09:07 AM EDT, 03/19/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Novo Resources Corp. ( NSRPF ) announced Wednesday the imminent start of a maiden aircore drill program at the Balla Balla Gold Project, "designed to test target zones of structural complexity in the Sholl Shear Zone and associated structures under cover".

A statement noted aircore drilling to test priority targets is expected to commence in late-March, weather dependent.

Among highlights, drilling is planned to target zones of "structural complexity" and splay faults proximal to the Sholl Shear Zone, under generally shallow cover. It noted the Sholl Shear Zone is a "fertile, long lived, crustal-scale feature" which trends over 200 km in the northern Pilbara.

On other highlights, Novo said geological interpretation has identified folded and offset mafic and ultramafic stratigraphy in complex zones around splays off the Sholl Shear Zone; it added several prospects are delineated for drill testing including Ramquarry, Cockerell, Babbage and Beaufort; and mapping and sampling campaigns is completed at the Tibooburra and John Bull Gold Projects in NSW.