The survey will cover all four of the company's Abbotts tenements, spanning 205 square kilometres, and will sift the ground for large-scale mineral alteration and undetected structures that can signal gold mineralisation.
The first stage involves regional screening using hyperspectral EnMAP imagery, delivered by remote-sensing specialists Geo Spectra. Multispectral data will then map alteration and geological structures in greater detail across the project and over an additional 300 square kilometres of surrounding ground.
The second, higher-resolution stage allows Geo Spectra to zoom into priority areas with imagery as sharp as 31 centimetres, mapping iron oxides, clays and sulphates to refine targets for a boots-on-the-ground follow-up.
"Hyperspectral and high-resolution satellite data can help map alteration minerals and fine-scale structures," said PLC Resources executive director Simon Phillips.
The satellite work builds on a recent high-resolution airborne magnetic survey that revealed a large-scale fold structure the company says is highly prospective for gold deposition. Management describes it as a crustal-level feature extending more than 14 kilometres of strike, and notes it continues south into ground held by New Murchison Gold, which has been trucking its high-grade discoveries to nearby toll-treating facilities.
"This survey gives us a project-wide view of Abbotts that we can't get from the ground alone," Phillips said.