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Wide Gold & Copper Zones Identified at Red Setter

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Red Setter drill programme identifies wide zones of gold and copper mineralisation at shallower depths.

  • Gold intercept 14.4m @ 0.81 g/t Au
  • Gold intercept 11.6m @ 0.70 g/t Au with 4.6m @ 1.31 g/t Au
  • Gold intercept 9.5m @ 0.77 g/t Au with 3.5m @ 1.27 g/t Au
  • Gold intercept 7m @ 2.0 g/t Au
  • Copper intercept 12m @ 0.15% Cu
  • Drill metres completed 2026 12,606m
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Wishbone Gold Plc is pleased to announce that the latest assay results of the on-going drill programme at its Red Setter project have identified wide zones of gold and copper mineralisation. These are important results and materially support the Company's view that there is significant mineralisation at shallower depths at Red Setter.

Red Setter is located 20km south-west of Greatland Resources Ltd (AIM and ASX: GGP) Telfer gold mine, and 50km east of Cyprium Metals Ltd's (ASX: CYM) Nifty copper mine.

Red Setter is one of multiple gold and copper targets that Wishbone has within its 628km2 tenement package (including the recently registered Havieron South-East E 45/7348 application tenement which covers 118 km2) that lies within a c.45 km radius of the Telfer mine (see Figure 1).

Noteworthy recent assay results received from Red Setter (see Figure 5) include:

  • 14.4m @ 0.81 g/t Au following on from 4m @ 1.3g/t Au
  • 11.6m @ 0.70 g/t Au with 4.6m @ 1.31 g/t Au
  • 9.5m @ 0.77 g/t Au with 3.5m @ 1.27g/t Au
  • 7m @ 2.0 g/t Au
  • 12m @ 0.15% Cu
  • 3m @ 0.51% Cu within a wider 7m @ 0.26% Cu

Wishbone recognises that the publication of these results has taken longer than expected with the main reason for the delay caused by the volume of core being processed, commercial geochemistry laboratory backlogs, and the multi-step processing and rigorous quality control requirements of the assay testing process. There is a large backlog of exploration results to come through and the Company expects more findings to made known in the coming weeks though multi-element assays (which also include the copper assays) are expected back more slowly - these results are key when looking at combined gold and copper intercepts (See Figure 5). For the 2026 drill campaign to date over 11,317 metres of samples have been dispatched for assay testing.

As mentioned in the announcement on 22 June 2026, Wishbone initially designed a 25 hole reverse circulation (RC) and diamond drilling programme of approximately 9,000 metres to follow up on the encouraging 2025 assay results and to test extensions of the mineralised system. Following the shallow gold discovery the programme was extended and modified to target this gold.

In the 2026 drill campaign to date, Wishbone has drilled 40 holes for 12,606 metres, covering 5,109 metres of RC and 7,497 metres of diamond drilling. The team at Red Setter has made significant progress (See Table 1 in Appendix) with drill metre rates averaging 52m per day for diamond drilling, based off a decision to utilise RC for pre-collars, followed by diamond core tails, targeting depths of up to 650 metres. Thus far 35 RC holes as pre-collars for the diamond drilling have been completed, and gold assays have been returned for the first 15 RC holes and 12 diamond tails (see Table 2 for previously announced significant RC gold intercepts and Table 3 for new RC and diamond drilling intercepts and Table 4 for new copper intercepts).

Ed Mead, Wishbone Gold WA director, commented:

"The potential of Red Setter is really starting to come together. These significant gold and copper findings underscore our view that there is significant mineralisation at shallower depths at Red Setter. The results are even more relevant when you consider that Telfer's current production grades are significantly lower than the drilling results we have announced. For comparison purposes, Telfer processed 5.19Mt at a head grade of 0.53 g/t gold and 0.08% Cu in its June 2026 quarter[1], meaning several of our Red Setter intercepts already grade well above Telfer's current plant feed. We still have a very large backlog of exploration results to work through, as we continue to advance what is proving to be a very exciting project."

Figure 2: Red Setter map of drilling results

For more information on Wishbone, please visit the Company's website.

Table 1: Current status of the drill program

State of programCompletedBacklog/Pending
RC drilled5109m0
RC logged5109m0
RC sampled5109m0
RC dispatched5079m30
RC fire assay2363m2716m
RC multielement0m2100m
Diamond drilling7497m
Diamond logged7397m99m
Diamond core cut6710m688m
Diamond core pending dispatch1159m
Diamond dispatched for assay6238m472m
Diamond fire assay received5872m366m
Diamond Multi Element assays3312m2926m

Table 2: Previously Announced significant drill Intercepts from Reverse Circulation drilling at Red Setter. Refer Figure 2 for location of drill holes

