New Targets for Exploration Across Elizabeth Hill Project
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New Targets for Exploration Across
Elizabeth Hill Silver Project
• A high-resolution drone magnetic survey was completed in Q4 2025 covering
~14 km2
of the main Elizabeth Hill mineralised trend.
• The aim of the geophysical survey was to map out structures across the
Elizabeth Hill prospect e.g. faults, that could be trap sites for potential silver
mineralisation.
• The drone magnetic survey identified multiple new targets for mineralisation
testing along known (Munni Munni fault) and new structural trends.
• Key structures defined by the drone survey were coincident with anomalous
surface and near-surface assays from field sampling and aircore drilling.
• Twenty (20) structural targets are defined at the intersection of interpreted
fault structures having the potential to localise silver mineralisation.
• Eight (8) of twenty structural targets are located within 1.2 km of the historical
Elizabeth Hill silver mine.
• Proximity of geophysical targets to Elizabeth Hill mine and overlap with
significant surface sampling and aircore drilling assays, confirms near-mine
growth potential and importance of structures in mineralisation localisation.
• The Munni Munni fault is confirmed as a key mineralised structure over a
length of 6.8 km, with mineralisation discovered (aircore and surface assays)
coincident with the fault north and south of Elizabeth Hill silver mine.
• Drone magnetics defined structural targets are not limited to the Munni Munni
fault, with the eastern margin of the Munni Munni intrusion identified as a new
potential structural setting for silver and critical metals occurrences.
West Coast Silver Limited (ASX: WCE) (‘West Coast Silver’or the‘Company’) is pleased to announce
the results of a detailed drone magnetic survey completed at its flagship Elizabeth Hill silver project in
the Pilbara region of Western Australia (Figure 2, Figure 3). The survey has highlighted multiple new
exploration target areas, and the potential for a larger-scale silver-bearing mineralised system beyond
the historical high-grade Elizabeth Hill mine.
Highlights
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Commenting on the results, Executive Chairman Bruce Garlick said:
“The results from WCE’s detailed drone magnetic survey confirm structures controlling silver
mineralisation at Elizabeth Hill extending well beyond the historical mine workings. The results when
overlain with previously reported anomalous surface sampling and aircore drilling assays show a pattern
of new targets along the Munni Munni fault north and south of Elizabeth Hill, and significantly in new
locations not along the Munni Munni fault.
The identification of multiple fault jogs and structural intersections, with eight of the twenty targets
located proximal to the Elizabeth Hill mine, reinforces our view that the Elizabeth Hill deposit is unlikely
to be a standalone occurrence. Elizabeth Hill is potentially part of a broader, repeatable silver
mineralised system. Testing the near mine and regional potential for mineralisation is part of WCE’s
planned 2026 exploration scope of works.
These results give us confidence in using and testing new geophysical techniques in conjunction with
surface geochemistry and mapping to continue to define new targets for future drill testing”.
Survey Results and Interpretation
A detailed drone magnetic survey, covering ~14 km2
of WCE tenement holding and centred on the north–
south trending Munni Munni fault, was designed to refine the structural architecture controlling silver
mineralisation at Elizabeth Hill for application in identifying new regional target areas (refer to ASX
Announcement dated 13 November 2025 for JORC Table with drone magnetic survey details).
A drone magnetic survey uses a drone fitted with a sensitive magnetometer to measure small variations
in the Earth’s magnetic field across the project area (Figure 1). These variations reflect differences in
rock types and structures beneath the surface, allowing geologists to map faults, contacts and
geological features that may control mineralisation. Because the drone flies low with closer line
spacing, it is able to capture much higher-resolution data than older regional airborne surveys, helping
identify smaller structural features that could potentially host silver mineralisation.
The high-resolution drone magnetic survey successfully resolved fault flexures, splays and
intersections that were not clearly defined from earlier regional, wider spaced, magnetic surveys.
Structural analysis has interpreted 20 discrete target zones with potentially silver-favourable
mineralisation traps at fault bends and intersections between the Munni Munni fault and secondary
structures Figure 2). Some of these new magnetic targets are supported by anomalous surface
geochemistry and aircore drilling (refer to ASX Announcement dated 24 February 2026), providing
greater confidence in the interpretations.
Eight targets are located within 1.2 km of the historical Elizabeth Hill silver mine, with six targets aligned
south along the Munni Munni fault in a “Pearls-On-a-String” style. These six targets are potentially in
similar structural settings to, and repetitions of, that hosting the Elizabeth Hill silver deposit.
