Ramelius produced 48,839 oz of gold at an AISC of A$2,656/oz in the September quarter, down on June, after wet weather disrupted haulage from Penny. The company says FY27 guidance of 205,000-225,000 oz at A$2,150-2,350/oz is still on track, but the quarter's cost sits above that range. Cash and gold rose to A$768m after the Edna May sale, and the drill tables add high-grade intercepts at Galaxy, Dalgaranga and Gilbey's, though the batch size and grade-control reporting are unclear.
(price sensitive) - Ramelius Resources announced: "September 2026 Quarterly Activities Report" (30 pages) - read the original
89Drill Score
89StandoutMixed
Best intercept674.2 g-m4.9m @ 137.6g/t Au from 85m Stellar
DisclosureCleanagainst the ASX's focus areas
Day-1 reaction+1.5%-1.4% vs the XGD
Gold on the dayA$5,709US$4,008/oz
What investors must know
Gold output was 48,839 oz at an AISC of A$2,656/oz, against 53,466 oz at A$1,973/oz in the June quarter. Penny haulage was hit by wet weather and milled grades fell.
FY27 guidance of 205,000-225,000 oz and AISC of A$2,150-2,350/oz is reaffirmed. The first quarter's 49,000 oz and A$2,656/oz are both outside that run-rate, so later quarters must improve.
Cash of A$740.0m plus bullion of A$28.0m gave net cash and gold of A$768.0m at 30 September, with A$275.3m of listed investments on top. Operating cash flow was A$186.4m and underlying free cash flow A$62.1m.
Drill tables add 65 holes of diamond core, including the best new intercept of 4.9m at 137.6 g/t Au from 85.1m in NNGC26108 and 1.0m at 264 g/t Au in GXYD0937.
The Edna May sale completed for A$300m (A$210m cash and A$90m in Forrestania shares). Income tax of A$45-55m is due in December 2026.
Stage 2 processing (new 3Mtpa Circuit 2) is contracted to Primero on a lump-sum basis for about 90% of processing capital, with completion targeted for the December 2027 quarter.
The drill intercepts, normalised
Best hit674 gram-metresStellar4.9m @ 137.6g/t Au from 85m in NNGC26108
LowModestGoodReally goodExcellentStellar
1050100200500
Stellar - the kind of hit that makes a company. Few ASX holes ever get here.
How this hit compares
Top 1%of ASX gold hits
Better than 100% of the 317 gold intercepts DrillScore has decoded in the past 12 months.
Top 1%at its depth
Among hits starting 0-150 m down-hole - open-pit reach: the cheapest ounces to mine - better than 100% of 113.
Improvingfor RMS
Best hit 674 g-m against an average of 92.0 g-m in the previous 1 drill result (7.3x).
Every gold hit DrillScore has decoded, by depth - this announcementRMS's drill results over time - best hit in each
How every hole did - one block per hole, coloured by its best hit
Stellar 1
Excellent 1
Really good 6
Good 7
Modest 31
Low 1
No significant hit 18
15 of 65 holes reached 'good' or better (1 stellar, 1 excellent, 6 really good, 7 good); the other 50 were modest, low or nil.
The holes, side by side - schematic, best hole first
Drag to rotate - scroll or pinch to zoom - right-drag or two fingers to pan - hover a block for the numbers
Each line is a hole drilled from the surface (top); each block is a reported interval at its down-hole depth, sized by its width and coloured by its rating. The holes are side by side for comparison, not at their real positions, and are drawn only as deep as their deepest reported interval. Hover a block for the numbers; the 35 other holes are in the table below.
Every interval, in numbers
Every interval as metal-metres: width x grade (gram-metres for gold, %-metres for copper). Gold bands are Stockhead's rule of thumb: over 50 good, 100-200 really good, 200-500 excellent, beyond that stellar (and under 10, low). Top share is how much of an interval comes from its richest sub-interval - the smearing check.
Hole
From
Width
True width
Grade
Metal-metres
Rating
Top share
Notes
NNGC26108
85m
4.9m
3.8m
137.6 g/t Au
674.2 g-m
Stellar
Text highlight (text rounds to 138 g/t). No top cut applied. Photon...
GXYD0937
180m
1m
0.5m
264.0 g/t Au
264.0 g-m
Excellent
Text highlight, Galaxy resource definition. Single 1m sample, photon...
GXYD0981
185m
4m
2.3m
43.2 g/t Au
172.8 g-m
Really good
Text highlight, Galaxy resource definition. Photon assay.
Text highlight, Gilbey's resource definition. Long lower-grade...
