Empire Metals Ltd (AIM:EEE, OTCQX:EPMLF) has commenced a diamond drilling campaign at the Thomas Prospect within its Pitfield Project in Western Australia.
The 10-hole, 1,000-metre programme is aimed at collecting geological, geochemical, metallurgical and geotechnical data to support ongoing development and future resource expansion.
"We are pleased to commence this important diamond drilling campaign at Pitfield, focused on testing the high-grade TiO2-rich central zone of the Thomas Prospect and delivering both metallurgical and geotechnical drillcore samples which are essential for our ongoing project development studies," said managing director Shaun Bunn.
The company said the campaign targets a high-grade titanium dioxide (TiO₂) core identified in recent drilling and included in its October 2025 Mineral Resource Estimate.
Assay results from the programme are expected in January 2026.
Today's kick-off of new drilling follows October's £7 million equity raise.
MD Bunn added: "The company is well funded and has set its sights on swiftly completing this next round of drilling, accelerating the metallurgical testwork programmes and moving into continuous pilot-scale testwork in early 2026 in order to deliver high-purity TiO2 product samples to potential end users and to support our ongoing engineering and economic studies."