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Caprice Resources Ltd (ASX: CRS) (“Caprice” or “the Company”) is pleased to provide an update on its Phase 1 Reverse Circulation (RC) drill programme at the Island Gold Project. Phase 1 drilling has returned exceptional thick, high-grade gold intersections from testing previously unrecognised, high-grade, structurally controlled, cross-cutting “Break of Day”1 analogue gold targets.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Island Gold Project drilling intersects multiple zones of thick, shallow, high-grade gold mineralisation across numerous targets, open in multiple directions along 5km of strike
- Significant gold intercepts at Vadrians Hill include:
- 28m @ 6.4 g/t from 114m downhole in 24IGRC009, including:
- 12m @ 7.8 g/t from 114m; and
- 4m @ 16.4 g/t from 130m and a further mineralised sequence up-dip;
- 27m @ 3.0 g/t from 48m downhole in 24IGRC009, including:
- 4m @ 4.9 g/t from 61m; and
- 5m @ 6.9 g/t from 69m
- 15m @ 4.6 g/t from 112m downhole in 24IGRC008, including:
- 9m @ 7.0 g/t from 113m
- Significant gold intercepts at Baxter/Golconda include:
- 9m @ 2.8 g/t from 27m downhole in 24IGRC001, including:
- 3m @ 5.8 g/t from 30m
- 12m @ 3.9 g/t from 90m downhole in 24IGRC001, including:
- 6m @ 5.9 g/t from 94m
- 8m @ 1.5 g/t from 114m downhole in 24IGRC002, including:
- 2m @ 4.6 g/t from 118m
- 9m @ 2.8 g/t from 27m downhole in 24IGRC001, including:
- 28m @ 6.4 g/t from 114m downhole in 24IGRC009, including:
- 5km of highly prospective strike to be tested with numerous identical structures identified between the New Orient and Shamrock historical gold workings
- Multiple thick, stacked high-grade gold lodes intersected at depth and down plunge from surface workings that remain open in several directions with drilling constrained to less than 100m vertical depth - Substantial maiden resource opportunity
- 5,000m RC drill programme recommenced at the Island Gold Project:
- Phase 1 comprising 10 RC drill holes for 1,554m completed in December 2024
- Phase 2 comprising 30 RC drill holes for approximately 3,500m in progress
CEO, Luke Cox, commented:
“It’s a great pleasure to be delivering these exceptional gold results from our Island Gold Project December drill programme. These first 10-holes of the planned 40-hole drill programme have highlighted mineralisation thickening and increasing grade down plunge compared to the near surface gold mineralisation. Even more encouragingly, multiple stacked lodes were intersected by this drilling.
“Identical structural settings are present in historical workings at the New Orient Gold Mine in the north and at Shamrock in the south, and these fertile structures have been mapped at multiple locations within the host banded iron formations along the five kilometres of strike connecting these historic workings; providing numerous additional greenfield targets and highlighting an enlarged scale to the project.
“The Phase 2 RC drill programme will continue to test this highly prospective structural corridor through Baxter, Golconda and Vadrians Hill, before moving north to test additional cross-cutting structures, with the objective of delivering a potentially significant Island Gold Project maiden resource in the coming months.”
Gold Mineralisation
At the Island Gold Project (IGP), gold mineralisation occurs along a strike length of 5km from the New Orient Gold mine in the north to the Skipper prospect in the south within the IGP Corridor (Figure 1). The IGP Corridor is 700 to 1,000m wide and contains multiple BIFs up to 30m thick, which are the preferred host rock for gold mines in the Murchison. Prior to the Company’s recent Phase 1 drill programme, drilling was limited to an average depth of 70 vertical metres below the surface. Phase 1 RC drill hole 24IGRC009 intersected two thick sequences of mineralisation including 28m at 6.4 g/t gold from 114m down hole and 27m at 3.0 g/t gold (Table 1), highlighting the potential of the highly prospective 5km long by 1km wide IGP Corridor to host multiple significant gold ore bodies.
Figure 1. Perspective aerial view of the IGP Corridor showing the location of historical shallow gold workings.
Figure 2. Long section along eastern most Banded Iron Formation (BIF) highlighting gold mineralisation, plunging high-grade shoots and drilling constrained to less than 100m vertical depth.
