Alien Metals Limited (LON:UFO), a minerals exploration and development company, has announced that its joint venture partner in the Elizabeth Hill Silver Project, West Coast Silver Limited (ASX:WCE), has today announced the commencement of an induced polarisation and controlled-source audio-frequency magnetotelluric geophysical survey along the Munni Munni Fault Zone at the high-grade Elizabeth Hill Silver Project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
Highlights:
| An extensive IP and CSAMT geophysics program is underway across ~4 km of the Munni Munni Fault Zone (MMFZ), searching for potential repeats of the high-grade Elizabeth Hill silver system, which historically produced 1.2 Moz @ 2,194 g/t Ag1. |
| Surveying has commenced at Elizabeth Hill South, where historic drilling returned 2 m @ 1,550 g/t Ag from 108 m in hole AMEHRC012 and 1 m @ 250 g/t Ag from 118 m in hole AG432. |
| Previous IP testing successfully identified a chargeability response coincident with the Elizabeth Hill mineralised envelope3, supporting regional application of IP and CSAMT along the MMFZ4. |
| The four-week survey will be followed by data processing and modelling to prioritise potential drill targets for follow-up in H1 2027 and support the search for additional stand-alone Elizabeth Hill silver ‘pearls’ along the MMFZ. |
1 WAMEX Annual Report, 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015, Elizabeth Hill Silver Project, Global Strategic Metals NL, p16
2 Refer WCE announcement “Aircore Scout Drilling Opens Elizabeth Hill Near mine and Regional Silver Opportunities” dated 24 February 2026
3 Refer WCE announcement “Start of 2026 Elizabeth Hill Near-mine and Regional Geophysics Programs” dated 17 March 2026
4 Refer WCE announcements “Intensified field exploration recommences at Elizabeth Hill following inaugural drilling success” dated 2 September 2025 and “New Targets for Exploration Across Elizabeth Hill Silver Project” dated 12 March 2026
Alien holds a 30% interest in Elizabeth Hill, free carried until West Coast Silver announces a decision to mine, and holds 30.5 million shares in West Coast Silver, representing an approximate 7.0% interest in the issued share capital of West Coast Silver.
Vince Fayad, Executive Director of Alien Metals, commented:
“West Coast Silver’s regional geophysics programme is an important step in testing whether Elizabeth Hill is one of a number of high-grade silver systems along the Munni Munni Fault Zone. It is encouraging that surveying has started at Elizabeth Hill South, where Alien’s own drilling in 2022 returned 2m at 1,550 g/t silver.”