Hole IDFrom (m)To (m)Length (m)Au (g/t)Significant Intersection
26RSRD001777810.231m @ 0.23g/t Au from 77m
26RSRD00112012220.252m @ 0.25g/t Au from 120m
26RSRD003454830.653m @ 0.65g/t Au from 45m
26RSRD003566040.34m @ 0.3g/t Au from 56m
26RSRD003139150.611.60.7011.6m @ 0.70g/t Au from 139m
Inc.146150.64.61.314.6m @ 1.31g/t Au from 146m to 150m (EOH)
26RSRD005939410.541m @ 0.54g/t Au from 93m
26RSRD00512312740.214m @ 0.21g/t Au from 123m
26RSRD00513413510.221m @ 0.22g/t Au from 134m
26RSRD006939410.381m @ 0.38g/t Au from 93m
26RSRD00610110541.294m @ 1.29g/t Au from 101m
26RSRD00612412510.221m @ 0.22g/t Au from 124m

Table 3: Significant Gold drill Intercepts from Reverse Circulation and Diamond drilling at Red Setter. Refer Figure 2 for location of drill holes

Hole IDFrom (m)To (m)Length (m)Au (g/t)Significant Intersection
26RSRD00115715810.211m @ 0.21 g/t Au from 157m
26RSRD00116216310.621m @ 0.62 g/t Au from 162m
26RSRD004292301.59.50.779.5m @ 0.77 g/t Au from 292m
Inc.298301.53.51.273.5m @ 1.27 g/t Au from 298m
26RSRD005250.62510.40.260.4m @ 0.26g/t Au from 250.6m
26RSRD00527427510.371m @ 0.37g/t Au from 274m
26RSRD005293.12940.90.470.9m @ 0.47g/t Au from 293.1m
26RSRD00722722810.461m @ 0.46 g/t Au from 227m
26RSRD007309.632414.40.8114.4m @ 0.81 g/t Au from 309.6m
Inc.32132431.33m @ 1.3 g/t Au from 321m
26RSRD00732633040.214m @ 0.21 g/t Au from 326m
26RSRD00745545610.341m @ 0.34 g/t Au from 455m
26RSRD00817317411.221m @ 1.22 g/t Au from 173m
26RSRD00817817910.51m @ 0.5 g/t Au from 178m
26RSRD00820720810.451m @ 0.45 g/t Au from 207m
26RSRD00821221310.821m @ 0.82 g/t Au from 212m
26RSRD00821821910.241m @ 0.24 g/t Au from 218m
26RSRD00830630711.981m @ 1.98 g/t Au from 306m
26RSRD00831631710.231m @ 0.23 g/t Au from 316m
26RSRD009174.851805.150.165.15m @ 0.16 g/t Au from 174.85m
26RSRD00920320410.211m @ 0.21 g/t Au from 203m
26RSRD00923723810.341m @ 0.34 g/t Au from 237m
26RSRD01011811910.211m @ 0.21 g/t Au from 118m
26RSRD01312813020.342m @ 0.34g/t Au from 128m
26RSRD01413713810.521m @ 0.52 g/t Au from 137m
26RSRD022909220.32m @ 0.3 g/t Au from 90m
26RSRD025244.2246.11.91.191.9m @ 1.19 g/t Au From 244.2m
26RSRD025250250.80.80.210.8m @ 0.21 g/t Au from 250m
26RSRD025253.4255.11.70.361.7m @ 0.36 g/t Au from 253.4m
26RSRD025260.92632.10.322.1m @ 0.32 g/t Au from 260.9m
26RSRD02527727810.211m @ 0.22 g/t Au from 277m

Table 4: Significant Copper drill Intercepts from Reverse Circulation and Diamond drilling at Red Setter. Refer Figure 2 for location of drill holes

Hole IDFrom (m)To (m)Length (m)Cu (percent)Significant Intersection
26RSRD0027385120.1512m @ 0.15% Cu from 73m
Inc.828310.531m @ 0.53% Cu from 82m
26RSRD003566040.214m @ 0.21% Cu from 56m
26RSRD0059310070.267m @ 0.26% Cu from 93m
Inc.939630.513m @ 0.51% Cu from 93m
26RSRD00512312740.244m @ 0.24% Cu from 123m
Inc.12412510.531m @ 0.53% Cu from 124m
26RSRD00610110210.261m @ 0.26% Cu from 101m
26RSRD00819419620.442m @ 0.44% Cu from 194m
26RSRD00819819910.311m @ 0.31% Cu from 198m
26RSRD00821821910.281m @ 0.28% Cu from 218m
26RSRD009879030.2303m @ 0.23% Cu from 87m
26RSRD00912612930.293m @ 0.29% Cu from 126m
26RSRD009174.851805.150.175.15m @ 0.17% Cu from 174.85m
26RSRD00923723920.232m @ 0.23% Cu from 237m
26RSRD011919210.201m @ 0.20% Cu from 91m
26RSRD01312813130.613m @ 0.61% Cu from 128m
Inc.12913011.531m @ 1.53% Cu from 129m

Figure 3: Collar plan for Red Setter

Figure 4: Red Setter drill section

Figure 5: Red Setter drill section

[1] Greatland Resources Limited June 2026 Quarterly Report dated 29 July 2026

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