{"id":"normandy-halleys-first-diamond-gold-results-october-28-2026","canonicalSlug":"normandy-halleys-first-diamond-gold-results-october-28-2026","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/normandy-halleys-first-diamond-gold-results-october-28-2026","language":"en","title":"Normandy reports 17-metre gold intersection in first Halleys diamond results","summary":"Initial holes support a stacked-lode interpretation as the company continues drilling and awaits more assays.","body":["Normandy Minerals reported on 28 October initial assays from the first two holes of its maiden diamond drilling programme at the Halleys deposit in Western Australia. The company said multiple mineralised intervals support its geological interpretation of stacked lenses within a southeast-dipping system.","Hole 26NMDD0008 returned 17 metres at 10.50 grams of gold per tonne from 65 metres, including 5.2 metres at 26.53 g/t from 76.8 metres. The same hole also returned three metres at 4.75 g/t from 31 metres. In the other reported hole, 26NMDD0014, an interval of one metre graded 10.20 g/t from 60.8 metres.","The company had completed approximately 905 metres of diamond drilling at the time of the update, with the programme continuing and further assays pending. A reverse circulation follow-up programme was scheduled to begin in late October. The announced work sequence combines more detailed core information with a planned broader drilling phase.","Normandy regards the shallow intersections near the existing pit as evidence for further exploration of repeated mineralised lenses. That interpretation and the individual high-grade results do not demonstrate the continuity, tonnage or recoverability of an economic deposit. Further assays and geological modelling are needed before the current drilling can support a quantified resource or a development decision."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"Normandy reports 17-metre gold intersection in first Halleys diamond results\n\nInitial holes support a stacked-lode interpretation as the company continues drilling and awaits more assays.\n\nNormandy Minerals reported on 28 October initial assays from the first two holes of its maiden diamond drilling programme at the Halleys deposit in Western Australia. The company said multiple mineralised intervals support its geological interpretation of stacked lenses within a southeast-dipping system.\n\nHole 26NMDD0008 returned 17 metres at 10.50 grams of gold per tonne from 65 metres, including 5.2 metres at 26.53 g/t from 76.8 metres. The same hole also returned three metres at 4.75 g/t from 31 metres. In the other reported hole, 26NMDD0014, an interval of one metre graded 10.20 g/t from 60.8 metres.\n\nThe company had completed approximately 905 metres of diamond drilling at the time of the update, with the programme continuing and further assays pending. A reverse circulation follow-up programme was scheduled to begin in late October. The announced work sequence combines more detailed core information with a planned broader drilling phase.\n\nNormandy regards the shallow intersections near the existing pit as evidence for further exploration of repeated mineralised lenses. That interpretation and the individual high-grade results do not demonstrate the continuity, tonnage or recoverability of an economic deposit. Further assays and geological modelling are needed before the current drilling can support a quantified resource or a development decision.","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":"2026-10-28T16:01:07Z","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-28","translatedAt":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://asx.api.markitdigital.com/asx-research/1.0/file/2924-03154003-6A1351828","name":"Normandy Minerals","checkedAt":"2026-10-28","publishedAt":"2026-10-28"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/normandy-halleys-first-diamond-gold-results-october-28-2026","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/normandy-halleys-first-diamond-gold-results-october-28-2026","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/normandy-halleys-first-diamond-gold-results-october-28-2026","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/normandy-halleys-first-diamond-gold-results-october-28-2026","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/normandy-halleys-first-diamond-gold-results-october-28-2026","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/normandy-halleys-first-diamond-gold-results-october-28-2026","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/normandy-halleys-first-diamond-gold-results-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}}