DUG26109
356m
12.9m
7.8m
8.70 g/t Au
112.2 g-m
Really good
Gilbey's resource definition.
DUG26048
130m
8m
5.9m
14.0 g/t Au
112.0 g-m
Really good
Text highlight, Never Never infill.
NNGC26105
126m
16.5m
8.0m
5.71 g/t Au
94.2 g-m
Good
DUG26062
135m
7.1m
5.0m
11.5 g/t Au
81.7 g-m
Good
Text highlight (7.1m at 11.5 g/t), Never Never infill.
GBGC26008
198m
48m
46.4m
1.53 g/t Au
73.4 g-m
Good
Gilbey's, Figure 10 shows it in the recent results.
GXYD0938
140m
8m
4.5m
7.79 g/t Au
62.3 g-m
Good
Text highlight, Galaxy resource definition.
GBGC26055
275m
27.5m
19.6m
2.14 g/t Au
58.9 g-m
Good
Text highlight, Gilbey's resource definition.
NNGC26112
142m
7.1m
3.4m
8.14 g/t Au
57.8 g-m
Good
DUG26163
131m
15.9m
9.0m
3.48 g/t Au
55.3 g-m
Good
GXYD0937
135m
9m
5.5m
5.57 g/t Au
50.1 g-m
Good
Text highlight, Galaxy resource definition.
NNGC26120
162m
9.7m
3.5m
4.96 g/t Au
48.1 g-m
Modest
GBGC26007
157m
10.5m
7.2m
4.39 g/t Au
46.1 g-m
Modest
GXYD0981
232m
11.2m
7.5m
4.00 g/t Au
44.8 g-m
Modest
Galaxy resource definition. Figure 6 shows it as a recent result.
NNGC26126
158m
10m
4.5m
4.53 g/t Au
45.3 g-m
Modest
GBGC26013
155m
3.7m
2.5m
11.9 g/t Au
44.0 g-m
Modest
DUG26113
227m
18.8m
11.7m
2.31 g/t Au
43.4 g-m
Modest
Text highlight, Gilbey's resource definition.
DUG26109
275m
19m
11.6m
2.28 g/t Au
43.3 g-m
Modest
Text highlight, Gilbey's resource definition.
NNGC26100
104m
5.5m
3.4m
7.84 g/t Au
43.1 g-m
Modest
GBGC26039
285m
27.8m
18.5m
1.42 g/t Au
39.5 g-m
Modest
Gilbey's.
GBGC26055
260m
11.6m
8.3m
3.54 g/t Au
41.1 g-m
Modest
Gilbey's.
DUG26176
156m
3.5m
2.4m
11.2 g/t Au
39.2 g-m
Modest
Gilbey's North.
GBGC26042
213m
1.5m
1.1m
20.7 g/t Au
31.1 g-m
Modest
Single high-grade interval within a wider hole.
GXYD0939
132m
10m
5.5m
3.00 g/t Au
30.0 g-m
Modest
Text highlight, Galaxy resource definition.
DUG26173
148m
9.2m
7.1m
3.08 g/t Au
28.3 g-m
Modest
West Winds.
GBGC26006
138m
15.2m
12.0m
1.81 g/t Au
27.5 g-m
Modest
DUG26164
162m
5.1m
2.8m
5.26 g/t Au
26.8 g-m
Modest
Never Never.
DUG26106
244m
26.3m
22.6m
0.970 g/t Au
25.5 g-m
Modest
West Winds, low-grade long interval.
DUG26183
202m
17m
14.4m
1.34 g/t Au
22.8 g-m
Modest
Gilbey's North.
GBGC26012
139m
9.1m
7.2m
2.36 g/t Au
21.5 g-m
Modest
GXYD0981
76m
3m
1.8m
6.44 g/t Au
19.3 g-m
Modest
Galaxy resource definition.
DUG26113
281m
9.9m
6.2m
1.86 g/t Au
18.4 g-m
Modest
DUG26161
120m
1.5m
1.0m
11.9 g/t Au
17.9 g-m
Modest
Never Never.
NNGC26113
144m
15m
6.4m
1.09 g/t Au
16.4 g-m
Modest
DUG26157
111m
4.3m
2.8m
3.65 g/t Au
15.7 g-m
Modest
Never Never.
NNGC26106
100m
7.1m
4.6m
2.20 g/t Au
15.6 g-m
Modest
DUG26179
144m
4.5m
3.6m
3.32 g/t Au
14.9 g-m
Modest
Gilbey's North.
GXYD0936
142m
2m
1.7m
7.74 g/t Au
15.5 g-m
Modest
Galaxy, Mars.
