection in BDG040 returned 1.1 metres at 11.1 g/t from 868.9 metres.\n\nRegional drilling also returned seven metres at 2.5 g/t from 99 metres at Ayla, four metres at 2.5 g/t from 36 metres at Vortex and one metre at 11.9 g/t from 37 metres at Astro-Quasar. These results concern different locations and should not be combined into a single continuous intersection or resource.\n\nBaldock’s existing resource is 1.36 million ounces, within Mt Ida’s wider 1.84-million-ounce resource estimate. Geological interpretation and follow-up drilling are progressing to assess extensions beyond current drill coverage. The conductor is a geophysical target, not proof of continuous gold mineralisation to its full depth, and the new intersections require assessment before incorporation into any future resource update.","category":"energy","region":"world","topics":["mining","metals"],"eventDate":"2026-10-28","eventDateBasis":"source-event-or-period","publishedAt":"2026-10-28T16:01:35Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-28T16:01:35Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-10-28T16:01:00Z","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-28","translatedAt":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://asx.api.markitdigital.com/asx-research/1.0/file/2924-03154061-6A1351841","name":"Ballard Mining","checkedAt":"2026-10-28","publishedAt":"2026-10-28"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/ballard-mt-ida-baldock-depth-drilling-october-28-2026","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/ballard-mt-ida-baldock-depth-drilling-october-28-2026","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/ballard-mt-ida-baldock-depth-drilling-october-28-2026","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/ballard-mt-ida-baldock-depth-drilling-october-28-2026","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/ballard-mt-ida-baldock-depth-drilling-october-28-2026","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/ballard-mt-ida-baldock-depth-drilling-october-28-2026","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/ballard-mt-ida-baldock-depth-drilling-october-28-2026"},"corrections":[],"locations":[],"type":"news","classification":{"version":"1","dataKinds":["project-update"],"geographies":[{"role":"economic-scope","countryCode":"AU","subdivisionCode":null}],"evidenceBasis":["reported-observation","plan"],"measurementPeriod":null}}