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Latest drill results extend known mineralisation, paving way for an upgradeofthe existing 873,500ozmineralresource
Kairos Minerals Ltd (ASX: KAI) is pleased to advise that it has received all final 4m-composite sample results from the RC drilling program conducted in 2021 at its 100%-owned Mt York Gold Project located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The 2021 RC drilling program at Mt York project comprised 95 drill holes for a total of 14,988m, and it was completed on the 19th of November. A breakdown of the drilling program is shown in Table 1. Previous results of this programme were announced in press releases by Kairos Minerals on 15th September 2021, 23rd November 2021 and 13th January 2022.
Highlights
- Final 4m-composite sample results received from the 14,988m Reverse Circulation drilling program completed in 2021 at the 873,500oz Mt York Gold Project
- Latest results include:
- 49m @ 1.75g/t Au from 135m in KMYC196 (The Gap), including:
- 19m @ 3.29g/t Au from 153m
- 24m @ 3.14g/t Au from 100m in KMYC198 (The Gap), including:
- 14m @ 4.30g/t Au from 104m
- 28m @ 1.66g/t Au from 32m in KMYC194 (Main Hill), including:
- 12m @ 3.26g/t Au from 32m
- 49m @ 1.75g/t Au from 135m in KMYC196 (The Gap), including:
- Results extend the new high-grade lode down-dip at “The Gap”, with intercepts including 8m @ 6.16g/t Au from 172m (KMYC197)
- These highly encouraging new results will help underpin a resource upgrade
- 1m re-splits submitted with results expected in June
Kairos Managing Director Dr Peter Turner said:“These results confirm that the Mt York Gold Project is a big system that is yet to be fully understood. The technical team has done a superb job targeting parts of the orebody that are either under-drilled or not drilled at all and have provided the Company with excellent results that it will take into the next round of resource estimation. These are some of the best grade and widths we have seen at Mt York to date.
“We have commenced a technical review of the deposit and are looking for more opportunities to increase our confidence in the mineralisation and importantly, substantially grow the resource. I remain extremely positive about delivering cost-effective exploration to deliver value with this highly promising asset.
“Organic growth through targeted drilling is in our view the best way to create shareholder value and is entirely in line with our strategy. We anticipate a further 10,000m drill programme at Mt York in the second half of the year”.
The RC holes drilled at the Mt York deposit continue to deliver exceptional results, including 49m @ 1.75g/tAufrom 135minKMYC196. See Figure 1 for a cross-section and Figure 3 for a plan view.
The Company is expecting results of the 1m resplit samples of mineralised intervals next month in preparation for a mineral resource update later in the year.
Mt YorkRCDrillingProgram
This follow-up drilling at “The Gap” prospect, between Main Hill and Breccia Hill historic pits extends the mineralization zone approximately 75m down-dip with mineralisation remaining open at depth. KMYC197 returned exceptional intercepts of 8m@6.16g/tAu, extending the high-grade lode previously intercepted in hole KMYC128 (see ASX release, 15 September 2021).
These latest results will likely have a positive impact on the next mineral resource estimate, especially for the Gap prospect, where the previous estimate relied on only shallow drilling (see press release dated 4th March 2020).
Figure 1 shows the cross-section with the RC holes drilled to follow up the results from the KMYC128.
In-fill drilling conducted underneath the historic Main Hill pit, returned exceptional grades of up to 6.31 g/tAu (KMYC194), within a thick and shallow zone of 16m @ 2.60 g/t Au from 32m. See Figure 2 for a cross- section and Figure 3 for a plan view.
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EIS Funding of $180,000 Awarded for Drilling at Caligula, a Significant Copper Target at the Arkun Project, WA
- Co-funding of up to $180,000 awarded under the WA Government’s EIS scheme to drill the large and significant Caligula copper target identified in soil geochemistry data and Mobile Magneto-Telluric (MMT) data.
- Caligula comprises a 5 km by 1 km soil geochemistry anomaly containing copper-silver-cobalt+/- tellurium-bismuth-molybdenum associated with numerous conductors identified in the MMT data that may represent disseminated or massive sulphides.
- Infill and extensional soil geochemistry surveys have been completed to help define specific drill targets with assays due this Quarter.
- The statutory approvals process for a drill programme has now commenced.
- The aircore drill programme at the Hyperion Prospect, which forms part of IPT’s broader Arkun Project, has been completed. Hand-held XRF data is being interpreted to help select samples for assaying, with results expected later this Quarter.
The Caligula prospect comprises a large soil geochemistry anomaly that is coincident with several significant conductors identified in helicopter-borne Mobile Magneto-Telluric (MMT) data that may represent disseminated or massive sulphides (ASX Releases 9th August 2023 and January 24th 2024).
