• Extensional RC drilling has commenced at the Lord Byron deposit
• Targeting Mineral Resource growth and open pit mine life extensions
• Recent drilling intersected high-grade mineralisation beneath the existing Inferred Mineral Resource

Brightstar Resources Limited (ASX: BTR) is pleased to announce the commencement of an RC drilling program at the Lord Byron deposit, located within the Laverton Gold Project. The drilling program has been designed as a follow up to the recently announced results returned proximal to and beneath the Lord Byron South optimised pit shell, which included 32m @ 7.16g/t Au from 69m and 30m @ 3.02g/t Au from 44m. The drilling identified a wide zone of high-grade mineralisation beneath the existing Inferred Mineral Resource and presents as a compelling follow-up opportunity. A ~1,000m, six-hole program has commenced in order to assess material extensions to the Lord Byron deposit, which remains open to the south along strike and down plunge. Once the program has been completed, the RC rig will mobilise to the Sandstone Gold Project whilst assays are awaited. Lord Byron is located ~10km west of Brightstar's active Fish mine at the Jasper Hills project and forms part of the company's Laverton Hub, which hosts a current Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) of 0.9Moz @ 1.7g/t Au. Lord Byron is approximately ~50km from the site of Brightstar's proposed new 1Mtpa CIL processing plant, outlined in the Menzies-Laverton Definitive Feasibility Study.