Godolphin Resources has formally completed its transition to Orbit Resources, marking a strategic reset around a more focused precious and base metals business in New South Wales’ prolific Lachlan Fold Belt.

The company’s ASX ticker will change from GRL to OBT, with trading under the new code expected to kick off on Wednesday, August 19, subject to final ASX implementation. Management says existing shareholdings, accounts and capital structure will remain unchanged, with no action required from shareholders.

At the centre of the new Orbit is its wholly owned Lewis Ponds project, covering 148 square kilometres, just 15km east of Orange. Its 17.52-million-tonne polymetallic resource equates to 1.7 million gold-equivalent ounces, including 630,000 ounces of gold and 30.1 million ounces of silver.

A February scoping study outlined a staged 1.25-million-tonne-per-year open-pit and underground operation over an initial 12 years, putting Orbit’s most advanced asset on a pathway towards prefeasibility studies.

‘The new name reflects our clear strategic focus on advancing and growing our portfolio of precious and base metals assets.’Orbit Resources managing director Jeneta Owens

Lewis Ponds and its nearby Cousin Jack discovery will command much of Orbit’s immediate attention. Cousin Jack, 350m southeast of and along strike from Lewis Ponds, has opened a fresh growth front after its first hole intersected a combined 269m of sulphides across three zones within a largely untested 1.6km geophysical anomaly.

Orbit says it’s now moving straight into execution across the flagship project. Further assays and Lewis Ponds infill drilling are on the cards, alongside geophysics to guide step-out drilling along Cousin Jack and additional metallurgical work, all set to feed into the project’s next studies.

The focus follows a broader portfolio reshaping that has seen Orbit divest non-core assets and move to spin out its 100 per cent-owned Narraburra rare earths project near Temora into the soon-to-be listed Matrix Critical Minerals. The IPO is targeted for the second half of 2026, freeing up Orbit to fire capital and technical muscle at Lewis Ponds and its deep NSW gold-copper portfolio.

Orbit Resources managing director Jeneta Owens said: “We are focused on advancing Lewis Ponds, progressing our broader exploration portfolio and continuing to deliver on the opportunities within our extensive NSW asset base.”

Beyond its flagship, Orbit has plenty waiting in the wings across roughly 1700 square kilometres of gold-copper ground around Lewis Ponds in the broader Orange region, spanning established resources, drill-ready targets and greenfields opportunities. First exploration cabs off the rank are its fully-owned Mt Aubrey and Copper Hill East projects.

Mt Aubrey, approximately 35km northeast of Parkes, brings some runs on the board with an inferred 1.21Mt at 1.61 grams per tonne (g/t) gold for 62,400 ounces within a 6km gold corridor. Between 1989 and 1991 BHP mined just 120,000 tonnes at 3.3g/t from three shallow pits, before operations were cut short due to a constrained landowner agreement, leaving the asset largely untouched.

Orbit plans aircore drilling to chase high-grade extensions, particularly west of the historical pits. Previous drilling returned 22m at 2.15g/t gold from 22m, including 6m at 7.21g/t, while surface samples further west ran as high as 13.5g/t.

Copper Hill East offers a different prize - the hunt for a bigger porphyry system. Almost 30km north of Molong, its 8km copper-gold corridor sits less than 10km north of the Copper Hill porphyry deposit, with fieldwork now dialling in targets for drilling.

Behind those front-runners, the company’s Three Rivers prospect carries a 550-metre copper trend with historical samples up to 12.6 per cent copper, while its Calula target is a potential Lewis Ponds analogue across an 8km mineralised trend. Orbit’s Lyons, Auri and Sorrento targets add further pipeline depth.

The porphyry hunt runs deeper too. The company’s never-drilled CM1 hotspot provides another greenfields shot, while 70km northwest of Orange, Orbit retains exposure to the 290 square kilometre Yeoval-Goodrich copper-gold joint venture. Great Plains Metals has earned 51 per cent and is spending towards 70 per cent, giving Orbit another porphyry play without footing the entire exploration bill.

All of the company’s exploration grounds sit in genuine elephant country, with part of its acreage overlapping the Molong Volcanic Belt, home to or neighbouring heavyweight copper-gold systems including Cadia, Boda-Kaiser, Spur and Copper Hill.

The sign over the door has changed because the business underneath it has changed. Orbit now has Lewis Ponds on a development pathway, Cousin Jack as a fresh resource-growth front and Mt Aubrey, Copper Hill East and a deeper NSW exploration pipeline lined up behind them — signalling the beginning of a far more focused metals story.

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