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NEWGENGOLD PREVIEW
Now the deposit underpins the commercial potential of the area, the
640,000oz resource constrained only by the pit shell.
REBECCA A series of stacked, strike-continuous mineralised structure to 30m
true width, the deposit has so far delivered on every metric. It boasts
Owner: Apollo Consolidated Ltd higher-grade plunge zones offering scheduling optionality and
Location: 150km east of Kalgoorlie metallurgical work to date points to plus-90% recoveries.
Reserves: N/A
Resources: 20.4mt @ 1.3 g/t for 840,000oz (total); Neither is the deposit closed off. Since the resource update the
13.6mt @ 1.5 g/t for 640,000oz company has continued to table high-grade hits from Rebecca.
(indicated) The latest came on September 22 when it reported a step-down
Project status: PFS diamond tail hitting 15m @ 2.33 g/t.
In addition, infill drilling of the Cleo discovery just 1.5km west of
xploration under cover has been a common theme on the
Rebecca, returned intercepts of 25m @ 1.43 g/t, 25m @ 0.71 g/t,
E NewGenGold programme in recent years and this year is no
11m @ 2.99 g/t and 5m @ 2.3 g/t.
different with Apollo Consolidated Ltd’s Rebecca discovery a prime
Speaking to GMJ in July, Apollo managing director Nick Castleden
example of the trend.
said Cleo was an indication of the presence of high-grade material
Located in what is often assumed to be the well-trodden gold
within the 160sq km land package.
heartland of the Eastern Goldfields, Rebecca was only discovered in
“They may not be as big as Rebecca [840,000oz] but they will add
2017 despite being subject of exploration by Aberfoyle in the 1990s.
incremental ounces,” he said of Cleo and other satellite discoveries.
Aberfoyle had a best intercept of 20m @ 2 g/t from Rebecca but the
“Even at depth in Rebecca, there are several intersections of plus-
lack of outcrop discouraged further work. Apollo had initially drilled
4 g/t over 20m true width at depth. The structural geology experts
the target in 2012 but with its attention focused on West Africa, never
who’ve looked at it say that the system is alive at depth so should
followed up.
keep going.
The big breakthrough came in June 2017 when the first diamond
“At a regional scale, we are turning up gold everywhere we test, and
hole into Rebecca returned two hits of 17.84m @ 15.95 g/t from
we know we require a lot more work on the geology and structure in
142m and 49m @ 4.57 g/t from 166m.
that corridor between Cleo and Rebecca.”

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