ActivEX has kicked off a 3000m-plus drilling campaign in and around the historical Mount Hogan gold mine within its Gilberton project, about 300km west-north-west of Townsville.

Eagle Drilling is carrying out the work at ActivEX‘s Mount Hogan and Split Rock tenements, with the program scheduled to include reverse circulation drilling and HQ core drilling.

“This is an exciting development for ActivEX in our goal of defining our maiden JORC-compliant gold resource at the Gilberton project,” managing director Mark Derriman said.

He said the company was happy to share the journey with partner HK Create Capital Investment Group.

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“There has been no mining within the Gilberton project since the Mount Hogan operations ceased in December 1994, having commenced in 1992 and mined 464,134 tonnes at 5.15g/t for a total gold production of 74,930 oz,” he said.

“Our goal is to find more gold at Mount Hogan in addition to the two other historic mining operations at Josephine and Comstock.

“We will explore in the shadows of the head frame.”

The vertical drilling at the Gilberton project will have a planned average depth of 127m to a maximum of 160m.

The HQ core drilling component of the program is due to commence early in 2025, with the holes collared at the surface for metallurgical test work, specific gravity measurements and structural studies.

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