Strickland Metals Expands Rogozna Pipeline with Major Copper-Gold Hit and New Porphyry Targets

Strickland Metals (ASX: STK) has confirmed a significant shallow copper-gold intersection at the Copper Canyon deposit, along by new gravity results identifying multiple large-scale porphyry targets across its 7.4-million-ounce Rogozna gold and base metals project in Serbia.

The two updates over consecutive days highlight both the near-surface development potential at Copper Canyon and the deeper discovery upside now emerging from Rogozna’s broader mineral system.

Managing director Paul L’Herpiniere said the combination of strong drilling results and new structural insights underscored the project’s scale and diversity, with multiple styles of mineralisation extending across a fertile geological corridor.

Outstanding Intercept at Copper Canyon

One diamond hole at Copper Canyon intersected 191.2 metres at 0.5 grams per tonne gold and 0.5% copper from just 4.8 metres depth, including 25.9m at 1.2g/t gold and 1.1% copper from 97.9m.

The result is one of the thickest copper-rich zones recorded at Rogozna, confirming Copper Canyon’s potential to deliver early production options within the larger project framework.
L’Herpiniere said the discovery re-establishes Copper Canyon as a strategic deposit within Rogozna.

“This result demonstrates that Copper Canyon contains an excellent, outcropping copper-gold system with coherent high-grade zones,” he said.

“It’s a reminder that our resource growth potential extends well beyond the main Shanac, Gradina, and Medenovac deposits.”

Project-Scale Framework

A new gravity survey over Rogozna’s Zlatni Kamen licence has outlined multiple circular anomalies Strickland has interpreted as potential porphyry centres.

When combined with existing induced-polarisation and remanent magnetic datasets, the results define three large mineralisation-controlling structures traversing the project area.

These structures appear to influence known deposits while highlighting new targets to the north of Jezerska Reka and Obradov Potok.

Strickland said the data provides its first comprehensive 3D view of Rogozna’s deeper architecture, confirming a highly prospective environment for porphyry-style copper-gold systems beneath younger volcanic cover.

“We now have clear structural corridors that explain existing mineralisation and point to multiple new large-scale systems that could add substantially to Rogozna’s resource base,” Mr L’Herpiniere said.

Next Phase of Exploration

Seven drill rigs remain active across the project, including three conducting resource definition at the Gradina deposit ahead of a maiden Mineral Resource Estimate later this year.

Strickland will follow the gravity survey with a magnetotelluric program to map conductive zones to depth and guide the next phase of drilling, followed by initial testing of the highest-priority porphyry targets later this year.

Mr L’Herpiniere said the past week’s developments reflect the accelerating pace of progress at Rogozna.

“With Copper Canyon delivering thick, shallow mineralisation and the gravity survey revealing multiple new porphyry centres, we are steadily building a portfolio of world-class targets across the project.”

He said Strickland’s integrated strategy of combining systematic geophysics with aggressive drilling positions the company to unlock Rogozna’s full potential as a multi-deposit, multi-commodity district.