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Spartan Resources Limited (“Spartan” or “Company”) (ASX: SPR) is pleased to announce that it has made a new shallow high-grade gold discovery immediately north of its high-grade Never Never Gold Deposit as assay results begin to flow from the ongoing 25,000m multi-rig drilling campaign at the 100%- owned Dalgaranga Gold Project in Western Australia.
Highlights:
- First Reverse Circulation (RC) hole drilled to test the new “Patient Wolf” gold prospect (geophysical target), immediately north of Never Never, has returned outstanding assay results, including:
- 10.00m @ 19.84g/t gold from 96.00m, incl. 4.00m @ 40.15g/t (DGRC1295) – 1,600m north of Never Never and 1,900m from Process Plant under site access/haul road. Follow-up RC drilling underway.
- Further significant high-grade gold assays from recent drilling at the Never Never Gold Deposit:
- 40.00m @ 7.03g/t gold from 160.00m incl. 14.30m @ 10.57g/t (DGDH037) – targeting high-grade mineralisation at base of conceptual Never Never open pit.
- 18.00m @ 11.95g/t gold from 315.00m incl. 3.00m @ 40.30g/t (DGDH038) – expands southern extent of thick high-grade mineralisation for future Resource update.
- 18.56m @ 6.71g/t gold from 495.00m incl. 2.56m @ 32.19g/t (DGRC1283-DT) – deepest mineralised intercept to date at Never Never, located on boundary of Indicated to Inferred classification.
- Targeting of the high-grade West Winds area within the previously planned but un-mined “Stage 3 Gilbey’s Open Pit”, directly south of Never Never, has returned:
- 20.52m @ 2.38g/t gold from 420.48m down-hole, incl. 5.00m @ 6.22g/t (DGDH039) – hole intersected the southern West Winds high-grade target zone.
- 12.00m @ 2.49g/t gold from 353.00m & 7.00m @ 2.23g/t & 5.00m & 2.25g/t (DGDH040) – hole deviated north of northern West Winds high-grade target zone.
- Drilling at the Arc gold prospect, 1,000m north of the Never Never Gold Deposit, has returned:
- 4.00m @ 8.33g/t gold from 106m, incl. 1m @ 30.66g/t (DGRC1245) – Follow-up drilling underway.
- Ongoing 25,000m multi-rig drill program to be expanded to 32,000m with up to six rigs on site. Updated global Mineral Resource statement for Dalgaranga scheduled for December 2023 Quarter. This will include an updated MRE for Never Never and the broader “Gilbey’s Complex” including West Winds and Four Pillars.
In light of the success being achieved with the current drilling program, Spartan has decided to expand the program to 32,000m with up to six rigs operating on-site. The expanded program will look to target extensions of known mineralisation, further upgrading the high-grade 721,200oz Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) for the Never Never Gold Deposit.
In parallel, several “near-mine” targets are being aggressively drilled out, including the high-grade West Winds and Four Pillars structural targets, located within and beneath the former Gilbey’s Open Pit to the south of Never Never, as well as the nearby Arc and Patient Wolf gold prospects to the north.
The overall objective of the program is to grow the Company’s high-grade resource inventory within a close 2km radius of the 2.5Mtpa Dalgaranga Process Plant.
Never Never Gold Deposit Update
Figure 1: Long section of the Never Never Gold Deposit with location of recent drill assays and current targeted in-fill and extensional drilling in relation to the classified block model grade (underlay).
Drill Target Update
Figure 2: Long Section through the Gilbey’s to Never Never mineralised sequence looking east. The Never Never Gold Deposit is shown on the left and the Gilbey’s Open Pit/Gilbey’s Gold Deposit in the centre/right. The Four Pillars and West Winds targets within and beneath the Gilbey’s Open Pit are shown centre and centre-right respectively. Recent assays for intercepts at Never Never and West Winds are illustrated. Dedicated drill rigs are on each of the three targets shown here.**75 g/t Au Top-cut applied
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High grade Assay Results Continue at Youanmi
- The latest batch of assays have been received from the 11,000m drilling program (both diamond core and reverse circulation) at the high gold-grade Youanmi Gold Project, located centrally in Western Australia’s prolific gold fields
- The recently-completed infill/exploration program aimed to improve resource confidence and open up corridors for resource growth; to underpin the Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS), and, additionally, provide sample material for ongoing metallurgical optimisation test-work for the DFS program
- Latest highlights from the program include:
- RXDD131: 4.38m @ 19.07 g/t Au from 387.98m,
- incl. 1.73m @ 41.43 g/t Au from 389.96m
- RXDD119: 4.56m @ 14.60 g/t Au from 220.64m
- RXDD115: 2.99m @ 21.11 g/t Au from 249.88m
- RXDD119: 4.0m @ 7.37 g/t Au from 162.0m
- RXDD132: 7.19m @ 3.90 g/t Au from 263.61m
- RXDD133: 2.83m @ 6.53 g/t Au from 431.00m
- RXDD128: 3.82m @ 4.51 g/t Au from 364.59m,
- incl. 1.73m @ 8.22 g/t Au from 364.59m
- incl. 1.73m @ 8.22 g/t Au from 364.59m
- RXDD122: 0.95m @ 13.50 g/t Au from 204.44m
- §These results further demonstrate the continuity of high- grade gold mineralisation along the Youanmi greenstone belt belt, and the potential for resource growth both at depth and along-strike, with discovery potential to the south
- 35,000m Step-up drill campaign well underway with the plan to bring forward ounces and increase the mine plan
The program focused on converting Inferred stopes at Pollard, United North and Youanmi Main to higher confidence Indicated classification and providing material for metallurgical testing for the upcoming Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS) – on track for H2 CY25.
