Pakistan, Nov. 14 -- NRL has identified copper and gold mineralisation across at least eight porphyry discoveries in Balochistan's Chagai district, with nearly 25,000 metres of drilling delivering encouraging results as the company advances towards its first mineral resource estimate.

One drill hole returned 295 metres of continuous mineralisation grading 0.43% copper and 0.13 grams per tonne of gold, including a 132-metre interval grading 0.83% copper, Chairman Muhammad Ali Tabba told the Pakistan Minerals Investment Forum 2026.

The discoveries span 5.6 square kilometres in Darigwan, adjoining NRL's earlier discovery at the Tang Kaur copper-gold porphyry system.

Tabba said further investigations at exploration licence EL214 were expec...