McLaren Minerals has announced the start of a 13,000m drilling campaign at the McLaren Titanium deposit in Western Australia.

The company is conducting a comprehensive and systematic drilling programme aimed at improving resource classification, supplying data for future reserve evaluation and expanding the resource.

The campaign focuses on upgrading large sections of the resource from indicated to measured classification, with specific areas to be drilled in a 150m × 150m grid pattern to enhance classification confidence.

Additionally, parts of the deposit currently classified as inferred resources are being targeted for potential upgrade to indicated status.

This involves drilling on a 300m × 300m grid to improve data density and ensure geological continuity within established domains.

Efforts are also being made to extend the resource to its southern extent and explore the eastern Shoreline Target's potential growth corridor.

Strategic drill lines are set to examine the previously identified Eastern Shoreline target and the south-western margin.

This will assess potential mineralisation extensions and enhance continuity in regions with historic drilling and limited data density.

McLaren aims to use the results of this campaign to allow for a future upgrade to the current mineral resource estimate and support the estimation of a maiden ore reserve.

This drilling initiative is structured to bolster the development strategy for a bankable feasibility study (BFS), marking a crucial step toward advancing the project's economic viability.

McLaren Minerals managing director Simon Finnis said: “It is good to see this programme commence what is the first formal step of our BFS for the McLaren Titanium project.

“This programme will assist with confirming the development strategy for McLaren as well as look at potential upside to the south, east and particularly at depth as we seek further confirmation of the high-grade lens identified during last year's drilling programme.”

In January 2026, McLaren’s pre-feasibility study for the McLaren Titanium project forecasted total revenue generation of A$2.78bn ($1.97bn) and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation of A$899.7m over an initial mine life of 15.9 years.