True North heats up QLD with standout Aquila copper hits

Phase two drilling at Oxide Mountain has been completed, pending assays of five additional holes drilled at Acanthis, Apollo and Aquila North. The results will help shape the next phase of drilling. Expansion-induced polarization surveys are planned early next year to test priority areas north and south of current exploration. An airborne magnetic survey is also planned to refine targets across the wider project area.

Andrew Mooney, True North Copper managing director and chief executive, said: “Aquila continues to show that it is a large, robust and growing copper systemMineralization extends both along strike and at depth. The system shows clear similarities with other large copper deposits in the region, including the proven Capricorn Copper, which exceeds 1.2 kilometers in depth. As drilling has only been attempted to depths of 250 meters and up to 900 meters at Aquila so far, significant exploration potential remains with Mt Oxide emerging as a significant new copper district.

Mooney added that the latest results represent much more than individual drillings and instead point to growing evidence that the Mount Oxide system can support copper mineralization on a regional scale.

Going forward, the company plans to return to drill north, south and deep within Aquila following the wet season, while systematically testing new high-priority targets along more than 10 kilometers of trend.

With copper prices strengthening and the metal firmly established on critical mineral lists, the timing for True North’s expanding Queensland footprint looks increasingly favourable.

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