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multiple gold-rich porphyry lodes which remain open to the Highlights from RC drilling at Admiral included 7m @ 1.8 g/t gold
north-east to be carried out and the commencement of feasibility from 23m, 7m @ 2.12 g/t from 46m and 10m @ 3.6 g/t from 25m.
studies,” Magnetic managing director George Sakalidis said. Genesis had completed drilling over an area of 400m by 200m
A resource is expected to be announced by the end of the year immediately east and south of the historical Admiral pit.
and the company also expects to have started feasibility studies The company reported that resource confirmation drilling was
by Christmas. nearing completion with the next phase of drilling to focus on
In the meantime, Magnetic announced high-grade intersections significantly expanding the known resources.
within a thickened porphyry zone.
The company reported that at least four stacked thickened
porphyry zones intersected some very thick intersections firinG uP at YalGOO
including 104m @ 0.82 g/t gold from 8m, including 20m @ 2.23 A standout intercept of 48m @ 1.71 g/t gold from 33m and new
g/t from 95m and 70m @ 0.49 g/t from 13m. high-grade hits up to 21.98 g/t have increased confidence in
A number of new high-grade intersections including 1m @ 85.6 Firefly Resources Ltd’s Melville deposit at the Yalgoo project in
g/t gold from 45m in the southern part of the thickened zone and Western Australia.
1m @ 11.1g/t in the northern part of the thickened zone are being The company is working towards a maiden resource, with the 10
followed up with extra infill drilling. RC drill holes demonstrating the potential for a mixture of large-
scale, high-tonnage BIF and porphyry-hosted gold mineralisation,
as well as high-grade quartz-hosted gold mineralisation at
shakinG, rattlinG and rOllinG at bOstOn Melville.
Commercial production from Boston Shaker at the AngloGold
The next phase of the multi-pronged 10,000m drill programme
Ashanti Ltd (70%) and IGO Ltd Tropicana JV, 330km east- was set to start in late September with further resource validation
northeast of Kalgoorlie, was announced in mid-September.
resource growth to the north of Melville along the 8km-long
Boston Shaker is poised to operate at a rate of 1.1 mtpa @ 3.5 g/t Melville gold trend, and Melville parallel lodes, including follow-
gold delivering 100,000 ozpa over seven years. up of the new mineralisation position discovered in the first four
Meanwhile, work has started to unlock the potential of known Firefly drill-holes.
extensions of mineralisation beneath the Tropicana and Havana
open pits and the extensions at depth of the Boston Shaker sandvik enhances underGrOund
underground. Development of an underground drill drive from
the Boston Shaker decline is well advanced with a total of 240m caPabilitY
completed. A new version of its operator training simulator to safely train
The drill drive is well positioned to also provide production access underground drill operators or maintenance teams has been
to the Tropicana underground reserve should the drilling prove launched by Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology.
successful. Underground diamond drilling is scheduled for the The Digital DrillerTM family, which now includes the DS422i,
December 2020 quarter with a decision-to-mine expected during provides advanced simulator training designed specifically to
2021. improve both operator and drilling performance to aid better
outcomes for underground operations.
adMirable start fOr Genesis The new version features the very latest developments in
underground drilling simulation to provide a low weight, safe
Maiden drilling at Admiral, part of Genesis Minerals Ltd’s recently
training tool that is highly portable, enabling it to be used on site.
acquired Kookynie tenements, east of its 867,000oz Ulysses
project, has confirmed continuity of shallow gold mineralisation.
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