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While Alkane was lauded for its exploration feats
at the longer-term Boda prospect, the panellists
also recognised Musgrave Minerals Ltd’s efforts
at the Cue gold project in WA’s Murchison.
It was agreed that the spectacular grades at
several lodes meant Cue was shaping as a tidy,
high-grade gold project potentially complimentary
as a “bolt-on” for another party to mine.
“Without a doubt this is definitely the biggest
year in our history. In some areas we’ve met
expectations, in other areas we think we’ve
Lynda Burnett exceeded expectations. When the first holes

at Starlight intersected 50-60m down, we didn’t
a Newmont [Mining Corp] or Newcrest [Mining Ltd]; that will be have enormous hopes that we would come right up to surface.
high up on their potential opportunities in Australia. Gold Fields We were hopeful that it would but we weren’t positive that it would,
[Ltd]/Gold Road [Resources Ltd] will be looking at it; it won’t get so the fact that it does come right the way back up to surface at
mined by De Grey, it will be taken out by a major.” very high grade has been exceptional and above expectations,”
Musgrave managing director Rob Waugh tells GMJ on page 36.
M&A activity in the gold sector is hot and projects such as the
wider Mallina must be red alert on the radar of companies with
the capacity to fund such large-scale projects in the near term.
De Grey will court attention just as 2018 and 2019 GMJ Explorer Paul Carter
of the Year award winner Bellevue Gold Ltd has at its namesake
project near Leinster in WA.
Bellevue was again among the contenders for the 2020 Explorer
of the Year award, but the sexiness of greenfields discoveries
were hard to ignore with Alkane Resources Ltd’s Boda discovery
in New South Wales Lachlan Fold also a talking point among
judges.
However, with Boda gold-copper porphyry in nature, Alkane
has more ground to cover in proving up the Cadia-style Tier 1
potential.
“It will be interesting to see if they can get some high-grade down
there. They are turning the drill rigs at the moment, so they are

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