Aircore drill program completed at Pinjin Project
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ASX Announcement & Media Release | ASX: KAL | 6 September 2024
Aircore drilling completed at
Wessex, Kirgella Gift, and
Providence
Kalgoorlie Gold Mining (ASX:KAL) (‘KalGold’ or ‘the Company’), has completed a second aircore drill
program at its Pinjin Gold Project, located 140km northeast of Kalgoorlie-Boulder. With the main focus of
expanding the highly prospective Wessex target, additional holes were also drilled at Kirgella North and
Providence West, peripheral to the recently announced JORC Code (2012) Inferred Mineral Resource
Estimate (MRE) of 76,400 oz Au for the Kirgella Gift and Providence deposits (ASX: KAL 25 July 2024).
Aircore drill program completed
The program was completed on Wednesday
4 September 2024, with the site now packed
up and all final samples submitted to the
laboratory for assay.
A total of 3,726 m were drilled in 67 aircore
holes during the program at three sites –
Wessex, and at Kirgella North and
Providence West, peripheral to the Kirgella
Gift and Providence MRE. Progressive
monitoring of positive visual indicators
prompted completion of all planned holes.
Total metres drilled were less than initially
budgeted due to shallower drill hole depths
than anticipated, noting that all holes were
completed to drill bit refusal.
At Wessex, the follow up aircore program
was prompted by recent shallow, thick gold
intercepts (ASX: KAL 23 May 2024) located
close to Hawthorn Resources’ (ASX: HAW)
Anglo Saxon open pit (off licence). The
intercepts also correspond to unusual
magnetic anomalies (Figure 1).
During the current program, 42 drill holes for
2,874 m were completed at Wessex (average
depth = 68 m). Assay results are expected
late September to early October 2024.
Figure 1 – Recently completed drill program at Wessex (black
triangles, over magnetic imagery), following up on the initial
successful program (MGA 94 Zone 51).
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Aircore drill program completed at Pinjin Project
At Kirgella North, 5 aircore holes for 204 m
(average depth = 40 m) were completed.
Holes were collared east of historic aircore
drilling approximately 80m to the north of the
Kirgella Gift deposit. Drilling was designed to
close off the northern extent of the northsouth striking mineralised shear at Kirgella
Gift.
At Providence West, 20 aircore holes for 648
m (average depth = 32 m) were completed.
Holes were designed to follow up previous
wide spaced, and largely ineffective historic
RAB and aircore drilling across a conceptual
Providence repeat target.
Upcoming programs
The Company continues to focus on
completing its obligations for the Farm-in at
Pinjin by accelerating work programs
throughout the project area. Following
completion of this aircore drill program, future
planned drilling includes:
Figure 2 – Recently completed drill program at Providence West and
Kirgella North (over magnetic imagery, same scale as Figure 1),
extending the footprint of effective drilling around the recent
Kirgella Gift and Providence MRE. Drill hole traces of holes used
in the MRE are shown at the tow deposits (MGA 94 Zone 51).
1. October – further aircore drilling to begin testing additional targets throughout the Pinjin Project
area. Results are likely early November.
2. November/December – program to build upon the results of earlier work. At this stage, the
Company envisages that this will include RC drilling at Wessex to define gold mineralisation in
fresh rock, additional RC drilling aimed at upgrading and/or extending the MRE at Kirgella Gift and
Providence, and aircore testing other target extensions throughout the project area. Results from
this late 2024 program will be available in January 2025.
The Company looks forward to updating shareholders when its latest Pinjin results come to hand.
About the Pinjin Project
The Pinjin Gold Project is located around 140km east of Kalgoorlie Boulder and covers a substantial
portion of the southern part of the prolific Laverton Tectonic Zone. To the north, this major crustal structure
hosts some of the Eastern Goldfields’ largest gold mines and deposits.
This announcement is authorised for release by the Board of KAL.
For further information regarding KalGold, please visit kalgoldmining.com.au or contact:
Matt Painter
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Tel +61 8 6002 2700
Follow KalGold on social media.
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About KalGold
ASX-listed resources company Kalgoorlie Gold Mining (KalGold, ASX: KAL) is a proven, low-cost gold
discoverer with a large portfolio of West Australian projects and a total gold resource in excess of
214,000 oz. KalGold prides itself on defining shallow, potentially open-pittable gold resources at very
low costs, currently less than A$4.60 per ounce of gold2. Current focus includes:
•
The Pinjin Project within the 30Moz Laverton Tectonic Zone (host to
Sunrise Dam, Granny Smith, Rebecca, Anglo Saxon, and Wallaby
projects) is located only 25km north along strike from Ramelius
Resources (ASX: RMS) Rebecca Gold Project. A first
JORC (2012) MRE at Kirgella Gift and Providence
(2.34 Mt @ 1.0 g/t Au for 76,400 oz 1) represents the
first area targeted by the Company at Pinjin, with many
more targets scheduled for testing. The company aims
to define further resources as these targets are tested.
Some tenure is the subject of a farm-in over two years.
Between this tenure and KalGold’s own tenure and
applications, the Company has established a significant
presence in a strategic and important gold producing region.
•
The Bulong Taurus Project, 35km east of KalgoorlieBoulder. Contains the outcropping La Mascotte gold
deposit as well as a series of satellite prospects and historic workings of the Taurus
Goldfield. KalGold’s definition of a JORC (2012) MRE (3.61 Mt @ 1.19 g/t Au for
138,000 oz2) is outcropping and only 35km from the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder. Work
continues at the project
1 See KalGold ASX release, “First Kirgella Gift Inferred Resource of 76,400oz from 3m”. 25 July 2024.
2 See KalGold ASX release, “La Mascotte gold deposit: First JORC (2012) Mineral Resource of 138,000 oz Au”. 7 March 2023.
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The information in this report that relates to Exploration Targets, Exploration Results, Mineral Resources or Ore Reserves is based
on information compiled by Dr Matthew Painter, a Competent Person who is a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists.
Dr Painter is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Kalgoorlie Gold Mining Limited (KalGold) and has sufficient
experience that is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity being
undertaken to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 edition of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration
Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves. Dr Painter consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his
information in the form and context in which it appears. Dr Painter holds securities in Kalgoorlie Gold Mining Limited.
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