Further work is now being undertaken by Alto Metals (ASX:AME) for follow up drilling at its Bull Oak, Vanguard, and Ladybird deposits within the company’s 100% owned Sandstone Gold Project in Western Australia.
CEO Matthew Bowles says Bull Oak has already delivered some impressive results, and SRC1027 intercepting multiple “high-grade quartz reefs”, within an overall 212m intercept, including 1m running 116g/t gold at the interpreted Kohinoor North Reef, “is the best result Alto has had here to date”.
“These latest results from below the shallow, mined Bull Oak open pit have confirmed the continuity of broad zones of gold mineralisation over 500 metres of strike, outside the resource, and represents the opportunity to considerably increase the scale of the deposit,” says Bowles.
“It is also exciting to see step-out drilling at Vanguard North has intersected the high-grade reef, outside the resource, 80 metres down plunge, returning +10g/t and first pass drilling at a ‘look-a-like target’ 500 metres along trend has successfully intersected the quartz reef confirming the targeting model. Further work is now being undertaken for follow up drilling at these prospects.”
Alto today (28 October) reports assay results from a total 3,440m 28-hole RC drilling program at the Bull Oak, Vanguard, and Ladybird deposits.
Reverse circulation drilling at Bull Oak was designed to test for extensions and continuity of mineralisation outside the current mineral resource. Holes completed, drilled to a maximum depth of 240m for a total of 600m, have intersected ‘significant’ gold mineralisation, further validating the exploration target announced on 19 June 2024.
Step-out drilling at Vanguard North to test extensions of the reef and a new target along strike, have both intersected gold mineralisation. SRC1017 drilled 80m down plunge of SRC474 (3m @ 8.5g/t gold from 143m, including 1m @ 22.2g/t gold) has intersected the interpreted extension of the ‘high-grade’ reef 80m outside the current resource, returning: 6m @ 1.9g/t gold from 148m including 1m @ 10.4g/t gold from 149m.
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