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Thunderbird Resources Limited(Thunderbird or the Company) (ASX: THB) is pleased to advise that it has entered into an agreement to acquire a highly prospective antimony and gold exploration land package in the New England Orogen of New South Wales. The high-potential exploration portfolio is located immediately adjacent to Australia’s largest antimony deposit, the Hillgrove Gold & Antimony Project owned by Larvotto Resources (ASX: LRV) (LRV) (Figures 1 and 2).
Highlights
- Thunderbird enters into binding agreement to acquire a 100% interest in a highly prospective 488km2 exploration portfolio surrounding the Hillgrove Gold-Antimony project, a Top-10 global antimony deposit.
- The package, comprising EL9053 and EL9147, including sampling grades of up to 18.2%3 antimony and 76g/t gold4, sits in the heart of the New England Orogen of NSW, which is currently undergoing a major exploration renaissance.
- EL9053, known as the Rockvale Project, covers potential strike extensions of the gold-antimony mineralisation at Hillgrove and encompasses multiple known gold and antimony occurrences, including numerous high-grade historical workings.
- EL9053 adjoins Larvotto Resources’ (ASX: LRV) Hillgrove Gold & Antimony Project, the largest antimony deposit in Australia, with a Mineral Resource of 7.3Mt @ 4.4g/t Au and 1.3% Sb for 1.04Moz of contained gold and 93kt of contained antimony1,2.
- EL9147, known as the Kookabookra Gold Project, covers multiple gold reefs in the historical high-grade Kookabookra gold field.
- Both Projects are considered highly prospective for the discovery of high-grade orogenic gold +/- antimony mineralisation and intrusion-related gold mineralisation.
- The proposed acquisition provides a low-cost opportunity to explore high-quality assets that offer exposure to very favourable commodities, with the ability to explore and generate newsflow during the northern hemisphere winter when Thunderbird’s Canadian assets are less accessible.
- Antimony is a critical metal used for producing high-tech and defence products, including flame retardant materials, semiconductors and superhard materials. Antimony prices have been rising strongly since China, which dominates global supply, imposed export restrictions earlier this year.
Figure 1: Map showing location of EL9053 (Rockvale) and EL9147(Kookabookra) (shown in red outline).
Thunderbird has entered into a binding share purchase agreement with the shareholders of Kooky Resources Pty Ltd (Kooky Resources) to acquire all the issued share capital of Kooky Resources (Proposed Acquisition).
Kooky Resources holds a 100% interest in exploration licences EL9053 and EL9147, which offer strong prospectivity for high-grade antimony and gold mineralisation.
EL9053 lies directly adjacent to the Hillgrove Gold & Antimony Project held by LRV, which represents the largest antimony deposit in Australia with a Mineral Resource of 7.3Mt @ 4.4g/t Au and 1.3% Sb for 1.04Moz of contained gold and 93kt of contained antimony.
The Hillgrove Gold & Antimony Project is currently being redeveloped by LRV and already has most of the surface infrastructure in place, including the process plant, power, roads, decline and substantial underground development. Leveraging this existing infrastructure, LRV recently announced a positive pre-feasibility study, targeting first ore production by early 20261.
EL9053 covers potential strike extensions of the geology and structures that host the antimony-gold mineralisation at Hillgrove.
Numerous historical prospects and occurrences are reported within EL9053 with sampling grades of up to 18.2%3 antimony and 76g/t4 gold reported. Despite the number of historical gold and antimony occurrences the area has had minimal modern exploration or drilling since the 1980s.
EL9047 covers the historical Kookabookra gold field, which has seen virtually no modern exploration, with multiple gold occurrences and potential for both orogenic gold +/-antimony mineralisation and intrusion related gold mineralisation.
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Sranan Gold Announces Further High-Potential Exploration Targets at the Tapanahony Gold Project in Suriname
Following the closing of Sranan Gold Corp.'s (CSE: SRAN) (FSE: P84) (Tradegate: P84) ("Sranan" or the "Company") oversubscribed private placement announced on June 12, 2025, the Company announces additional targets to its planned inaugural 10,000-metre drill program at the 4.5-kilometre Randy-Poeketi trend of the Tapanahony Gold Project in Suriname.
Each of the target areas (see Figure 1) has been identified by a combination Lidar survey, geophysics, geological interpretation, exploration data from previous operators, field work and, most importantly, local mining activity. The areas currently identified are referred to as Randy's Pit, Randy's Extension, Randy West, Poeketi Pit, West Poeketi, South Intrusion, Enard North and Enard South.
