Wia Gold Limited has reported encouraging results from its ongoing drilling campaign at the 2.93 million-ounce Kokoseb Gold Project in Namibia, further highlighting the underground growth potential of the deposit.
Results from 28 drill holes, including 18 diamond holes and 10 reverse circulation (RC) holes, confirm the continuity and strength of high-grade gold mineralisation in both the Southern and Central zones.
Wia Gold Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Henk Diederichs said drilling in the Southern Zone has extended high-grade plunging shoots to at least 400 metres below the Scoping Study pit shell.
Notable intercepts include 10.8 metres at 5.16 g/t Au, including 4.6 metres at 11.24 g/t Au, as well as 4 metres at 19.41 g/t Au, demonstrating both depth and grade continuity.
“These drilling results continue to confirm the continuity and scale of the high-grade gold system at depth, further enhancing the prospectivity of an underground mining operation beyond the open pit shell. In the Southern Zone, mineralisation has now been extended by at least 400 metres below the Scoping Study pit shell,” he said.
Diederichs added that beneath the Central Zone, new high-grade targets have also been identified at depth.
Significant results include 20.7 metres at 5.77 g/t Au, including 11 metres at 9.94 g/t Au, and 16 metres at 7.55 g/t Au, indicating strong continuity of mineralisation across more than 350 metres of strike.
Both zones remain open at depth, providing potential for future underground development.
Shallow RC drilling has also confirmed near-surface grade continuity, presenting opportunities for incremental expansion of the open-pit resource.
Six diamond rigs and one RC rig are currently active at the project site, advancing underground resource definition while also de-risking the existing open-pit mineral resource.
“Both zones remain open at depth. With six diamond rigs and one RC rig currently operating, we are accelerating underground resource definition and expansion while also de-risking the open pit ahead of completing our Definitive Feasibility Study in the second half of 2026,” Diederichs said.