DUG26177
143m
1.7m
1.3m
8.34 g/t Au
14.2 g-m
Modest
Gilbey's North.
NNGC26101
93m
3.7m
2.7m
3.83 g/t Au
14.2 g-m
Modest
DUG26185
200m
16.5m
15.9m
0.870 g/t Au
14.4 g-m
Modest
Never Never, low-grade long interval.
DUG26106
273m
13.7m
11.9m
0.990 g/t Au
13.6 g-m
Modest
West Winds.
DUG26161
122m
3.3m
2.2m
3.88 g/t Au
12.8 g-m
Modest
Never Never.
DUG26137
58m
11.2m
2.7m
1.25 g/t Au
14.0 g-m
Modest
Never Never, shallow drilling at low dip.
DUG26184
150m
1.6m
1.6m
7.78 g/t Au
12.4 g-m
Modest
Never Never.
DUG26102
228m
10.5m
9.1m
1.23 g/t Au
12.9 g-m
Modest
West Winds.
GXYD0936
173m
6.2m
4.3m
2.27 g/t Au
14.1 g-m
Modest
Galaxy, Mars.
DUG26102
113m
5.1m
3.6m
2.21 g/t Au
11.3 g-m
Modest
West Winds.
DUG26112
278m
5.1m
2.7m
2.24 g/t Au
11.4 g-m
Modest
Gilbey's.
GBGC26005
164m
5.5m
3.8m
2.18 g/t Au
12.0 g-m
Modest
Gilbey's.
DUG26106
151m
6.2m
5.2m
1.76 g/t Au
10.9 g-m
Modest
West Winds.
GBGC26009
235m
3m
3.0m
3.28 g/t Au
9.8 g-m
Low
Gilbey's.
NNGC26130
217m
4.5m
1.6m
2.65 g/t Au
11.9 g-m
Modest
Never Never.
DUG26159
89m
8.9m
6.7m
1.22 g/t Au
10.9 g-m
Modest
Never Never.
Checked against the PDF. Every interval above is printed in the announcement itself - each width and grade was found, together, in the PDF's own text.
Holes reported
65
Metres drilled
39,559
Drilling
Diamond core (NQ2, whole core underground and surface)
Cut-off grade
0.50 g/t Au lower cut
Max internal dilution
2m (appendix notes); the JORC commentary also allows up to 4m or more where indicated
True widths
Stated - Each interval in Appendices 2 and 3 carries an estimated true width (for example 48.0m down-hole, 46.4m estimated true width). These are the company's estimates, not our calculation.
Hole spacing
Spacing is not given hole by hole. Table 1 says RC infill and step-out drilling is on nominal 20-40m centres. The diamond holes reported here are infill and resource definition drilling in known lodes at Galaxy, Never Never and Gilbey's, not discovery holes.
Depth
Hole lengths (F/Depth) are tabled for every hole, for example 353.4m, 420m and 455m. Vertical depths are not stated. The 39,559m figure is the group's total drilling for the quarter, including about 18,000m of grade control at Galaxy and about 19,000m at Dalgaranga. Those holes are not reported individually.
Against the project's earlier holes
The new best intercepts are stronger in grade than the earlier high-grade results in DrillScore's 25 Aug 2026 list (22.7m at 10.8 g/t, 5.1m at 47.3 g/t, 1m at 236 g/t). The 4.9m at 137.6 g/t is the highest-grade interval in the list. The wide lower-grade intervals, such as 52.8m at 2.21 g/t and 27.5m at 2.14 g/t, look similar to the Dalgaranga drilling reported in April 2026. The 5.1m at 47.29 g/t (incl. 1.0m at 238 g/t) shown in Figure 6 is previously released and not counted here.
Against similar explorers
The high-grade intervals (4.9m at 137.6 g/t, 1.0m at 264 g/t) are narrow and very high grade, the type that lifts a gram-metre score on a few samples. The wider intervals of about 1.5-2.3 g/t over 20-50m are typical bulk grades for Archaean orogenic lodes in the region. This is infill and resource definition drilling at an operating mine rather than a discovery, so it is best compared with mine-scale intercepts rather than explorer first-hole results.
