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Mineral sands success recorded gold production and at least 10 Log on to Earaheedy
advanced pre-resource gold prospects at
in Mozambique Yalgoo, our initial strategy was to confirm The Geological Survey of Western
the value of the Melville gold deposit as Australia (GSWA) was set to release
Drilling results from the first 25 of the our key surface gold asset, and we have final data from the Earaheedy–Desert
planned 395 holes at MRG Metals Ltd’s achieved that nicely,” Firefly managing di- block of the TEMPEST 20km line-spac-
heavy mineral sands Marao project in rector Simon Lawson said. ing survey at the time of print.
Mozambique have reportedly been ex- Data will be available for download
tremely successful. via GSWA’s GeoVIEW.WA interactive
Drilling was focused on an initial esti- Auteco adds more pickle mapping application, with a complete
mated 5sq km HMS target, with nine of data package also available from Geo-
the holes returning a visible estimate of Auteco Minerals Ltd has satisfied Stage science Australia’s eCatalogue at ecat.
about 3% THM from surface to 13.5m. 1 earn-in conditions to lift its stake in the ga.gov.au/geonetwork.
The company said the early results Pickle Crow gold project, Ontario, to 51%. Funding for acquisition of the data
from Marao were very promising and Auteco’s substantial cash position of was from the WA State Government’s
pointed to the potential of more targets $29.4 million has enabled it to drill freely COVID-19 Recovery Plan, which pro-
being identified at the project. at Pickle Crow, which has an inferred re- vided an additional $5 million to the EIS.
Auger drilling adjacent to the Marao source of 2.8mt @ 11.3 g/t for 1 moz gold. Data from remaining blocks of the
camp site had started at the time of print Drilling continues to deliver high-grade AusAEM20-WA programme will be re-
to optimise new field crew training, with results outside the current resource and leased as they become available.
drilling moving to the south-west corner further results are set to be delivered
before progressively heading east. soon.
“What we are seeing in our initial re- A resource update is expected in Q2.
sults at Marao is reflective of the continu-
ing exploration success in being able to
identify potential targets. As we continue
with our success in defining shallow min-
eral sands deposits, we hope to identify
a number of targets for follow up aircore
drilling,” MRG chairman Andrew Van Der
Zwan said.
Flying on Yalgoo

resource

A maiden resource of 196,000oz gold
at the Melville deposit has set a nice plat-
form in the centre of Firefly Resources
Ltd’s wholly-owned Yalgoo gold project,
in Western Australia’s Mid West.
About 80% of the resource is in the in-
dicated category, with the company car-
rying out a 30,000m drilling programme
to deliver at least seven resource esti-
mates at Yalgoo, while evaluation of the
project’s broader upside and growth po-
tential is assessed during 2021.
“While we have over 100 gold targets, Auteco increased its stake in Pickle Crow to 51% last month
30 or so untested historical workings with

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