Great Northern Minerals Limited announced that the drill program at Douglas Creek has commenced. GNM's Douglas Creek IRGS discovery is located on EPM 27522, part of GNM's Golden Ant Project in North Queensland. To date, GNM has defined multiple zones of outcropping IRGS mineralisation at Douglas Creek (over 125ha), with rock chips of up to 13.9 g/t Au, 598 g/t Ag, 11.0% Cu, 4.7% Pb & 1.8% Bi, plus extensive associated geochemical soil anomalies.

Highlights: Initial RC drill program of approx. 1,100m planned to test Target Areas One, Two & Four has commenced at GNM's exciting Douglas Creek target in Queensland; To date, exploration has defined an Intrusion Related Gold System (IRGS) over 125ha with rock chips of up to 13.9 g/t Au, 598 g/t Ag, 11.0% Cu, 4.7% Pb & 1.8% Bi; The work is expected to take approximately 2 weeks to complete with assay results anticipated four to six weeks after end of program.