The IGP gold mineralisation and structural setting is displaying similarities to the high-grade gold deposits in the prolific +15Moz Murchinson Goldfields, with the key factors for high quality gold deposit formation being BIF host rocks and cross-cutting structures controlling high-grade gold lodes present at the Company’s IGP.
High-grade gold mineralisation appears to be associated with a series of en’echelon vein sets that have developed obliquely to the strike of the brittle and reactive host BIF. These en’echelon vein sets trend NNW-SSE and are sub-vertical to steep west dipping and are controlled by a major cross-cutting structure which also trends NNW-SSE (Figures 2 and 3).
High-grade gold mineralisation is controlled primarily by these major NNW-SSE structures, with ‘reef- style’ high-grade gold quartz lodes also developed in fold structures where the axial plane of the fold trends 330° to 350° and fold hinges plunges 45° to 60° to the NNW.
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Drilling Commences at the Kanowna East Gold Project
Key Points
- High impact drilling has commenced at Kanowna East, targeting basement gold systems at the Western Tiger and Little Lake Prospects, only 25kms NE of Kalgoorlie.
- Program designed to test prospective structural settings and alteration zones along the Reidy Fault and newly recognised northeast gravity trends.
- Targeting the potential source of widespread paleochannel gold occurrences identified from historical drilling.
- Strong cash position of ~$3 million ensures a well-funded campaign and supports strategic exploration momentum.
Figure 1: Ragland Drilling RC Drill Rig at AX8’s Little Lake Prospect, Kanowna East Project.
The 2,000m reverse circulation (RC) program is testing structurally controlled, basement- hosted gold targets at the Western Tiger and Little Lake Prospects (Figure 2). These targets have been selected based on structural complexity, geophysical modelling, and geochemical signatures indicative of gold-bearing systems.
Figure 2: Western Tiger & Little Lake geology interpretation with planned RC drill hole locations (green triangles).
At Western Tiger, drilling is focused on the undrilled western margin of a felsic intrusive unit interpreted to have been emplaced along the Reidy Fault. Sericite alteration, arsenic- antimony pathfinder anomalies, and recent structural reinterpretations highlight the area as a priority for potential gold discovery.
At Little Lake, newly processed gravity data has defined northeast-trending features interpreted to intersect northwest fault systems—structural zones commonly associated with gold mineralisation in the Kalgoorlie district. These trends correlate with previously intercepted basement-hosted gold and offer a compelling test of the Company’s exploration model.
“Commencing drilling at Kanowna East marks an important milestone in Accelerate’s gold strategy,” commented Chief Executive Officer Luke Meter. “We’re testing targets with geological signatures consistent with major orogenic gold systems in the Eastern Goldfields and success could substantially enhance the value of our gold portfolio near Kalgoorlie.”
With a strong financial position, Accelerate remains well-funded to execute its exploration strategy across multiple growth-stage gold assets in WA.
The Company looks forward to updating shareholders as drilling progresses and assays become available.
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Extensions and New Zones of High Grade Tin at Bygoo North
HIGHLIGHTS
- Scale of Bygoo Tin Project continues to grow with the discovery of new zones of tin mineralisation during the Company’s second RC drilling campaign
- Very broad zone of tin mineralisation at the Stewart’s Lode extended along strike with:
- 118m @ 0.32% Sn from 44m in BRC015 (unconstrained internal dilution); including
- 29m @ 0.53% Sn from 44m, including 8m @ 1.17% Sn from 45m
- 12m @ 0.45% Sn from 116m; and
- 28m @ 0.52% Sn from 146m
- Caspin’s maiden drilling at the Smith’s Lode returns further high-grade tin with:
- 16m @ 0.68% Sn from 49m (BRC013); including
- 5m @ 1.73% Sn & 1.45% Cu from 53m;
- Drilling identifies a further new zone of mineralisation named ‘Radius’, between Dumbrell’s and Smith’s, with:
- 16m @ 0.48% Sn from 124m (BRC016); including
- 2m @ 2.05% Sn & 0.37% Cu from 128m
- Wide zones and high-grade tin mineralisation now drilled over +1,000m of granite contact zone with large gaps in drilling and open along strike.