Dr. Dennis LaPoint, EVP Exploration and Corporate Development of Sranan Gold, commented: "Our expanded 10,000-metre drill program marks a major step forward in systematically unlocking the potential of our district-scale property. With an adaptive approach guided by rapid assay turnaround and new structural and lithologic data and analysis, we're confident this program will significantly advance our understanding of the project's scale and resource potential."
Figure 1: Priority exploration targets at the Tapanahony Gold Project, Suriname.
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Randy's Pit is the first priority for drilling, which is based on historical drilling by Iamgold and later mining by local miners at Randy's Pit.
Newly identified zone Randy's Extension is the southeast continuation of the Randy trend, where a potential granite contact — similar in style to mineralization at the Oko West gold discovery in northwest Guyana — may exist. This 1.6-kilometre trend will be explored while the excavator is in the area for drilling at Randy's Pit, leveraging mobilization efficiencies. The goal is to confirm the continuity of the Randy trend beyond its known limits. Drilling will follow.
Newly identified zone Randy West targets a parallel zone immediately west of Randy trend. Two ridges, each roughly two kilometres in length, display evidence of historical pits and alluvial workings, suggesting a nearby intrusive source. As the excavator works at Randy's Pit to support drilling, trenching will commence on these ridges to test for mineralization and to define drill targets along this parallel trend.
The Poeketi Pit target is the site of a recent gold rush starting in 2020. Active mining is characterized by a high-grade, fault-filled vein system. Drilling is planned on the 350-metre-long Poeketi open pit, which hosts five underground shafts, and the 150-metre-long New Pit. In between is a 260-metre ridge due to the fault-filled vein which will be tested first by trenching.
A trenching program is planned at West Poeketi on its southern region to delineate mineralized structures to select drill sites. A northeast striking soil sampling campaign toward the concession's northwest boundary will later be used to extend known mineralized trends and highlight areas for further exploration.
The newly identified South Intrusion target lies to the southeast of the Randy trend, where an arc of shallow auger anomalies closely follows the greenstone-intrusive contact, like Oko and Oko West. Historically, Iamgold panning anomalies in this area indicated a potential source of mineralization. This target region spans five to ten kilometres in strike length.
New identified Enard North and Enard South benefit from detailed Lidar coverage and extensive alluvial mining, both of which highlight the potential of the Enard concession. At Enard South, two large-scale folds were revealed by Lidar, supported by active artisanal mining. The fold axes correspond to catchment anomalies identified in panning by Iamgold. Focused mapping, sampling and auger drilling will be the primary methods to develop targets in this fold-hosted setting that has similarities to the Merian and Rosebel mines.
Qualified Person
Dr. Dennis J. LaPoint, Ph.D., P.Geo. a "qualified person" as defined under National Instrument 43‐101, has reviewed and approved the scientific and technical information in this release. Dr. LaPoint is not independent of Sranan Gold, as he is the Company's EVP Exploration and Corporate Development.
About Sranan Gold
Sranan Gold Corp. is engaged in the business of mineral exploration and the acquisition of mineral property assets in Suriname. The highly prospective Tapanahony Project is located in the heart of Suriname's modern-day gold rush. Tapanahony covers 29,000 hectares in one of the oldest and largest small-scale mining areas in Suriname. There is significant production from saprolite by local miners along a 4.5-kilometre trend, where several areas of mining have been opened.
Sranan Gold is also exploring its Aida Property consisting of five mineral claims covering an area of 2,335.42 hectares on the Shuswap Highland within the Kamloops Mining Division.
For more information, visit sranangold.com.
Information contact
Oscar Louzada, CEO
+31 6 25438975
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Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this release constitute "forward-looking statements" or "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable securities laws including, without limitation, the timing, nature, scope and details regarding the Company's exploration plans and results at its projects. Such statements and information involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company, its projects, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements or information. Such statements can be identified by the use of words such as "may", "would", "could", "will", "intend", "expect", "believe", "plan", "anticipate", "estimate", "scheduled", "forecast", "predict" and other similar terminology, or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved. These statements reflect the company's current expectations regarding future events, performance and results and speak only as of the date of this release.
Forward-looking statements and information contained herein are based on certain factors and assumptions regarding, among other things, the estimation of mineral resources and reserves, the realization of resource and reserve estimates, metal prices, taxation, the estimation, timing and amount of future exploration and development, capital and operating costs, the availability of financing, the receipt of regulatory approvals, environmental risks, title disputes and other matters. While the Company considers its assumptions to be reasonable as of the date hereof, forward-looking statements and information are not guarantees of future performance and readers should not place undue importance on such statements as actual events and results may differ materially from those described herein. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements or information except as may be required by applicable securities laws.
