Adyton Resources Corporation (TSX Venture: ADY) has confirmed the large scale of its Feni Gold-Copper Project in Papua New Guinea, following final assays from drill hole FDD005. The results also point to new high-priority targets that could further expand the project’s mineral potential.
Drill hole FDD005 returned 158 metres at 0.72 grams per tonne gold equivalent (0.54g/t gold and 0.14 per cent copper), including 32 metres at 1.09g/t gold equivalent (0.99g/t gold and 0.11 per cent copper). It also ended with 383 parts per million molybdenum, indicating a possible connection to a deeper-seated intrusive system.
The company said the hole is the fifth consecutive one with assays greater than 100 gram-metres gold equivalent, confirming broad and continuous mineralisation between two existing resource areas at the Kabang prospect.
Chief Executive Officer Tim Crossley said the drilling of FDD005 was aimed at unlocking the untapped area between known deposits.
“The drilling of hole FDD005 was a bold move in the middle of the ‘gap’ area in our block model. It is the deepest hole ever drilled at Feni with a gold bearing vertical footprint of greater than 700 metres,” Crossley said. “Our next focus is to integrate the new data from our current drill program into our historical data set and recent close-spaced drone magnetic survey to vector in on and identify the higher-grade zones within this extensive mineral system.”
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Geologist Dr Chris Bowden said that despite lower grades compared with previous drill holes, the latest results demonstrate the extensive scale of the mineral system.
“While the highlight intersection in FDD005 was lower-grade than previous drillholes, it still reported over 100 gram-metres and the two very broad zones of gold-copper mineralisation — 382 metres at 0.43g/t AuEq (from 69 metres) and 332 metres at 0.13g/t AuEq (from 508 metres to end of hole) — clearly indicate the footprint and scale of the system at Feni is extensive,” Dr Bowden said.
He added that ongoing analysis is strengthening their understanding of the area’s geological structure.
“We have re-interrogated the assay results with the outcomes from geophysics data (including high-resolution drone survey). We now have higher confidence that FDD005 likely sits in a structural offset, explaining the significantly wide and highly anomalous grades,” he said. “Furthermore, the re-review of the geophysics and assay results has resulted in a revised understanding of the potential structural controls to mineralisation (more akin to the structural setting at Lihir).”
Adyton said it is continuing to refine its geological model with the new data, which has already highlighted additional targets now considered more prospective. The company is prioritising these in its current phase of drilling in the fourth quarter of 2025.
The Feni Island Gold-Copper Project lies within the 250-kilometre-long Tabar-Lihir-Tanga-Feni Island chain in Papua New Guinea’s Bismarck Archipelago, which also hosts the Simberi and Lihir gold mines. The project currently has a foundational resource of 1.45 million ounces of gold, with exploration aimed at defining higher-grade zones within the larger mineral system.
