Forrestania Resources宣布其英国山金矿项目取得重大进展，矿产资源评估增加131%，现达126,290盎司黄金[1]。其中指示资源增幅更为显著，增加180%至1.88百万吨（品位1.43克/吨），共计86,080盎司[1]。近期钻探结果显示高品位样本，单个样品最高达22.98克/吨黄金[1]。
公司已启动金矿石运输作业，将英国山的矿石调运至新近收购的Lake Johnston处理厂[1]。Forrestania Resources正在建立双枢纽生产网络，计划通过Edna May处理厂（290万吨/年处理能力）与Lake Johnston处理厂的协同运作，到2027年初控制超600万吨/年的处理能力[1]。公司主席David Geraghty表示，"我们相信仍有重大机会进一步扩大资源基础并提升项目经济性"[1]。
为支撑扩张计划，Forrestania Resources最近完成3.1亿美元融资，股价定价40美分/股[1]。过去一年间，公司通过一系列并购加强资产组合，包括收购Kula Gold（5,890万美元）、Newcam Minerals（2,400万美元）和Zenith Minerals（9,350万美元）[1]。公司在西澳大利亚持有623平方公里连续采矿权，毗邻拥有100万盎司历史产量的Bounty金矿[1]。
Forrestania Resources has announced a substantial upgrade to its mineral resource estimate at the Elingamite gold project in Western Australia, with total indicated and inferred resources climbing to 126,290 ounces of gold, representing a 131% increase [1]. The high-confidence indicated resource category expanded even more dramatically, surging 180% to reach 86,080 ounces across 1.88 million tonnes grading 1.43 grams per tonne [1]. Recent drilling has yielded impressive samples, including 22.98 grams per tonne gold over 1 metre, 7.46 grams per tonne over 4 metres, and 5.69 grams per tonne over 7 metres [1].
The company has commenced haulage of ore from Elingamite to its recently acquired Lake Johnston processing facility, marking the transition from exploration to production operations [1]. Forrestania is building a two-hub processing network designed to consolidate capacity across the Edna May operation, which processes 2.9 million tonnes annually, and the Lake Johnston facility, with combined capacity expected to exceed 6 million tonnes per year by early 2027 [1]. Chairman David Geraghty stated that the company believes "significant opportunities remain to further expand the resource base and enhance project economics" [1].
The resource expansion comes as Forrestania has aggressively expanded through acquisitions totalling over USD 173 million in the past year, including USD 58.9 million for Kula Gold, USD 24 million for Newcam Minerals, and USD 93.5 million for Zenith Minerals [1]. The company controls 623 square kilometres of contiguous mining tenure adjacent to the Bounty gold mine, which has a historical production record of 1 million ounces [1].