Drill-hole table (collars, dip, azimuth, depth, every intercept)
pass
JORC Table 1, Section 1 - sampling techniques and data
pass
JORC Table 1, Section 2 - reporting of exploration results
pass
Competent person statement
pass
No metal equivalents - grades as assayed
pass
Balanced reporting - low and high grades both shown
The tables list 65 holes, including two holes with no significant intercept (DUG26056 and DUG26065), and include lower-grade intervals, which helps. However, the number of holes drilled in the batch is not stated, and grade-control drilling of about 18,000m at Galaxy and about 19,000m at Dalgaranga is not reported hole by hole. The text highlights the best intervals, so the typical result across the program cannot be judged.
caution
No visual estimates - assays only
pass
True widths stated
pass
Red flags and notes
Balance of reporting is unclear
The tables list 65 holes, including two holes with no significant intercept (DUG26056 and DUG26065), and include lower-grade intervals, which helps. However, the number of holes drilled in the batch is not stated, and grade-control drilling of about 18,000m at Galaxy and about 19,000m at Dalgaranga is not reported hole by hole. The text highlights the best intervals, so the typical result across the program cannot be judged.
Production target wording differs from the range
Page 1 says the FY30 production target is more than 600,000 oz, and the CEO says the company will become a 600,000 oz producer by FY30. Footnote 2 gives the target as 560,000-610,000 oz. The range and its cautionary basis should be used consistently.
High-grade assays with no top cut and photon method
The highest-grade intervals (264 g/t, 137.6 g/t and 78.5 g/t) were assayed by photon analysis of 500g aliquots and no top cut was applied. The JORC Table 1 does not discuss coarse gold effects or confirmatory fire assays for these intervals.
Internal dilution wording is inconsistent
The appendix notes allow up to 2m of internal dilution, while the JORC Table 1 commentary allows up to 4m or more where indicated. The intercepts tabled appear to use the 2m rule.
New and previously released results shown together in figures
Figures 6, 7 and 10 show previously released intercepts next to new ones. The figures label recent and previous results separately, and the 25 Aug 1m at 236 g/t and 5.1m at 47.29 g/t results appear to be earlier releases, but the JORC statement that all results are new should be read with this in mind.
A$2,656/oz (margin about A$3,053/oz at the day's gold price)
Revenue
$309m
Guidance
FY27 guidance 205,000-225,000 oz at AISC A$2,150-2,350/oz. The company says it remains on track and expects output to rise quarter on quarter in FY27. The September quarter's 49koz and A$2,656/oz are outside the full-year run-rate, and guidance has not been restated.
Gold produced was 48,839 oz (sales were 51,278 oz at A$6,019/oz). Cash on hand was A$740.0m and bullion A$28.0m, for net cash and gold of A$768.0m. Listed investments were A$275.3m (Benz A$203m and Forrestania A$71m at 30 September). There is no Appendix 5B in the PDF, so burn, funding quarters, debt and undrawn facilities are not stated. Cash flow items come from Figure 1 and Table 2. The Edna May sale brought in A$205m in the quarter (A$5m came in June). Income tax of A$45-55m is due in December 2026. Buybacks were A$15m in the quarter and A$156m of the A$250m program. The A$0.03 final dividend was paid on 13 October, after quarter end. Cash is comfortable for the next phase, with no raising shown in the report.
DrillScore holds no recorded share price reactions to earlier price-sensitive news for Ramelius, so there is no stock-specific pattern to compare. Since the 23 Oct close (the last before release) the shares have moved from A$3.31 to A$3.68, about 11%. The XGD index rose 11.3% over the same period, so the move matches the gold index closely. The 29 Jul quarterly scored 73 (Strong) on DrillScore, but that is a score, not a price reaction. This is a description of past patterns and is not a prediction.
What share prices did after past results like this one, from DrillScore's own records. It describes the past: it isn't a forecast for RMS and it isn't advice.
Results scored like this'Standout' results Too few to say
No other drill results rated 'Standout' have traded yet.
RMS's own record9 earlier announcements No clear lean
After its earlier announcements, RMS moved +1.2% by day 1, +0.3% by day 5 and +0.6% by day 20 against the XGD on average.
Day 1
+1.2%
Day 5
+0.3%
Day 20
+0.6%
9 results, against the XGD
The market it landed inXGD -12.8% in 20 days Leaned up
In the 20 trading days before this release the XGD gold index moved -12.8% (falling). After 34 past gold announcements released into a falling gold index, stocks moved +1.9% by day 1, +4.2% by day 5 and +11.4% by day 20 on average - before taking the market's own move out.
