ALSO RECAP - MARCH 22 RNS KATHLEEN VALLEY24 Dec 2025 11:05
"Testament to this commitment, within two weeks of acquiring our interest in Kathleen Valley we commenced a 11,000m drill campaign. The purpose of this drill campaign, which is still ongoing, is to build on the Project's initial JORC Inferred resource of 21,000 oz gold which, significantly, is part of a much larger JORC Exploration Target of 145,000-280,000 oz at 1.8-2.5g/t gold. It is important to note that this has been defined solely at the Coffey deposit ('Coffey'), in the southern area of the Project following just 12 reverse circulation drill holes totalling 2,160m. Accordingly, we are confident in our ability to enhance both the scale and confidence of the resource.
In December 2021 we received assay results for our first 11 drill holes, which exceeded our expectations. A stand-out result included the identification of a 10m wide zone of mineralisation with multiple +10g/t Au & Ag grades at Coffey, which our Chief Technical Officer, Neil Hutchison, described as "one of the most consistent and best overall gold intersections" he has seen in his 30-year career. This area is accordingly a high priority target and post period end has continued to deliver encouraging results, with a 9.3m wide mineralised sulphide zone from 195.7 to 205m identified that contains 2m of "Bellevue Style" quartz-sulphide lodes from 201.5m to 203.5m.
The discovery of "Bellevue Style" mineralisation is significant because underpinning our resource discovery confidence is Kathleen Valley's location. The Project is situated in one of the world's most productive gold regions, next to ASX listed Bellevue Gold Ltd ('Bellevue'), which has a market cap of circa AUD1 billion and is considered one of the most successful exploration plays in Western Australia. Evidence to date shows that Kathleen Valley exhibits similar geological characteristics to Bellevue, with gold-silver mineralisation occurring within the same Mt Goode Basalt sequence.
Encouragingly, mineralisation also appears to be improving with depth and now extends down dip for >150m, which is where we are currently focusing our drill efforts. Alongside Coffey, additional deposits will be tested in this current drill programme, including Sturrock and Powell in the north of the licence area where a zone of highly anomalous gold geochemistry has been identified.
We believe that the potential of this Project is substantial, and we are committed to unlocking it as swiftly as possible. Furthermore, the Project is in an area of established mining infrastructure being close to both the main Goldfields Highway and the electrical grid, and there are several gold processing plants in the district which may provide commercial development routes without the need to build a stand-alone processing plant, thus reducing future capital expenditure requirement.
Gold continues to appeal as a safe haven for investors, with a favourable pricing forecast ahead for the commodity"
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