Antares bringing ‘modern ideas’ to Quinns gold project to expand its potential

Antares Metals (ASX:AM5) is introducing new, “modern” exploration methods to help unlock the wide gold potential it believes previous operators left largely untested at the Quinns gold project in Western Australia.

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While Quinns is located in proximity to major mills and operations, Antares says it has seen limited modern gold exploration, with previous operators focused primarily on the area’s base metals.

The company is looking to change that with a new field campaign underway, following up on high-priority soil geochemical targets and new gold mineralisation from previously undocumented historic workings spotted in late CY25.

Antares has also submitted a new exploration licence application covering 320m of strike at the historic Favourite mine workings, expanding the Quinns project to 384 sq. km of contiguous tenure across the Meekatharra greenstone belt.

The explorer’s managing director, Terry Topping, said the results from the CY25 sampling program highlighted the untapped potential at the Quinns project.

“A new field campaign has commenced to build on this earlier work by expanding soil geochemistry programs and conducting detailed mapping and rock chip sampling that, along with a review of historic data, is helping identify high-priority drilling targets in one of Australia’s prominent mineral districts,” he said.

“We now have POWs granted and are actively engaged with the local Native Title group to arrange heritage surveys for the upcoming drill programs.”

Quinns currently comprises some three exploration licences, four prospecting licences, one prospecting licence application, four mining lease applications, and five new exploration licence applications in the region.

“This consolidated tenure secures a dominant position over the southern extent of the Meekatharra greenstone belt in the Youanmi Terrane,” Mr Topping told shareholders.

Historical records from 1897 and 1917 indicate Quinns was mined extensively for shallow alluvial and quartz reef gold, and a total of 20,398 tonnes for 11,925 ounces at a grade of 18.2 grams per tonne gold.

Antares’ future work will focus on the finalisation of drill targeting, organising heritage surveys, and mapping and expanded soil sampling.

The Western Australian explorer is also conducting a comprehensive review of all geophysical data sets from the Quinns gold project to expand and enhance the structural understanding of the project.

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