RE: An alternative mineralogical model for gold at Clogau7 May 2026 03:38
It was actually from an RNS dated 26/3/2024 on the company website but not mentioned on the LSE RNS list.
"Clogau Gold Mine Update
Exceptionally High Gold Grades Confirmed of up to 4.30 oz/t
Alba Mineral Resources Plc (AIM: ALBA) is delighted to report on exceptionally high-grade sampling
results returned from No.4 Level at the Lower Llechfraith workings (the "Llechfraith Target"), Alba's
principal gold target at the Company's 100% owned Clogau-St David's Gold Mine in north Wales
("Clogau" or the "Mine").
Key Points
· Alba has taken more than 40 samples from No.4 Level at the Llechfraith Target, and all have
been put through the Company's Gravity Processing Plant to produce heavy mineral
concentrates. Composites of the concentrates were then sent to a third-party refining facility.
· These composites have now returned exceptional gold grades:
o From Composite 1: 3.1 grams of gold were recovered from 49.2 kg of sample (dry weight),
equating to a back-calculated head grade of 89.15 g/t or 2.87 troy ounces per tonne
(oz/t).
o From Composite sample 2: 3.2 grams of gold were recovered from 34.4 kg of sample (dry
weight), equating to a back-calculated head grade of 111.63 g/t or 3.59 oz/t.
o From Composite sample 3: 4.0 grams of gold were recovered from 36.9 kg of sample (dry
weight), equating to a back-calculated head grade of 133.73 g/t or 4.30 oz/t.
· The Company is greatly encouraged by the fact that these high grades are from ore that did not
contain visible gold and is interpreted as being part of the background gold population.
· Further, the fact that these grades were obtained from shallow chip sampling on a level that
has previously been mined suggests that further and more extensive sampling on No.4 Level is
merited. As No.4 Level is immediately accessible, this sampling can proceed without delay"