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Haranga hits 32m at 10.41 g/t gold, peak 51.4 g/t, at Lincoln project in California

Haranga Resources reported a 32-metre underground intercept grading 10.41 g/t gold from 143m in the first hole of its Phase 2 program at the Lincoln gold project in California. The company said the interval included 13 separate one‑metre assays above 10 g/t and a peak one‑metre sample of 51.4 g/t gold.

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What happened

Key facts

Haranga Resources Ltd (ASX: HAR) reported an underground intercept of 32 metres grading 10.41 grams per tonne gold from 143 metres downhole in the first Phase 2 hole at the Lincoln gold project in California (per The Sydney Morning Herald, mining.com.au).
Within the continuous 32-metre interval the company reported 13 separate one-metre assays that exceeded 10 g/t gold (per The Sydney Morning Herald, mining.com.au, smallcaps.com.au).
Haranga reported a peak one-metre assay of 51.4 g/t gold at 152m downhole (per The Sydney Morning Herald).
The hole (DDH0294) was the first of a planned 16-hole, approximately 1,500 metre Phase 2 underground drilling program targeting the southern Lincoln resource and the under-drilled area between the Lincoln and Comet zones (per mining.com.au).
Haranga said historical core and pulps have been sent to ALS in Reno with results expected in late 2026 (per mining.com.au).
The Sydney Morning Herald reported that the hole was drilled from the recently restored XC11 development level after dewatering and described 13 one‑metre assays over 10 g/t and the same peak of 51.4 g/t (per The Sydney Morning Herald).

The brief

Haranga Resources announced a substantial underground gold intersection at its Lincoln project in California, reporting a 32-metre downhole intercept grading 10.41 g/t gold from 143 metres in the first hole of its Phase 2 program.

The company said the hole, labelled DDH0294, produced 13 individual one‑metre assays above 10 g/t and a peak one‑metre sample of 51.4 g/t at 152 metres, figures carried across Haranga’s releases to Australian market outlets.

The hole was drilled from the XC11 underground development level after the company completed a dewatering campaign that restored access to the workings; drilling for the Phase 2 program began on 17 September.

Haranga positions the 16-hole, roughly 1,500-metre programme as targeting the southern Lincoln resource and an under-drilled area between the Lincoln and Comet zones, with the aim of supporting resource upgrades and future mine planning.

Lincoln already holds a published mineral resource estimate of 2.46 million tonnes at 5.10 g/t for 402,000 ounces of contained gold, with 77% of that contained gold classified as inferred, a figure noted in the company commentary to the ASX. Haranga said historical core and pulps have been dispatched to ALS in Reno and that further laboratory results are expected in late 2026.

Company managing director Patrick Mutz described the result as a “strong start” to Phase 2 in reporting carried by mining trade outlets; the available coverage frames the intercept as significant for continuity between previously modelled narrower zones in the southern Lincoln resource while noting the true width of the 32-metre downhole intercept remains to be established.

Reporting outlets differ in emphasis and wording but consistently record the same core technical figures: 32 m at 10.41 g/t from 143 m, 13 one‑metre samples >10 g/t and a 51.4 g/t peak assay, and that the hole is the first of a 16-hole underground programme conducted after the XC11 dewatering and reopening.

Why it matters

Residents and stakeholders near the Lincoln project: the reported intercept sits within a mineral resource that Haranga lists as 402,000 ounces of contained gold, and higher-grade, continuous intersections can materially affect mine planning and the scale of future underground development.
Haranga Resources (ASX: HAR): the 32 m @ 10.41 g/t result and the 13 one‑metre assays above 10 g/t provide evidence the company can use to pursue resource upgrades and to support a pre-feasibility study, as stated in company commentary referenced by the reporting.
Local permitting and contractors: a move from inferred-dominant resources (77% inferred) toward upgraded categories would increase the need for engineering, environmental assessment and contracting decisions tied to underground mining plans, which are concrete mechanisms for economic activity documented in the company’s stated objectives.

What to watch next

Whether ALS in Reno returns assays from the historical core and pulps that Haranga has sent and what those assays report in late 2026.
Whether Haranga releases further results from the remaining holes in the 16-hole Phase 2 underground programme and the assays for DDH0294’s full dataset.
Whether Haranga uses Phase 2 results to revise the Lincoln mineral resource estimate and reclassify portions of the 2.46 Mt at 5.10 g/t resource (402,000 ounces) into higher confidence categories.

How it's being covered

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How outlets' accounts compare

2 framing differences · 1 uncorroborated claim · 3 information gaps

Sources broadly agree on the core facts but frame the story differently.Compared across 3 reports whose full text Updat3 used; 1 other outlet was checked by headline only.

Framing / emphasis differences

Sources agree on the facts but emphasise different angles, actors or consequences.

The Sydney Morning Herald framed the intercept as a 'monumental' or 'blistering' bedrock hit and emphasised the dramatic nature of the result; mining.com.au and smallcaps.com.au presented the technical figures more neutrally and linked the hole to the broader Phase 2 programme and resource context.
All technical assay figures and program descriptions are attributed to Haranga Resources; mining.com.au additionally names DDH0294 as the hole identifier.

Updat3: The underlying facts agree; only the emphasis differs.

One-sided or uncorroborated claims

Claims that come from one party or one source family and are not independently corroborated.

mining.com.au reports that Managing Director Patrick Mutz called the result a 'strong start' to Phase 2.

Updat3: Not independently corroborated yet — treat as a claim, not an established fact.

Not established by the reporting

Information the available reporting does not contain or confirm. This is a gap, not a disagreement.

No report Updat3 read in this pack provided independent verification of the assays beyond Haranga’s reporting or detailed discussion of environmental permitting status around Lincoln.
No source gave specific mine-planning timelines, capital-cost estimates, or planned production rates tied to a resource upgrade from Phase 2 results.
True width of the 32-metre downhole intercept: smallcaps.com.au notes the 32 m is an uphole length and the true width remains undetermined; other sources report the downhole interval without specifying true width.

Updat3: Updat3 cannot conclude anything about this from the current sources.

How we got here

Structural roots: Haranga reported that historical core and pulps from Lincoln were dispatched to ALS Reno for assay, with results scheduled for receipt in late 2026. Corporate context: Haranga Resources is an Australian Securities Exchange‑listed explorer (ASX: HAR) pursuing underground development at Lincoln in California during 2026.

Historical origins: modern hard‑rock gold extraction in California traces back to the 1848 California Gold Rush, which established the region’s long history of exploration and underground mining activity.