Nevada Sunrise Metals (TSX-V:NEV) has completed a ground gravity survey at the Fivemile Gold Project in Nevada, US, as it continues to define drill targets.
The project is located within the Battle Mountain-Eureka-Cortez trend in Lander County, a region known for its gold mineralisation.
The survey, the first of its kind on the project, was conducted by MWH Geo-Surveys International, a company with experience in the Great Basin of the US.
High-resolution gravity data was collected across the project from approximately 358 survey stations, spaced 200m apart along lines 400m apart.
Results will be released following final processing and interpretation of the gravity data, Nevada Sunrise says.
‘A step closer’ to drill targets
CEO Warren Stanyer says the ground gravity survey program brings the company “a step closer to determining drill targets” at Fivemile.
“The company believes that systematic exploration on its highly strategic land position in the Cortez mining district is a formula for discovery on an underexplored property,” Stanyer adds.
In addition, Nevada Sunrise says it has expanded the project area to 332 claims covering around 2,768 hectares.
The new claims cover additional prospective exploration areas identified through structural interpretation and the results of a geochemical survey carried out in July.
Similarity to NGM deposits
According to the company, the Fivemile project is flanked by multiple gold deposits, occurrences, and mines, both past-producing and producing.
It is approximately 6.4km south-southwest of the Cortez Hills mine and 8km southwest of the Goldrush mine, both operated by Nevada Gold Mines (NGM), a joint venture between Barrick Mining (NYSE:B) and Newmont (NYSE:NEM).
The project also lies approximately 10km southwest of Fourmile, a major gold deposit that Barrick plans to include in NGM.
Nevada Sunrise considers the exploration targets at Fivemile to comprise epithermal gold-silver mineralisation related to the Caetano Caldera, possibly superimposed on one or more earlier Carlin-type deposits, comparable to those at Fourmile, Goldrush, and Cortez Hills.
The primary gold exploration targets at Fivemile were generated in 2025 by reprocessing publicly available data collected by the US Geological Survey and integrating the results with a proprietary geological interpretation of structural features.
According to Nevada Sunrise, Fivemile’s geophysical signature and relative location are similar to those of the Fourmile and Goldrush deposits.
Nevada Sunrise can earn a 79% interest in Fivemile from a private arm’s-length company in three stages over four years.
The Vancouver-based explorer holds interests in several gold, copper, and lithium exploration projects in Nevada, US.
Write to Jackson Chen at Mining.com.au
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