The interpretation also highlights the eastern margin of the Munni Munni intrusion, as a secondary target
corridor. This eastern corridor is supported by the intersection of structural targets and
granite/ultramafic contact and identified geochemical soil anomalies (refer to ASX Announcement
dated 5 August 2025).
Recent 2025 diamond drilling confirmed the presence of a broader halo of base-metal sulphides
(copper, lead and zinc) surrounding silver-bearing veins (refer to ASX Announcement dated 4 February
2026). This supports the use of further geophysics (Magnetics, Induced Polarization methods) to refine
sulphide-rich structures and prioritise drilling targets.
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Next Steps
The Company will progress a systematic evaluation of the 20 identified targets, ranking and prioritising
them for follow-up exploration based on structural setting, proximity to known mineralisation and
integration with existing datasets. This work will consider the application of Induced Polarisation
geophysical surveys to better define sulphide-bearing structures and refine drill targeting.
Induced Polarisation (IP) is a geophysical technique used to detect sulphide minerals beneath the
ground. When an electrical current is sent into the ground, sulphide minerals (such as lead, zinc and
copper sulphides) temporarily store electrical charge and release it slowly. This creates a measurable
signal. Because silver mineralisation at Elizabeth Hill is associated with sulphide minerals surrounding
the veins, IP surveys can help detect sulphide-rich zones; map mineralised structures beneath surface
cover; and identify the best locations for drilling. Where magnetics maps structures, IP can detect the
mineralised zones along those structures.
Given the success of the detailed drone magnetic survey, expansion of detailed magnetic coverage
across the broader ~180 km² tenement package will be flown in Q1 and Q2 2026. Results from this
program will be integrated with drilling, geological and geochemical data to guide the design and
sequencing of future drill programs.
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The Elizabeth Hill Project
Elizabeth Hill is one of Australia’s high-grade silver projects and has a proven production history. Key
points are outlined below:
• High grades enabled low processing tonnes. A total of 1.2 Moz of silver was produced from
just 16,830t of ore at a head grade of 2,194g/t (70.5 oz/t Ag)1
.
• Mining operations ceased in 2000 as a result of low silver prices (US $5)2
.
• Simplistic historic processing techniques were used focussing only on native silver
extraction. Native silver was recovered via low-cost gravity separation techniques.
• Untapped mineral resource expansion potential remains. The Elizabeth Hill deposit remains
open at depth and along strike. Recent consolidation of the WCE tenement land holding offers
potential to discover more Elizabeth Hill style deposits near mine and regionally.
• World leading silver grades located on a mining lease with potential processing option at the
nearby Radio Hill site.
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.Tenement.Location
Through the consolidation of surrounding land packages into a single contiguous 180km2
package, significant
exploration and growth potential has been created near mine and regionally. The land package holds a significant
portion of the Munni Munni fault system, and other fault systems subparallel to the Munni Munni fault system,
which are considered prospective for Elizabeth Hill silver deposit analogues.
1 WAMEX Annual Report,1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015, Elizabeth Hill Silver Project, Global Strategic Metals NL, p16
2 www.kitco.com/charts/silver
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This ASX announcement has been authorised for release by the Board of Directors of West Coast
Silver Limited. For further information, please contact:
Bruce Garlick
Executive Director
West Coast Silver Limited
E: info@westcoastsilver.com.au
Competent Person Statement
The information in this announcement that relates to Exploration Results is based on information reviewed by Mr
Max Nind who is a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists. Mr Nind is a consultant to West Coast Silver
and a full-time employee of ERM Australia Consultants Pty Ltd.
Mr Nind has sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposits under
consideration, and to the activity being undertaken to qualify as a Competent Personas defined in the 2012 Edition
of the Joint Ore Reserves Committee (JORC) ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral
Resources and Ore Reserves’, and a Specialist under the VALMIN Code 2015 Edition of the ‘Australasian Code for
Public Reporting of Technical Assessments and Valuations of Mineral Assets’. Mr Nind consents to the inclusion
in the announcement of the matters based on this information and in the form and context in which it appears.
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relating to the proposed transaction, are forward-looking statements. These statements instead represent
management’s current expectations, estimates and projections regarding future events. Although management
believes the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, forward-looking
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made and are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events or
results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements.
Accordingly, investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements.
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document is neither a prospectus nor an offer to subscribe for fully paid ordinary shares. West Coast Silver and its
directors, employees and consultants make no representations or warranty as to the accuracy, reliability or
completeness of this document, and have no liability, including liability to any person by reason of negligence of,
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be excluded. This document contains reference to certain targets and plans of West Coast Silver which may or
may not be achieved. The performance of West Coast Silver may be influenced by a number of factors,
uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are outside the control of the Company and its directors, staff
and consultants
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