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Extensional drilling continues to highlight the continuity of thick gold mineralisation below the shallow Lord Nelson pit
Alto Metals Limited ( ASX: AME) (Alto or the Company) is pleased to report further high-grade gold assay results from RC drilling below the Lord Nelson pit, as part of the ongoing major RC drilling program at its 100% owned, ~900km2 Sandstone Gold Project, in Western Australia.
Highlights
- Latest assays from the ongoing major drilling program at the Company’s flagship Sandstone Gold Project highlight further thick, high-grade gold mineralisation at the Lord Nelson deposit, hosted within the +3km Lords granodiorite, including a stand-out intercept of 67m @ 2.3 g/t gold from 172m (SRC 576).
- Significant new results received from extensional RC drilling below the Lord Nelson pit include:
- 67m @ 2.3 g/t gold from 172m, incl. 6m @ 5.4 g/t gold from 179m (SRC 576)
- 19m @ 1.5 g/t gold from 185m, inc. 1m @ 17.8 g/t gold from 198m (SRC 582)
- 12m @ 1.4 g/t gold from 50m, incl. 1m @ 10.2 g/t gold from 59m; and 11m @ 1.0 g/t gold from 84m (SRC 580)
- 11m @ 1.3 g/t gold from 156m, and 6m @ 3.0 g/t gold from 215m (SRC 579)
- SRC576 followed up on the recently announced SRC432 which returned 45m @ 3.2 g/t gold from 161m and has extended thick high-grade mineralisation a further 20m down dip. Another RC hole, collared 20m west of SRC576 has been completed and results are pending.
- Assays are currently pending for a further 5,025m of RC drilling, including at the Juno Lode located 600m south of Lord Nelson, targeting dip and strike extensions of known gold mineralisation including SRC443, which recently returned 13m @ 5.1g/t gold from 162m.
- Interpretation of the recently completed gravity survey over the Lord Corridor is almost complete, which will assist in targeting the ‘damage zone’ of the Lords granodiorite and the high-grade mineralisation along the ultramafic footwall at depth.
- Drilling is now underway at the Indomitable Camp, within the +20km NW/SE Indomitable/Vanguard/Havilah Trend, as part of the updated mineral resource planned for the second half of this year.
- Alto’s major 60,000m drilling program planned for 2022, is targeting both resource growth and exploration, focusing on existing resources and a number of advanced regional prospects.
- The current JORC 2012 Mineral Resource Estimate at the Sandstone Gold Project is 12.4Mt @ 1.6 g/t gold for 635,000oz. These resources are shallow, defined to a depth of less than 200m and remain open.
Alto’s Managing Director, Matthew Bowles said:
These are excellent initial results from our ongoing major drilling campaign and, on the back of the recent update of our open pit gold resource to 635,000oz, once again demonstrates the significant growth potential we see at the Lords Corridor and our entire Sandstone Gold Project.
A particular stand-out from these latest results is SRC576 returning 67m @ 2.3 g/t gold, highlighting the continuity of thick high-grade mineralisation within the current pit-shell at Lord Nelson.
A number of assays are currently pending, including from follow up drilling at Juno which are eagerly anticipated, as they targeted the up and down dip extensions of the new lode. We will then be then looking to test deeper primary targets within the Lords Corridor. In the meantime, our next phase of drilling is underway at Indomitable Camp, the first of our many near-mine regional targets, as we continue to focus on resource growth and exploration.
We see this a great start to another exciting year ahead and look forward to updating shareholders on further results from our ongoing drill program, over the coming weeks and months ahead.
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Advanced High-Grade Antimony & Silver Project Aquisition
Highlights
- High-grade Montezuma antimony-silver-lead deposit defined by surface channel sampling, exploration adit face sampling and diamond drill core sampling.
- Surface grab samples grade up to 24.5% antimony (Sb) & 3,050 g/t silver (Ag)
- Diamond drill core samples grade up to 20.3% antimony (Sb) & 1,990g/t silver (Ag)
- Development face samples grade up to 21.4% antimony (Sb) & 2,478g/t silver (Ag)
- Development of portal box cut and commencement of exploration drive has produced stockpiled mineralisation. Representative bulk sampling of combined mineralisation/waste averaged 4.75% antimony (Sb) & 239 g/t silver (Ag) and representative bulk sampling of mineralisation only, averaged 9.02% antimony (Sb) & 769 g/t silver (Ag) reconciling well with corresponding face sampling.
- Metallurgical test work is well advanced with 90% recoveries of antimony achieved producing a saleable antimony product.
