The campaign, which focused on upgrading inferred resources within the pit limits defined by the 2025 Preliminary Feasibility Study, yielded several notable intercepts. Drill hole WI26-96 returned 2.86% Total Rare Earth Oxide (TREO) over 65 metres, including a high-grade section of 6.15% TREO over 20.3 metres. Another core, WI26-93, cut across the southern margin of the deposit to reveal 1.70% TREO over 184 metres.

Additional drilling at holes WI26-100 and WI26-102 further confirmed the deposit's potential. Hole WI26-100 intersected 2.40% TREO over 85 metres from the surface, while WI26-102 returned 3.25% TREO over 34.3 metres. Robin Jones, VP of Projects at Defense Metals, stated that the results align with the company's goal of improving resource confidence. The company is currently awaiting assay results for the remaining 10 resource upgrade holes from the season's 31-hole program, which totaled 5,345 metres of drilling.