This final consignment of diamond assay results are the fourth batch of assays results returned from the drill program and have been entirely drilled from the Pollard, Youanmi and United North areas (Figure 1).
Rox Resources’ Chief Executive Officer, Phillip Wilding, commented:
“It’s pleasing to round out the 11,000m RD and DD drilling program with another batch of excellent intercepts.
“More importantly, the program has significantly improved our knowledge of the high grade and underexplored Youanmi ore system, and shown that mineralisation remains open at depth.
“Next steps are to convert Inferred areas of the Resource to the higher confidence Indicated classification, and finalise key intercepts of sample material for metallurgical test work to feed into the Youanmi DFS.
“We are excited to have commenced the 35,000m Step-up program to potentially bring forward ounces in the mine plan and significantly increase the size of the Pollard ore zone.”
Youanmi Major Growth Drill program
Resource drilling has focused on converting selected Inferred stopes in the current Mineral Resource of 16.2Mt at 4.4g/t Au for 2.3Moz (Indicated: 10.7Mt at 4.5g/t Au for 1.6 Moz : Inferred 5.5Mt at 4.2g/t Au for 0.7 Moz) 1 to higher confidence Indicated classification at Pollard, United North and Youanmi Main as shown in plan on Figure 1. The drilling has also provided both sample material for metallurgical testing and valuable geological data for the pending Definitive Feasibility Study (“DFS”) planned for second half of 2025.
Figure 1: Plan view of the Youanmi Gold Project featuring drill hole collar locations and 2024 Resource outline overprinted on aerial photography
Outside of the immediate resource area, drilling was also conducted on near-mine exploration and focused on the Youanmi South prospect area, or Paddy’s Lode, first reporting high-grade intercepts in 20232. The drilling at Paddy’s has complimented the Company’s exploration strategy moving south along the Main Lode Shear Zone (MLSZ) and adding additional gold ounces to the Resource. Youanmi South has the potential to grow the Resource above the 103kozpa Production Target outlined in the recently completed Pre-Feasibility Study (“PFS”)3.
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Drilling Commenced at Viani in Fiji
HIGHLIGHTS
- The Phase 1, three-hole diamond drilling program has commenced at the Viani Project, Fiji and will test for extensions to the quartz vein gold mineralisation at depth.
- Phase 1 is expected to be completed in early 2025, with plans for additional drilling under the same program dependent on the initial results
- The Viani Project (SPL1513) covers an area of approximately 200km2 and is largely underexplored.
- At the Dakuniba prospect within Viani, low sulphidation epithermal high-grade gold mineralisation has been mapped over >3km strike length.
- Diamond drilling completed by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in 1995 to 1997 intersected high-grade gold in low sulphidation epithermal quartz veins, including 0.6m @ 27.6 g/t Au.
Alice Queen’s Managing Director, Andrew Buxton said,
With drilling underway, Alice Queen is positioned to test the epithermal gold-style mineralisation identified in historic drilling at the Viani Project. Weather permitting, we anticipate completing the Phase 1, three-hole diamond drilling program in early 2025. Following this, our exploration team will mobilise the drill rig to the Sabeto Project in Fiji to maintain the momentum of this campaign. To deliver timely results to shareholders, we intend to accelerate the analysis of the drill core at ALS Brisbane.”
Image 1 – Diamond drilling at Viani
Details
Geology
The geology of the Viani Project (SPL 1513) comprises olivine basalts and volcaniclastics of the Natewa Volcanic Group which are intruded by andesite sills and dykes. In the 1940s, gold mineralisation was found by local prospectors near the village of Dakuniba. At Dakuniba, low sulphidation style epithermal gold occurs in quartz veins, and silicified rocks along a 3km long NE trending zone.
In 1995-1997, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) drilled six diamond holes at Dakuniba and intersected high-grade gold in chalcedonic, crustiform, colloform banded quartz veins at depths of 50m to 100m below surface (i.e. MJVFV-5 intersected 2.2m @ 11.3 g/t Au, incl 0.6m @ 27.6 g/t Au at 121m downhole). This high-grade gold mineralisation is open in all directions.
Proposed Drill program
The initial Phase 1 drill program at Viani (see Table 1) will comprise three diamond drillholes designed to test continuity to the epithermal gold mineralisation previously intersected in JICA drillhole MJVFV- 5 (2.2m @ 11.3 g/t Au) (see Figure 2). The drilling will test for extensions to the gold mineralisation at depth and along strike.
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