Saturn Metals latest drill results build case for larger resource at Apollo Hill
Drilling at Apollo Hill aims to expand upon the 781,000-ounce grading 1.0 g/t gold JORC resource.
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Saturn Metals Limited is progressing development of the 2.83Moz Apollo Hill Gold Project in Western Australia’s eastern Goldfields which sits within approximately 1,000sqkm of contiguous tenure and is projected to deliver robust financial outcomes as a standalone large-scale open pit mine and heap leach processing facility.
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Drilling at Apollo Hill aims to expand upon the 781,000-ounce grading 1.0 g/t gold JORC resource.
The company’s drilling program at Apollo Hill aims to rapidly expand the newly discovered high-grade hanging wall zones.
The upgraded resource stands at 24.5 million tonnes grading 1.0 g/t gold for 781,000 ounces gold.
Saturn is well funded to continue exploration at its flagship Apollo Hill Gold project, near Leonora in the WA goldfields.
Having finished the June 2019 quarter with $2.7 million in cash and raising $3.2 million through a placement in late August, the company is well-funded to accelerate drilling activity.
Planned reverse circulation drilling will test the target, extend potential gold mineralisation from the higher-grade hanging walls and further enhance the project.
Funds will be primarily used to aggressively target and extend gold mineralisation around identified shallow intersections.
An upcoming drilling campaign was designed to test up to 5,000 metres.
Drilling has temporarily paused to allow collation of data for the company’s current resource upgrade process.
High-grade hanging-wall intersections now defined over 800 metres of strike length.
The gold intersections are being drilled outside of the 685,000-ounce JORC resource area.
The company has received all remaining results from an infill drilling program completed in May.
The program is aimed at further expanding the project’s existing 685,000-ounce gold resource.
Drill results from five holes at Apollo Hill reveal broad, high-grade gold intersections.
The results show that Apollo Hill ore is amenable to ore sorting, potentially having a positive impact on project economics.
The $1.5 million raised will fund a 10,000-metre drill program to commence in June.
The company’s securities will remain in trading halt until the beginning of trade on Wednesday, May 15, or when an announcement is made to market.
Reverse circulation (RC) drilling underway has returned more positive results.
The high-grade results bode well for a future resource upgrade.
A 300 metre three-hole metallurgical and exploration diamond drilling program is also underway at the Apollo Hill project.
Diamond drilling will test for new styles of mineralisation and provide metallurgy samples.
The deposit was only recently extended an additional 0.5 kilometres to a total strike length of 1.7 kilometres.
Results extend the Apollo Hill Gold system an additional 0.5 kilometres to a total strike length of 1.7 kilometres.
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Improved cash balances see juniors investing more in exploration seeking the next big discovery.
Apollo Hill Gold Project in the Eastern Goldfields is the key focus.
Drilling aims to expand the standing 685,000-ounce gold resource.
The company is drilling for gold across its Apollo Hill land package in Western Australia’s Goldfields.
The 180,000-ounce increase was driven by both the increase in grade as well as in tonnage.
Apollo Hill Gold Project total resource recently increased by 36% to 20.7 million tonnes at 1.0 g/t gold for 685,000 ounces.
The first diamond holes drilled at the project have returned broad intersections of high-grade gold.
The 35-hole program of around 4,000 metres aims to increase the scale of the known mineralised system.