Broker note26 Jun 2015 16:20
Gold Exploration Update from Inishowen
Connemara Mining announced this morning a further exploration update from its recently acquired gold prospective licence block at Inishowen, in Donegal, Ireland. The latest results with the discovery of quartz vein material that is just under 50cm wide with gold values of over 15 g/t has highlighted an evident target area requiring further investigation.
Comment
The latest results show the company is making solid, albeit early stage progress on exploring its five gold prospective licences that were obtained just over two months ago. One of the near term exploration objectives will be to repeat and improve upon the success of a previous licence holder in 2011, which discovered rock samples containing bonanza style size grades of up to 104 g/t gold. More importantly the company is looking to find the source area for the gold to establish an economic gold resource.
The ultimate goal at Inishowen will be to find a resource approaching the size and economic potential of the nearby high grade Curraghinalt deposit, containing 3.5m ounces of gold (Measured 0.15m @ 20.1 g/t gold, Indicated 0.99m @ 10.3 g/t and Inferred 2.49m @ 9.7 g/t –2014 NI 43-101 compliant) that is held by Dalradian Resources Inc. The thinking is that other large gold deposit discoveries could be made in a geological gold belt trend which is believed to stretch from Ireland through to Scotland. Indeed it must be remembered that Connemara’s licence area contains the former Glentogher lead/silver/zinc mine which was in production at various stages between 1790 and 1933.
The current market cap of £0.77m seems too low considering the gold exploration potential at
Inishowen, and other licences such as Connemara’s Hendrick JV gold prospective licences in Wicklow/Wexford. We believe the market is still incorrectly pricing the stock as a zinc/lead exploration play and has overlooked its new gold exploration tenements that could excite the market. Given the ultra low market cap, potential for more newsflow from Inishowen and well funded position of the Company, we continue to recommend Connemara Mining as a ‘Buy’.
*Dowgate Capital Stockbrokers acts as Joint Broker to Connemara Mining plc