Black Horse Mining Limited (ASX: BHL, incorporated 2024, ASX-listed Dec 2025) explores the historic Mt Egerton Gold Project in central Victoria, Australia, which historically produced over 1 million ounces of gold before closing due to water ingress rather than resource depletion. A maiden six-hole 2026 drilling programme returned high-grade results, headlined by hole 26MEDD005 (17.4g/t Au over 0.75m within a 5.2m mineralised zone) and hole 26MEDD004 (46.2g/t Au within a 4.4m zone from 49.65m downhole).
Notable vs. Peers
- Financials score of 8.5/10 is stronger than the peer average of 5.3/10.
Lifecycle Milestones
Not yet determined: mill, tailings facility, grid power.
Jurisdiction (40%)9/10
Victoria: Fraser PPI 2025 is 73.81 of 100 (rank 34 of 68), which maps to 9 on this site's scale. Mt Egerton, central Victoria, Australia -- Australia Tier-1 convention.
Infrastructure (40%)6.4/10
Confirmed road access at Mt Egerton Gold Project, central Victoria, Australia; existing mill, grid power, and tailings facility not yet researched, counted at a neutral 5/10 until established.
Nearby producing mine (20%)Not yet researched
No project coordinates on file yet, so distance to a producing mine can't be measured.
Acquisition Susceptibility
A relative ranking of how closely this company matches the profile of juniors that have actually been acquired — not a probability, and not a reason to buy. Acquisitions are rare: only a few dozen significant deals happen a year across a universe of thousands of juniors, so even a high score here describes a long shot. The strongest signal in the research, a producer that already owns part of the company, is scored from its disclosed strategic shareholders. A producer that is a joint-venture or earn-in partner on the project, rather than a shareholder, isn't captured yet.
How this score is built
- Disclosed pending dealSub-score: Not scored
No pending acquisition or merger disclosed (checked)
Not scored: having no deal in flight isn't held against a company.
Weight 26.25% - Producer's strategic stakeSub-score: Not scored
No producer stake on file; largest strategic holder is Province Resources Ltd (46.4%) See holders
Not an operating producer, so it isn't the toehold-then-takeout pattern the research documents; a missing producer stake isn't held against a company.
Weight 25% - Distance to a producing mineSub-score: Not yet researched
Distance not yet researched: no project coordinates on file
Distance can't be measured without coordinates, so excluded rather than counted as far.
Weight 22.5% - Lifecycle stageSub-score:1/10
Stage: Grassroots Exploration
Feasibility and permitting score 10, where deals cluster, and production 5.5; earlier stages score less, down to 1 at grassroots.
Weight 15% · 57% here - JurisdictionSub-score:9/10
Australia: jurisdiction score 9/10
Our jurisdiction score, used as is: higher means lower political and permitting risk.
Weight 6.75% · 26% here - CommoditySub-score:10/10
Primary commodity: Gold
Gold 10, copper 8, silver 5, nickel and uranium 4, others 2: most majors' deals are for gold.
Weight 4.5% · 17% here
Weight is each input's share of the full score. “Here” is its share of this company's score: inputs that aren't scored are left out and the rest re-weighted, never counted as zero.
Your Rankings
Management Team
Non-Executive Chairman of Black Horse Mining Limited (ASX: BHL). A corporate lawyer and a Partner at Steinepreis Paganin, a Perth-based corporate law firm, since July 2005. Graduated from the University of Western Australia in 1998 with a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance), and has completed a Masters of Applied Finance and Investment with the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA). Wide experience across commercial and corporate law with a particular focus on resources (hard rock and oil/gas), equity capital markets and mergers and acquisitions. Has been a director of multiple ASX-listed companies and is currently Non-Executive Chairman of Pursuit Minerals Ltd. Sources: blackhorsemining.com/about/ and BHL's FY2026 annual report directors' report.
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Black Horse Mining Limited (ASX: BHL). An international executive of over 30 years with a track record of transacting, discovering, funding, developing and operating assets in Australia and Africa. A key figure in the transformation of several companies including Mawson West (TSX: MWE), which he led from a micro-cap Western Australian ASX gold company through delisting from the ASX and relisting on the Toronto Stock Exchange after completing the world's largest base metals capital raise and IPO for 2010. Was also instrumental in the development of the high-grade Challenger gold deposit in South Australia, which the company notes has analogies to its Mt Egerton Gold Project. Has served as Chairman (both Executive and Non-Executive), President, Managing Director and Non-Executive Director for a variety of ASX and TSX listed and private companies, with experience across gold, copper and other base metals, lithium, nickel and uranium. Currently a Non-Executive Director of ASX-listed Fortuna Metals Ltd and Southern Hemisphere Mining Ltd. Sources: blackhorsemining.com/about/ and BHL's FY2026 annual report directors' report.
Executive Director of Black Horse Mining Limited (ASX: BHL), appointed Executive Director on 31 March 2026 having previously been appointed a Non-Executive Director on 10 July 2025. A highly credentialed mining professional with over 30 years of experience in production, strategic planning, project evaluation and mining technology development. Holds a WA First Class Mine Manager's certificate, and is a Fellow of the AusIMM and a member of the Institute of Engineers Australia. His career spans leadership roles at major mining companies including Rio Tinto, WMC Resources and Rex Minerals, and he has played a key role in advancing mining automation and innovative mining methods, contributing to numerous industry research initiatives. Expertise across gold, nickel, copper, iron ore and coal. Sources: blackhorsemining.com/about/ and BHL's FY2026 annual report directors' report (which supplies both appointment dates).
Company Secretary of Black Horse Mining Limited (ASX: BHL). A Fellow Chartered Accountant and Chartered Secretary with more than 30 years' experience in corporate finance, governance, corporate accounting, company secretarial and restructuring advice. Was a director of PricewaterhouseCoopers and of Ferrier Hodgson Chartered Accountants before specialising in providing company secretarial and corporate accounting services to listed entities. Source: blackhorsemining.com/about/. (Company Secretary, not a Director -- BHL's own FY2026 directors' report lists only Wall, Frances and McHugh as Directors.)
Insiders, Investors & Smart Money
Notable shareholders and insiders whose involvement is worth knowing about, plus what we're seeing from institutional/large-investor activity.
No smart-money tracking (institutional/large-investor activity) for this miner yet — this is a planned feature, not live data.
No notable insiders tracked for this miner yet.
Reports, Presentations & Documents
Black Horse Mining, listed on the ASX in December 2025, is exploring the historic Mt Egerton gold project in central Victoria, which produced more than 1 million ounces of gold before closing because of water ingress rather than exhaustion. Its maiden six-hole drill program in 2026 returned high-grade results, including 17.4 g/t gold over 0.75m within a 5.2m mineralised zone in hole 26MEDD005. The historical production is not a resource, and no current JORC resource has been estimated.