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Spartan Resources Limited (“Spartan” or “Company”) (ASX: SPR) is pleased to report significant new drilling and assay information from ongoing drilling targeting the high-grade Never Never Gold Deposit at at its 100%-owned Dalgaranga Gold Project in Western Australia.
Highlights:
- Visible gold logged at 576.00m down-hole within a 10m wide mineralised zone in the deepest Never Never intercept to date in drill-hole DGRC1305-DT. Assays are expected within the next 14 days.
- The 10m intercept in DGRC1305-DT appears to be “typical” Never Never quartz-rich/fine pyrite mineralisation.
- The intercept is located 130m down-plunge of the deepest previously reported Never Never assays in drill-hole DGRC1283-DT, which returned 18.56m @ 6.71g/t, including 2.56m @ 32.19g/t, from 495.00m down-hole (see ASX: SPR release 17 October 2023)
- Ongoing diamond in-fill drilling at Never Never designed to increase confidence has returned;
- 7.00m @ 34.34g/t gold (top-cut to 75.00g/t) from 372.00m, incl. 1.00m @ 95.90g/t and 2.52m @ 49.50g/t (DGRC1274-DT)
- “Edge” diamond drilling defining the extents of the Never Never Deposit has also returned:
- 3.20m @ 7.95g/t gold from 310.30m, incl. 1.00m @ 12.29g/t (DGRC1271-DT); and
- 2.43m @ 4.89g/t gold from 377.00m (DGRC1274-DT).
- The Spartan Board has approved an increase of 7,000m and two additional rigs to the previously planned 25,000m 4-rig program. This brings total number of active rigs to six, comprising a mix of four diamond rigs and two RC rigs with a new total planned metreage of 32,000m.
- The increase in planned drilling and rigs on-site allows the Spartan geology team to:
- Accelerate planned resource diamond drilling across multiple high-grade targets, including Never Never, Four Pillars and West Winds;
- Dedicates an RC rig to the new Patient Wolf prospect for a 1,500m follow-up program; and
- Rapidly test and develop other near-surface high-grade targets.
- The acceleration of resource drilling is designed to leverage ongoing drilling success and maximise resource growth, culminating in the scheduled resource update in Q4 2023.
The recently expanded drill program (to 32,000m) is designed to accelerate targeting of extensions to known mineralisation, with the potential to further upgrade the high-grade 721,200oz Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) for the Never Never Gold Deposit.
The expanded program and increased number of rigs also allows follow-up drilling of the recently discovered Patient Wolf gold prospect, located 1,600m north of and along-strike from the Gilbey’s/Never Never gold trend, as well as continue to test and develop a growing list of priority, near-surface, high- grade gold targets. The overall objective of the program is to grow the Company’s high-grade resource inventory within a 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). Note the visible gold intercept in DGRC1305-DT is located at the extreme lower edge of the Inferred region of the current 721koz Never Never Mineral Resource.
Please Note: Visual estimates of mineral abundance should never be considered a proxy or substitute for laboratory analyses where concentrations or grades are the factor of principal economic interest. Visual estimates also potentially provide no information regarding impurities or deleterious physical properties relevant to valuations. Assays are expected withing the next 14 days.
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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
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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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