- High resolution aerial magnetic survey covering ~800km2 to commence shortly
Caspin’s Managing Director, Mr Greg Miles, commented “These results are an exciting epilogue to our maiden drilling program at the Bygoo Project. We are delighted with intersecting 16m @ 0.68% Sn in our first drill hole at Smith’s, including a high-grade zone of 5m @ 1.73% Sn, coupled with 1.45% Cu, the highest-grade copper result by Caspin to date. Another 100m-plus intersection of tin mineralisation at Stewart’s also confirms continuity of ‘bulk’ mineralisation, at very shallow depths. And finally, a new zone of tin mineralisation at ‘Radius’ result demonstrates verifies Caspin’s geological model and growing understanding of key controls to tin mineralisation.
“Most importantly, we now recognise the tin mineralisation potential over greater than 1,000m of shallow granite contact strike at Bygoo North. Drilling is quickly demonstrating that Bygoo North has excellent potential to grow into a tin project with substantial scale. Drilling will continue to target new zones of tin mineralisation and extensions of known areas of shallow tin mineralisation along strike.”
Since acquiring the project, the Company has invested considerable time to understand the geology and controls on mineralisation at Bygoo North. Using the previous exploration data as a base and steadily importing other legacy data such as drilling from the 1970s, the Company is developing a new geological model for the prospect. The Ardlethan Granite contact can now be traced over 1,000m at the prospect, with greisen-style mineralisation developed variably along its entirety (Figure 1).
Figure 1. Location plan of mineralisation and relationship to granite contact at Bygoo North, with significant intercepts. The prospective granite horizon represents the potential for greisen mineralisation on the granite contact to approximately 100m below surface.
These latest results provide further evidence that mineralisation is constrained only by drilling. There are obvious additional drill targets for further exploration. A planned high-resolution aerial magnetic survey, commencing in the following weeks, will further assist refinement of the geological model and hence the targeting process, particularly the several kilometres of untested granite contact to the north and south.
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Nine Mile Metals Maintains Nine Mile Brook Project Option with Third Anniversary Payment
This successfully allows Nine Mile Metals to keep the Option Agreement in Good Standing and pursue its priority exploration of the Flagship Nine Mile Brook VMS Project and its goal to discover additional High Grade VMS Len's.
The Nine Mile Brook Project consists of 50.02 square kms over 229 mining claims, 10kms west of the World-Famous Brunswick #12 Mine. Below is a summary of the 2022 Drill Program Certified Assay Results, previously announced, displaying the exceptional grades of the Nine Mile Brook Lens. (see Table 1 below)
Table 1: Nine Mile Brook VMS Lens Drill Program Certified Assay Results
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Drill Certified Assays:
(Sample #683512) 18.30 % Cu, 0.40 % Pb, 0.17 % Zn, 119 g/t Ag, 0.84 g/t Au)
(Sample #683542) 15.42% Cu, 2.45% Pb, 2.03% Zn, 173 g/t Ag, 1.05 g/t Au)
(Sample #683534) 16.85% Cu, 0.98% Pb, 0.57% Zn, 125 g/t Ag, 1.13 g/t Au)
"The team is looking forward to returning to Nine Mile Brook in Fall of 2025. With abundant geophysical targets already defined, drill hole selection involves the integration of our extensive datasets including the UAV magnetics, I.P. and Borehole electromagnetics (BHEM) and previous drill hole data, into a 3D model to best leverage the information. The Bathurst Mining Camp is structurally complex and having less than 1% outcrop, the team is committed to following the science and in particular, the advanced geophysics to guide us to success," stated Gary Lohman, VPX & Director.
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About Nine Mile Metals Ltd.:
Nine Mile Metals Ltd. is a Canadian public mineral exploration company focused on Critical Minerals Exploration (CME) VMS (Cu, Pb, Zn, Ag and Au) exploration in the world-famous Bathurst Mining Camp, New Brunswick, Canada. The Company's primary business objective is to explore its four VMS Projects: Nine Mile Brook VMS; California Lake VMS; Canoe Landing Lake (East-West) VMS and the Wedge VMS Projects. The Company is focused on Critical Minerals Exploration (CME), positioning for the boom in EV and green technologies requiring Copper, Silver, Lead and Zinc with a hedge with Gold.
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