Spartan Resources

More High Grade Hits Ahead of Resource Upgrade!

Another batch of standout assays rounds out a successful 2023 for Spartan

Spartan Resources Limited (“Spartan” or “Company”) (ASX: SPR) is pleased to report updated drilling and assay information from recent drilling at its 100%-owned Dalgaranga Gold Project “DGP” in the Murchison region of Western Australia.


Highlights:

Never Never Gold Deposit – new gold intercepts:

  • 18.38m @ 6.10g/t gold from 453.0m down-hole, including:
    • 8.65m @ 10.43g/t – DGRC1361-DT (above newly interpreted flexure zone)
  • 20.9m @ 4.14g/t gold from 516.0m down-hole, including:
    • 2.38m @ 20.20g/t – DGRC1281-DT (above flexure zone)
  • 12.19m @ 4.16g/t gold from 516.6m down-hole, including:
    • 2.00m @ 15.96g/t – DGRC1347-DT (deepest Never Never assay to date)
  • 21.00m @ 1.93g/t gold from 517.0m down-hole, including:
    • 8.56m @ 2.65g/t – DGRC1360-DT (within flexure zone)

Four Pillars Gold Prospect – new gold intercepts:

  • 11.0m @ 2.44g/t gold from 162.0m down-hole – DGRC1334
  • 3.0m @ 5.53g/t gold from 108.0m down-hole – DGRC1339
  • 6.0m @ 3.60g/t gold from 372.0m down-hole – DGRC1280-DT
  • 2.32m @ 5.73g/t gold from 269.9m down-hole – DGRC1278-DT

West Winds Gold Prospect – new gold intercepts:

  • 61.0m @ 2.13g/t gold from 85.0m down-hole, including:
    • 22.0m @ 4.69g/t – DGRC1352
  • 66.0m @ 1.32g/t gold from 194.0m down-hole, including:
    • 8.0m @ 3.29g/t – DGRC1354
  • 18.0m @ 1.94g/t gold from 12.0m down-hole, including:
    • 3.0m @ 7.92g/t – DGRC1338
Management Comment

Spartan Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Simon Lawson, said: “2023 has been a truly transformational year for our shareholders and our Company. Our team has remained focussed at all times on the things we can control – applying smart geology, undertaking effective drilling and delivering high-grade resource growth, as well as keeping our established infrastructure in place and in a high state of readiness.

“This means we are now very well positioned as a low-risk, well-capitalised, high-grade gold investment with existing production infrastructure in times of record US & Australian gold prices. We offer unique optionality and exposure to gold in challenging economic times.

“The intense drill focus on the high-grade Never Never discovery has delivered more than 720,000oz of high-grade gold – mineralised from surface and including roughly 90koz @ 2.2g/t in open pit Resources as well as 630koz above 7.5g/t gold in the underground environment – in a very short space of time.

“Our wider focus on delivering further higher-grade tonnage ore sources has seen us apply what we have learned at Never Never to the former Gilbey’s open-pit environment, highlighting specifically the Four Pillars and West Winds targets on the western side of the pit. These targets are just starting to reveal their true identity as standout higher-grade, structurally-associated gold shoots within the wider Gilbey’s stratigraphic sequence, with the potential to add significant tonnages at a very reasonable grade to any future mine plan.

“Work is well advanced on the resource upgrade for both Never Never and the Gilbey’s Mine Complex, with most of the results from today’s release to be included in the MRE upgrade, which is on track to be finalised and delivered to market imminently. Our positive news-flow will continue into the New Year with mine design, scheduling and reserve scenarios underway.

“A new and expansive drill campaign will commence in January to build on the significant resource foundation already established as we seek to continue to grow high-confidence and high-grade gold ounces in front of our established infrastructure.”

The latest batch of assays include numerous significant intercepts from resource in-fill and extensional drilling at the high-grade Never Never Gold Deposit, including the deepest assay from the deposit to date.

This announcement also includes results from drilling at the Four Pillars and West Winds prospects, beneath the Gilbey’s open pit.

Drilling results in this announcement are being included in the scheduled Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) update for the Dalgaranga Gold Project. Work on this MRE update is well advanced and undergoing final QC/QC checks. The MRE update is expected to be finalised and released to market imminently.


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