Brightstar Resources (ASX:BTR) hit multiple high-grade intercepts at the Link Zone deposit within the Menzies gold project in Western Australia, according to a Wednesday filing with the Australian bourse.

Assays from the five diamond holes include intercepts of 12 meters at 11.90 grams per tonne of gold from 51 meters, including 1 meter at 55.8 g/t of gold from 54 meters.

The diamond drilling campaign is part of the mineral explorer's wider 30,000-meter drilling program.

Brightstar Resources' shares were up nearly 6% in recent trade.

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