Alto Metals Limited (ASX: AME) has reported that it has intersected visible gold from diamond drilling at the Vanguard Camp within its 100%-owned Sandstone Gold Project in Western Australia.
The maiden diamond drilling program, which was tasked with identifying the nature and orientation of gold mineralisation, included 17 holes for a total of 3,425 metres drilled across the Lord Henry, Lord Nelson, Indomitable and Vanguard deposits.
Visible gold was encountered in hole SDD015 @ 107.4m, with quartz-rich laminated shear vein found from 107.3m to 109.2m within a 28m zone of extensional quartz veins.
Cross section at Vanguard displaying location of visible gold within hole SDD015Vanguard and Vanguard North, located 5km west of the Lords Corridor mineralised trends, are jointly defined over 2,000m, and remain open along strike and down dip.
Exploration continues despite laboratory delays
Infill and step-out RC drilling is continues at Vanguard with a single rig, with assays pending for 16 diamond holes and over 120 RC holes covering Lord Henry, Lord Nelson, Vanguard and Indomitable.
As with a broad range of other miners, laboratory delays continue to create extended turnaround times.
Alto is expecting delivery of further results over the coming months, including infill and step-out RC results from Lord Henry, Lord Nelson and Vanguard, along with diamond drill results from Lord Nelson, Orion Lode, Lord Henry, Vanguard and Indomitable.
“The visible gold intersected at Vanguard confirms the potential of the trend to host high-grade gold mineralisation”
Management comments
Alto Metals Managing Director Matthew Bowles said: “The visible gold intersected at Vanguard confirms the potential of the trend to host high-grade gold mineralisation. The presence and orientation of this newly recognised laminated shear vein structure intersected in SDD015 at Vanguard, will greatly assist in interpreting the existing mineralisation and help to target extensions of this growing gold mineralised system. To date, drilling has defined mineralisation over a two kilometre north-west, south-east trend, that remains open.“
Images: Alto Metals Limited
