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Blue Mountain drilling results & operations update
ECR Minerals PLC has announced highly encouraging alluvial drilling results from its Blue Mountain Project in Central Queensland, confirming visible coarse gold and the expansion of unmined gold-bearing creek flats, strengthening the case for near-term, low-cost alluvial gold production. Nineteen drill intersections exceeded the 0.15 g/b.c.m cut-off, with results up to 6.52 g/b.c.m, indicating nuggety near-source gold, while wash-plant trials at Lower Patterson averaged 0.35 g/b.c.m, comparable to operating alluvial mines in North Queensland. Multiple areas, including Lower Patterson, Upper Kariboe, Windmill, and Roan Colt, are now identified as potential start-up gold production zones, with mineralisation mapped across approximately 250 metres of strike and widths of 6 to 35 metres. Disclaimer*
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n \n\n \n12 December 2025\n \nECR MINERALS PLC\n \n(\"ECR Minerals\", \"ECR\" or the \"Company\")\n \nStrong new drill results expand alluvial gold footprint at Blue Mountain\nand\nvisible gold and near-term production potential confirmed\n \nECR Minerals plc (AIM: ECR), the exploration and development company focused on gold in Australia, is pleased to report a highly encouraging set of alluvial drilling results from its Blue Mountain Project (\"Blue Mountain\") in Central Queensland. These drilling results continue to strengthen the case for near-term, low-cost alluvial gold production, with the drilling results confirming visible coarse gold and the expansion of multiple unmined gold-bearing creek flats.\n \nHighlights\n· Visible coarse gold recorded in multiple drill samples from the newly identified Upper Kariboe Creek alluvial flat.\n· Continuity of mineralisation now mapped across approximately 250 metres of strike, with widths ranging from 6 to 35 metres.\n· Grades exceeding the 0.15 g/b.c.m cut-off returned via 19 intersections, including standout results up to 6.52 g/b.c.m, typically indicating the presence of nuggety near-source gold.\n· Wash-plant trial work at the Lower Patterson area continues to demonstrate practical mining grades averaging 0.35g/b.c.m, considered favourable to grades in operating alluvial mines across North Queensland.\n· Multiple areas now identified as potential start-up gold production zones, including Lower Patterson, Upper Kariboe, Windmill and Roan Colt.\n \nECR's Chief Geologist, Adam Jones, commented: \"These are some of the most encouraging alluvial results we've seen from Blue Mountain to date. Not only have we mapped a continuous gold-bearing corridor across the new Upper Kariboe Creek flat, we are now also consistently seeing visible coarse gold in multiple samples. That is always an exciting moment for a geologist, as coarse, nuggety particles typically indicate that you are close to the source and that the system has real strength.\n \n\"Our drilling has delivered far more than we initially expected. We set out to understand the gold trail and the host gravels, but the results are now giving us a clear picture of multiple unmined zones that have the...