- R&D funding discussions are ongoing with local and international institutions including those representing major western governments.
- Montezuma Antimony Project acquisition complements Lode’s antimony exploration portfolio in the New England Fold Belt, NSW’s most prolific antimony province. Together, these assets create a formidable Antimony division within Lode.
- Also compliments Lode's high-grade Silver portfolio with assays due shortly from the Webbs Consol Silver project where drilling at the Castlereagh prospect has been completed.
- Montezuma Antimony Project acquisition terms include:
- $50,000 non-refundable cash deposit payable within 2 business of execution of the HOAie 22 October 2024; plus
- $200,000 cash payable on completion of the Proposed Acquisition; plus
- 10,000,000 fully paid ordinary shares in the Company at a deemed issue price of $0.10per share on completion of the Proposed Acquisition subject to 12-month escrow; plus
- Up to 6,000,000 fully paid ordinary shares in the Company at a deemed issue price of $0.10 per share upon satisfaction of certain performance hurdles by the Sellers (key terms are outlined in Annexure 1) and subject to 12-month escrow.
- The fully paid ordinary shares will be issued under listing rule 7.1 using the Company's existing capacity.
Proposal to Acquire Montezuma Antimony Project
The Montezuma Antimony Project includes a high-grade antimony-silver-lead deposit with initial development, advanced metallurgical test work and significant beneficiation infrastructure.
Montezuma Antimony Project Deposit
The Montezuma Antimony Project deposit (2M-2023, EL7-2019) is located between well-known mining centres such as Rosebery (Zn,Cu,Pb), Renison Bell (Sn), Henty (Au) and Zeehan(Pb,Ag). Access is via the Zeehan township located 14km to the west.
Figure 5. Montezuma Antimony Project located in Tasmanian’s premier West Coast Mining Province
The Montezuma antimony-silver-lead deposit is a structurally controlled lode, emplaced primarily within the well-known Motezuma fault and hosted by a sequence of turbidites. Antimony and lead are contained within Jamesonite, a lead-iron-antimony sulphide mineral (Pb4FeSb6S14) and is a late-stage hydrothermal mineral forming at moderate to low temperatures. This project is also prospective for copper, zinc and gold.
The Montezuma antimony-silver-lead deposit is defined by surface sampling of the exposed mineralised structure over 50m strike length, development face sampling and 13 diamond drill holes which have intercepted high-grade mineralisation down to a depth of 80m. The Montezuma antimony-silver-lead deposit remains open to the north, south and at depth.
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$500,000 Raised for Uranium Exploration at Munaballya Well Target
- Augustus Minerals has raised over $500,000 via a Placement.
- Proceeds from the capital raising will fund:
- On-ground exploration at the large Munaballya Well uranium target following up the recent VTEM Heli airborne geophysics program.
- An expanded soils/rock chip program to progress newly identified rock chip prospects to drill ready status and continue the exploration over as yet untested areas.
- Exploration works are continuing over various targets along the highly prospective Ti- Tree Shear with diamond drilling in progress at the Minne Springs Copper- Molybdenum porphyry prospect.
Under the placement, AUG will issue 10,000,000 fully paid ordinary shares (Shares) at an issue price of $0.05 per Share.
Funds raised through the Placement will be used primarily for the following:
- On-ground exploration at the large Munaballya Well uranium target following up the recent VTEM Heli airborne geophysics program (final interpretation imminent).
- An expanded soils/rock chip program to progress newly identified rock chip prospects to drill ready status and continue the exploration over as yet untested areas.
- Heritage survey over newly defined areas once progressed to drilling status,
- Working capital and costs of the Placement.
The Munaballya Well (GSWA listed uranium occurrence) main basin U anomaly covers 4km x 0.7km area, with uranium concentrated in weathered dolomitic marls of Carnarvon Basin sediments. Figure 1 shows the area of the main uranium channel anomaly from an open file ground radiometric survey conducted by Thundelarra Uranium, as carnotite is concentrated in top 5-10m of weathered dolomitic layers.
VTEM survey is testing for near surface weathering of surficial zones as well as investigating the potential for deeper Unconformity Style mineralisation along the contact between the basement granites and metamorphics and the Carnarvon Basin sediments.
Figure 1 Aster, ground radiometrics and Airborne Radiometric images from WAMEX Open File Report a87139 Thundelarra Exploration 2010.
The Placement Shares will be issued utilising the Company’s existing Listing Rule 7.1 capacity.
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