Bellavista Resources Ltd. announced that Phase 2 diamond drilling is now underway at its Brumby Project in WA following recent geophysical and petrology results. These studies, completed over the summer months, have highlighted a host of highly promising base metals drill targets. Following heritage surveys and RC drilling in late 2022, Bellavista is returning to an area in the northwest extensions of the Brumby mineralised system.

This 10km strike zone has been highlighted for its potential to host thicker portions of the mineralised unit (tight folding and structural repetition). The zone is also bound by several deep-tapping regional structures that may host feeder zones or act as fluid conduits to promote additional metal movement, potentially resulting in overprinting or replacement style metal accumulation close to these structures. Encouragingly, the recent ANT survey and historic TEMPEST electromagnetics appear to highlight higher velocity (denser) and conductive EM anomalies coincident with the core of an anticline in this corridor.

This will be a priority target in the upcoming drilling. Phase 2 Diamond Drilling. Drilling in the 2023 Phase 2 program will be comprised of 7 diamond core holes for approximately 1,500m.

Several holes are diamond extensions of RC holes from the 2022 drilling, where RC holes were drilled as pre-collars or holes ended in mineralisation. The primary focus of the drilling program is to assess the tight anticline located in the north fault block, which has been identified as a priority target area due to its proximity to regional structures. The presence of broad and continuous stratigraphic conductors in an historic 1km line-spaced TEMPEST EM Survey are coincident with this anticline feature.

These EM conductors are often associated with conductive minerals such as sulphides and carbon-rich shales, which host the base metal mineralisation at Brumby. A recently commissioned lithogeochemistry study has also highlighted evidence for stratigraphic thickening in the target area. This is a significant development for the interpretation of Brumby, as it may have led to mineralisation upgrades in this area.

The drilling program includes holes planned to intersect a high velocity Ambient Noise Tomography (ANT) anomaly, which coincides with the eastern-most line from the historical TEMPEST EM survey. In addition, Bellavista will consider extending at least two holes in the extensions of the main Brumby Anticline block, following the lithogeochemistry study. Geophysics: Bellavista's technical team has observed that a high velocity ANT anomaly is coincident with an EM conductor in the late channels of an historic 1km spaced TEMPEST EM survey, only partly covering the ANT survey area.

This anomaly is a priority drill target in upcoming diamond drilling, however this and the recent petrology report showing evidence for high-tenor Nickel and Copper minerals to be present at Brumby has encouraged the Company to fast-track its 2023 airborne geophysical survey plans for both aeromagnetics/radiometrics and heliborne EM (VTEM Max) surveys. These surveys will provide ultra-detailed datasets for better defining base metal sulphide-related EM conductors and the fault/structures in and around the Brumby system, and new regional targets at Vernon and East Abra.