ECR Minerals plc announced that further to the announcement of 11 December 2023 (linkhere), the Company has confirmed that access to the relevant sites has been granted and accordingly reverse circulation ("RC") drilling programme has commenced at the Creswick gold project in central Victoria, Australia. Drilling is underway at Kuboid Hill and Davey Road prospects, both of which have previously provided evidence of gold mineralisation from soil analysis and rock chip sampling. As previously announced, the Company expects that approximately 1,200 metres of reverse circulation drilling in aggregate will be completed at around 10 - 12 locations at Creswick.

Following drilling, and allowing for laboratory closures over the holiday period, assay results are anticipated to be available midway through the first quarter of 2024.