Win Metals

Award of Exploration Incentive Scheme (EIS) Co-funding

WIN Metals Ltd (ASX: WIN) (“WIN” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce it has been awarded government EIS co-funding for proposed drilling of its Ganymede gold target located directly to the south-east of the Butchers Creek gold deposit.


Highlights

  • The Company has been awarded a co-funded drilling grant for Round 31 of the Western Australian Government’s EIS program for the Ganymede Gold prospect
  • Government EIS co-funding will facilitate drill testing of an Induced Polarisation (IP) anomaly of Ganymede located to the east of the Butchers Creek deposit
  • The application highlighted the similarities between the IP signature of the Ganymede Prospect and that of the Butchers Creek gold deposit
  • Drilling is planned in the 2025 field season with PoW and Heritage Surveys complete
Ganymede is thought to represent a folded repeat and extension to the Butchers Creek gold deposit (Figure 1) and forms part of the wider Butchers Creek Gold Project located in the East Kimberley region of Western Australia.

The grant will cover 50% of the direct drilling costs up to a maximum refund of $57,500. An initial two (2) diamond drillholes are planned to test the Ganymede IP geophysical anomaly previously identified but left undrilled by Meteoric Resources in 20221. Notably Ganymede has an IP signature equivalent to the Butchers Creek gold deposit. Drilling is planned to commence this 2025 field season with assay results scheduled approximately 6 weeks thereafter.

WIN Metals Managing Director and CEO, Mr Steve Norregaard, commented:

“We welcome the financial support of the Western Australian government via the 31st round of EIS grant funding.

This target represents a compelling opportunity to enhance the already significant Butchers Creek gold project. Without government support this target may well have remained untested.

Success with this would potentially be a step change for underpinning the economics of the project.

This support will fast track testing and we look forward to seeing what may be at Ganymede.”

Background

The Ganymede gold target is located to the south-east of the Butchers Creek open pit and Mt Bradley gold mines illustrated in Figure 1. Meteoric’s 2022 IP geophysical survey identified Ganymede to have a similar geophysical signature to the known Butchers Creek gold deposit. It is believed the Ganymede target is a potential fold repeat of the Butchers Creek gold deposit that has yet to be drill tested as is illustrated in Figure 2 below.

Figure 1: Ganymede location with reference to Butchers Creek and Mt Bradley gold mines

Figure 2: Schematic geology cross section and associated IP anomaly of the Butchers Creek gold deposit and Ganymede gold target


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