Larvotto drills at Hillgrove confirm near-mine upside in Clarks Gully

Larvotto Resources (ASX: LRV) has confirmed significant antimony-gold mineralisation upside in new drilling results from the Clarks Gully prospect at the Hillgrove project in New South Wales.

Returns from two recent holes in an ongoing diamond drilling program at Clarks Gully identified that gold and antimony mineralisation continues at depth and along strike.

Managing director, Ron Heeks, said the near-mine exploration program results have provided a much clearer understanding of the controls on the mineralising system and the potential for resource growth.

Successful examination

The highlights included the successful examination of an untested resistivity anomaly, which returned a standout intercept that exceeded currently modelled grades.

A separate hole also identified a potential newly identified parallel lode in the footwall of the main Clarks Gully mineralisation, highlighting further near-mine upside.

Highlighted antimony-gold results included 6.4m at 12.92 grams per tonne (g/t) gold equivalent (AuEq) from 208m, including 4.1m at 19.76 g/t AuEq from 208m, and 3.6m at 8.74g/t AuEq from 245.6m.

Further drill testing in 2026

The new lode discovery is expected to be followed up in Larvotto’s accelerating resource growth plans at Hillgrove.

The company has four diamond drill rigs drilling across the Metz and Freehold areas at Hillgrove

At Metz, drilling is helping to define the convergence of the Blacklode and Syndicate structures, other associated mineralisation and testing extensions beneath historical workings.

At the same time, step-out drilling continues along the west-north-west and north-west strike extensions of both the Blacklode and Syndicate mineralised systems,

Recent drilling there has confirmed multiple stacked, high-grade zones proximal to existing underground infrastructure.

At Freehold, drilling continues to target the historic workings and potential extensions to mineralised structures, with future drilling focusing on the nearby Smiths and Freehold East prospects.