Peregrine Gold announced the completion and receipt of final assays from the first phase of reconnaissance drilling at the Newman Gold Project, which has identified significant gold, silver, palladium, lead and zinc mineralisation. Far East Gold announced that the phase 1 drill program at the Woyla Project had returned bonanza-grade gold and silver assays from three separate holes drilled at the Anak Perak and Rek Rinti vein systems. Sierra Nevada Gold announced the first assays from its maiden New Pass reverse circulation drilling program with 1.22 meters at 26.7 grams per tonne of gold from 186.53 meters downhole.