Shares in West Australian gold explorer Focus Minerals (ASX: FML) are up more than 5% on news of several high-grade intercepts from RC drilling at Brilliant North, part of the company’s Coolgardie gold project. All five RC holes intersected significant gold mineralisation, with hits including 36m at 6.36 grams per tonne from 186m and 45m at 3.15gpt from 63m. Notwithstanding the strong hits at Coolgardie, Focus’ priority is the highly prospective Laverton Gold Project, which includes the Lancefield, Chatterbox Trend, Sickle, Ida-H and Karridale-Burtville deposits and targets.
West Australian gold explorer Focus Minerals (ASX: FML) (Focus or the Company) is pleased to announce that the RC drilling completed in June at Brilliant North, at the Company’s Coolgardie Gold Project, has intersected high grade gold mineralisation.
All five holes drilled at Brilliant North intersected significant gold mineralisation. In particular, Hole 19BNRC005 intersected large downhole intervals of mineralisation including high and very high grades.
Highlights of the drilling program include:
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19BNRC005 – 36m @ 6.36g/t Au from 186m to EOH, including
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1m @ 56.19g/t Au from 211m
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4m @ 14.52g/t Au from 189m
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2m @ 15.82g/t Au from 214m
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19BNRC005 – 3m @ 3.49g/t Au from 51m, including
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19BNRC005 – 45m @ 3.15g/t Au from 63m, including
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1m @ 10.78g/t Au from 68m
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1m @ 14.64g/t Au from 79m
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19BNRC005 – 12m @ 3.43g/t Au from 125m, including
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19BNRC005 – 28m @ 2.8g/t Au from 144m, including
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1m @ 9.59g/t Au from 163m
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19BNRC001 – 18m @ 1.23g/t Au from 65m and, 9m @ 2.29g/t Au from 119m
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19BNRC002 – 4m @ 4.39g/t Au from 46m and, 17m @ 2.25g/t Au from 183m
Length weighted intersections have been calculated in using 0.5g/t Au cut off and up to 2m internal dilution.
