Emmerson Resources (ASX:ERM) restarted reverse circulation drilling at the White Devil gold deposit, in the Northern Territory, according to a Wednesday Australian bourse filing.

The 5,000-meter drill program is targeting shallow extensions to the west of the known mineral resource, testing potential extensions of the mineralization.

Assay results are expected to be received in July. A scoping study for the deposit is expected to be completed in around four weeks, after which the deposit is expected to be defined as a major mine deposit under the joint venture agreements with Tennant Mining.