Latitude Consolidated Limited announced plans for an extensive new exploration program, including up to 10,000 meter of drilling, to unlock the potential of its Mt Ida gold projects, located 200 km north-west of Kalgoorlie, WA. The company has recently confirmed existing and identified new priority targets within the Mt Ida Gold Belt, including Tim's Find, Shephard's Bush and Quinn's Mining Centre (QMC). The focus of the drilling will be on near-surface targets where there is clear potential to expand existing resources which can be accessed using straightforward open pit mining techniques. The combined Mt Ida Project area has an existing JORC (2012) Mineral Resource of 97,300 ounce, and Latitude's exploration team believes there is excellent potential to expand this resource inventory with further drilling. The upcoming drilling programs will be underpinned by the proceeds of the current underwritten Share Purchase Plan, which is being managed by Patersons Securities Limited.