Drilling to commence at Kirgella Gift on 5 Sept
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ASX Announcement & Media Release | ASX: KAL | 29 August 2023
Drilling at Kirgella Gift and Providence to
start 5th September
Drilling to commence at Pinjin in first week of September
WA-focused gold explorer, Kalgoorlie Gold Mining (ASX:KAL) (‘KalGold’ or ‘the Company’), is pleased
to provide an update on exploration programs at its projects in the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia.
Recent uncertainty concerning exploration activities in relation to the Western Australian government’s
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act (ACHA) has curtailed exploration and mining programs throughout the
state. This has also affected KalGold’s programs.
KalGold is pleased to announce that, after direct consultation with Aboriginal stakeholders, no Aboriginal
heritage sites were identified within the Kirgella Gift and Providence target areas. Accordingly, drilling at
KalGold’s Pinjin Project is scheduled to commence on or around 5 September.
Drill hole collar locations have been pegged and drill pad preparation will commence later this week. A
total of 12 targeted RC drill holes for around 1,840m are planned:
• to extend thick, shear-hosted gold mineralisation down-dip and down-plunge at Kirgella Gift, and;
• to confirm gold mineralisation in historic discovery holes at Providence, several hundred metres
south of Kirgella Gift.
KalGold considers the Kirgella Gift and Providence prospects to be part of the one mineralising system
and plans to test for gold mineralisation continuity over around 1,000m of strike with subsequent drill
programs.
KalGold welcomes recent efforts by the state government to remove industry-wide uncertainty whilst
retaining and amplifying the importance of heritage discovery and preservation.
Once all applications are granted, KalGold will meet its heritage obligations by performing detailed due
diligence and undertaking a new, project area-wide heritage survey to streamline exploration programs..
KalGold Managing Director Matt Painter said:
“KalGold is very excited to commence drill testing of the Kirgella Gift and Providence targets at the
Pinjin Project. We expect to commence drilling on or around 5 September. We are following up on
the thick, shear-hosted gold intercepts of our initial confirmatory drilling at Kirgella Gift, aiming to
extend down-plunge and along strike to the south towards the Providence prospect.
This program is the first step in our assessment of the highly prospective Pinjin project. The project
area is host to a swag of targets located on a 20km long segment of the highly prolific Laverton
Tectonic Zone, between Hawthorn Resources’ Anglo Saxon gold mine and Ramelius Resources’
Rebecca gold project located 20km along strike to our south.”
The Company looks forward to updating shareholders on results from Pinjin as they come to hand.
Kalgoorlie Gold Mining Limited | ACN 645 666 164
Suite 2, 1209 Hay St, West Perth WA 6005, Australia
T: +61 (0)8 6002 2700 | E: info@kalgoldmining.com.au | www.kalgoldmining.com.au
Drilling update, Pinjin Project
Authorised for lodgement by the Board of Kalgoorlie Gold Mining Limited.
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
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, focussed on:
•
The Bulong Taurus Project, 35km east of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, contains the outcropping
La Mascotte gold deposit as well as a series of satellite prospects and historic workings
of the Taurus Goldfield. Importantly, KalGold’s methods resulted in the definition
of a JORC resource estimate (3.61 Mt @ 1.19 g/t Au for 138,000 oz 1) that is
one of the most inexpensive in recent times (A$4.60 per ounce of gold).
Exploration work continues at the project.
•
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. With historic
work identifying open gold mineralisation from shallow
levels, immediate work is focused on testing mineralisation
continuity. At Kirgella and Pinjin South, tenure is the subject
of a farm-in over the next two years to expand upon known
mineralisation. Between this tenure and KalGold’s existing
tenure and applications, the Company has established a
significant presence in a strategic and important region.
•
Other projects are the focus of early-stage exploration programs. Gold anomalism and
recent discoveries are driving efforts at Perrinvale and Zelica, and under-explored parts
of the Keith-Kilkenny Tectonic Zone are being examined. Additionally, lithium potential is
being tested at the Pianto and Pinjin projects.
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1
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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Drilling update, Pinjin Project
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risks involved in the exploration and development of mineral properties, the uncertainties involved in interpreting drill results and
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at the time, to be reasonable assumptions, the Company cannot assure prospective purchasers that actual results will be
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COMPETENT PERSON STATEMENT
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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