Day 1
+1.9%
Day 5
+4.2%
Day 20
+11.4%
34 results, raw moves
A strand leans up or down when its day-5 average is 1% or more either way. Each is shown on its own and never added up into a prediction: small samples swing, and every result is different. The full backtest - how it's worked out
At release (23 Oct close) gold was US$4,007.9/oz and A$5,709/oz. Now it is US$3,886.3/oz and A$5,737/oz. The A$ gold price is almost unchanged because the Australian dollar fell about 3.5% against the US dollar over the same period. The quarter's achieved price of A$6,019/oz is above today's spot and well above the A$2,656/oz AISC. Gold is a little under the FY27 collar ceiling of A$5,906/oz, so the collars do not add upside now, and the FY28 put strike of A$5,750/oz is close to spot. The XGD gold index is up 11.3% since release, while GDX is up 1.8% and GDXJ is down 0.3%, so sector mood has helped the local gold equities. Over one month, US$ gold is down 6.8%. Rising US yields (5.15%) and a firmer US dollar are background factors for gold but this is not a price view.
Against RMS's own history
Cash, gold and investments have grown from A$649.6m net cash and gold in June to A$768.0m in September. Cash on hand was A$608.4m in June and A$740.0m in September. DrillScore's log has no capital raisings and shows buybacks continuing. AISC of A$2,656/oz is the highest of the four quarters in the Mt Magnet table (Dec-25 A$1,977, Mar-26 A$2,211, Jun-26 A$1,973). Gold output was 48,839 oz, down from 53,466 oz in June. The Edna May sale terms have changed: the 29 June announcement said A$200m cash and A$100m shares, and this report confirms A$210m cash (including A$5m received in June) and A$90m in Forrestania shares. DrillScore's log has an entry for this same quarterly dated 8 Oct 2026, which predates this 26 Oct release. That log entry should be checked. The highest-grade intervals here are above the best prior intercepts in the database.
Risks & caveats
The quarter's AISC of A$2,656/oz is above the full-year range, and the company has not restated guidance. Penny stockpile recovery of about 4,202 oz is the main lever cited.
Forrestania shares were booked at A$90m on issue but valued at A$71m at 30 September, and are subject to 18 months escrow. Benz Mining is valued at A$203m, so listed investments carry market risk.
Hedging limits some upside: zero premium collars cover 16,875 oz of FY27 output with a A$5,906/oz ceiling, and 40,000 oz of FY28 puts are struck at A$5,750/oz.
Rebecca-Roe's Financial Investment Decision was made subject to Roe mining approvals, which are not yet granted. Early works of about A$50m are already being brought forward.
Lost time injury and restricted work injuries were recorded in the quarter (one LTI and four RWIs). TRIFR improved to 8.66.
What's next
Penny stockpile of 29kt at 4.52 g/t (4,202 oz contained) expected to be processed - December quarter 2026
Income tax payment on Edna May sale (A$45-55m) - December 2026
Exploration and resource definition update - January 2027
Never Never underground to reach 1Mtpa mining rate - July 2027
Mt Magnet Circuit 2 (3Mtpa) completion, with commercial production after - December 2027 quarter (commercial production March 2028 quarter)
Roe mining approvals for Rebecca-Roe - not stated
Questions worth asking
How much of the September quarter's A$2,656/oz AISC came from the Penny weather and lower mill grade, and what AISC does the December quarter need to get back toward A$2,150-2,350/oz?
Is the 1.0m at 264 g/t Au in GXYD0937 a new interval, given the 25 Aug 2026 release reported 1.0m at 236 g/t? How many holes were drilled in this batch, and how were grade-control holes handled?
Were the highest-grade intervals (264 g/t, 137.6 g/t, 78.5 g/t) checked by fire assay, and what is the coarse gold assessment?
What is the FY30 production target, is it 560,000-610,000 oz or 'more than 600,000 oz', and what are the key assumptions behind it?
What is the capital cost of the Circuit 2 Stage 2 plant under the Primero lump-sum contract, and how will the Roe mining approvals affect the Rebecca-Roe timing?
What it means
For someone following Ramelius, the quarter contains both a cost problem and some good news. Output fell and the quarter's AISC of A$2,656/oz is above the FY27 range, partly because of Penny haulage and lower grades. Cash and gold rose to A$768m after the Edna May sale, guidance was reaffirmed, the Mt Magnet Stage 2 plant is contracted and the drill program is adding high-grade intercepts. The watch points are whether the Penny stockpile is processed in the December quarter, whether AISC returns toward A$2,150-2,350/oz, and how the Roe approvals and the Forrestania share value develop. This is general information and not personal financial advice.
General information only - not financial advice. DrillScore's analyses are produced automatically by an AI model (Claude, by Anthropic) from the company's own ASX announcement and public market data, and scored by a fixed formula (how it works). They can be wrong or incomplete, don't consider your objectives or circumstances, and are not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold anything. Always read the original announcement and consider advice from a licensed adviser.
Decoded 15 Nov 2026, 8:17 am by claude-haiku-5-5 - confidence: high. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.
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