Caligula is 15 km west of the Hyperion Rare Earth Element prospect anomaly, where an aircore drill programme was recently completed (ASX Releases January 4th 2024 and April 19th 2024). The Arkun project was also recently expanded with three new tenement applications (Figure 1 and ASX Release March 14th 2024).
Impact Minerals’ Managing Director, Dr Mike Jones, said, “This award validates our exploration programmes at Arkun over the past few years. Caligula is one of many geochemical and geophysical targets we have at the project and so the information we will gain from the proposed drill programme will add immensely to our knowledge of this poorly exposed and poorly explored area. We will now start the statutory approvals process for the drilling. We have just completed our maiden drill programme at Hyperion to test for Rare Earth Elements and are interpreting the handheld XRF data to select samples for assaying, and we are looking forward to those results”.
Figure 1. Location and regional geological setting of Impact’s Arkun and other projects shown in blue in the emerging mineral province of southwest Western Australia. Significant nickel deposits are shown in orange, lithium deposits in green and gold deposits in yellow.
Soil Geochemistry Results
The Caligula prospect comprises an area of anomalous copper-in-soils that extends over about 5,000 metres north-south and up to at least 2,000 metres east-west. It is open to the east and the southwest (Figure 2). The copper is associated with anomalous silver and cobalt and, in the southern part of the anomaly, also has a strong association with bismuth, tellurium and lesser molybdenum (Figure 2). Details about the soil geochemistry results were included in the ASX Release of January 24th 2024.
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Quarterly Activities/Appendix 5B Cash Flow Report
ORROROO URANIUM PROJECT
- Maiden drill campaign completed successfully delineating uranium in 10 of 17 holes drilled
- Exploration continuing with land access engagements, geophysics and subsequent drill program(s) planning in progress
- Additional permit EL6948 granted expanding project area to 723km² total of 100% owned exploration tenure
ROGER RIVER GOLD PROJECT
- Soil study completed with successful reanalysis of historical samples
CORPORATE UPDATE (including activities subsequent to quarterly period end)
- Exclusivity and due diligence deed executed for Las Alteras uranium project in Argentina
- Strong financial position with $2.91m cash at March 2024 quarter end which was increased subsequently through a strategic placement of $415,746
Orroroo Uranium Project, South Australia
Norfolk Metals Ltd (Norfolk or the Company) is pleased to advise the maiden drill program was completed with a further 5 holes drilled across EL6552 being drilled in Phase 2 of the program in January 2024, taking the total number of holes completed in the maiden program to seventeen (17) (Figure 1). Phase 2 of the program sought to test the palaeochannel model at the Wongway Creek Target (formerly Target 1) where suitable drill access was available. A total of three (3) holes were drilled along the river traverse of the Wongway Creek Target testing both upstream and downstream regions. One (1) hole was drilled downstream of the No Name Creek Target (formerly Target 3) as well as the Rankin Rd Target (formerly Target 4). The completion of the maiden drill program has successfully delineated uranium in ten (10) of the seventeen (17) holes providing data for the Company to further develop a geological model of the Walloway Basin (Figure 3). Most importantly, the interpreted uranium bearing floodplain intersected upstream of Wongway Creek gives Norfolk confidence in the palaeochannel model and future exploration efforts can be planned accordingly. Peak grade of 796ppm pU308 was intersected in ORMR007.
*peak grade(s) noted are the direct detection of pU308 over a 0.02m interval by Prompt Fission Neutron downhole logging within a composite intersection with a cut-off grade greater than 100ppm pU308.
Figure 1. All drill collars completed in maiden drill program with Section A-A reference for Figure 3
Floodplain Interpretation
The pre-drilling model was targeting the presence of prospective palaeochannels approximately 100 to 150 metres to the south of the modern-day creeks associated with uranium intersected in historical Linc Energy Wells. Drilling results from Phase 1 indicated that the uranium in the Linc Energy Wells appeared to be associated with a secondary permeability created by downward displacement of the sediments resulting from basement faulting or soft sediment deformation. Phase 2 drilling continued to test the targeted prospective palaeochannels located to the south of the modern-day creeks at closer than expected distance of 50m. Younger palaeochannels were seen south of the modern-day creeks in ORMR004 (Walloway Creek Target) and ORMR016 (Rankin Rd Target) at the base of the regolith. This further supports the model of palaeochannels occurring south of the modern-day creeks due to a change in regional slope.
Drillhole ORMR015A was drilled 50m south of the modern-day creek at Wongway Creek Target. Drilling upstream from previous holes enabled easier location of the targeted prospective and potentially wider palaeochannel. This hole encountered what appears to be a silt dominated floodplain with minor gravel and two elevated gamma anomalies signifying uranium towards the top of this unit as well as the base of this unit (Figure 2). This unit appears to be the middle section of a palaeochannel between the sand and gravel dominated incising part of a palaeochannel and the clay dominated edge of a floodplain.
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