Full RNS - Quarterly Investment update15 Dec 2020 16:35
Gunsynd PLC
15 December 2020
Gunsynd Plc
Quarterly Investor Update
Gunsynd Plc ("Gunsynd" or the "Company"; AIM: GUN, AQSE: GUN) is pleased to announce the following investor update for the quarter ending 31 October 2020 regarding its current holdings in investee companies.
Rincon Resources Pty Ltd ("Rincon")
During the quarter Rincon made significant steps forward corporately. It issued a convertible loan note ("CLN") to raise A$400,000 to assist it in executing its proposed IPO on the Australian Securities Exchange ("ASX") (subject to admission, its ticker will be ASX:RCR) intended for later this month. As announced on 5 November 2020, Gunsynd participated in the CLN through a further investment of A$100,000 (GBP54,700) which will convert at a 30% discount to the IPO price of Rincon.
As announced on 9 December 2020, Gunsynd understands that the expected listing date for Rincon's IPO on the ASX (which was targeted for 10 December 2020) is expected to be subject to a short delay while final ASX administrative matters are completed. The Company understands that Rincon and its advisers are working closely with ASX and confirms that a further update will be made in due course.
Eagle Mountain Mining Limited ("Eagle Mountain")
During the quarter, Gunsynd invested an additional A$256,000 (approximately GBP145,000) in Eagle Mountain, an ASX listed copper-gold exploration and development company (ASX: EM2).
During November 2020, Eagle Mountain announced an update detailing a new broad zone of copper mineralisation identified at Oracle Ridge. The copper mineralisation was encountered in partly assayed drill hole WT-20-05. Significant assay results included: 15.1m @ 1.72% Cu, 16.87g/t Ag, 0.38g/t Au from 313.9m including:
- 3.45m @ 1.89% Cu, 15.97g/t Ag, 0.35g/t Au from 313.9m; and
- 8.41m @ 2.46% Cu, 25.09g/t Ag, 0.56g/t Au from 321.29m
This newly identified zone of broad copper mineralisation is more than 100m from the nearest significant assay in a sparsely drilled area. Copper sulphide mineralisation was observed in the recently drilled adjacent hole WT-20-10, with detailed logging and assays pending.
Turnaround times at the assay laboratories in Arizona are still lengthy due to COVID-19 restrictions and the large number of samples being submitted by other parties. Five to six weeks is the new "normal" for assay turnaround time, so only selected logged drill hole intervals have been submitted for assay at this time. In time, other zones within each drill hole will be assayed which may identify additional unrecognised mineralisation. It is anticipated that further assay results from priority zones will be released to the market in the coming weeks.
We understand Eagle Mountain has undertaken oriented core as part of an exploration programme at Oracle Ridge. We hope this will provide valuable information on the orientation of structures which are the typical pathways of hydrothermal fluids resp