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- Capricorn Metals (CMM) records further “strong” results at its Mt Gibson and Karlawinda projects in Western Australia
- Reverse circulation drilling at Mt Gibson returned broad and high-grade results both within and outside the current mineral resource estimate (MRE) area
- The company is planning further drilling to update Mt Gibson’s MRE by June this year
- Capricorn also identified significant, near surface and fresh oxide mineralisation at Karlawinda where follow-up drilling is planned
- Company shares are down 1.45 per cent to trade at $4.76 at 1:42 pm AEDT
Capricorn Metals (CMM) has reported further “strong” results at its Mt Gibson and Karlawinda gold projects in Western Australia.
Mt Gibson
Since the last update, the company received assays from 160 reverse circulation drill holes which it said returned “exceptional” results within and extensional to the current 2.7-million-ounce mineral resource estimate (MRE) area.
Highlighted results within the current MRE included 50 metres at 2.01 grams per tonne (g/t) gold from 136 metres, 11 metres at 5.94 g/t from 212 metres and eight metres at 14.51 g/t gold from 203 metres.
Assays from outside the MRE area included ten metres at 5.21 g/t gold from 226 metres and 22 metres at 2.69 g/t gold from 187 metres.
The company said drilling in 2022 indicated that the mineralisation remains open down dip and along strike to the north and south with multiple stacked lodes intersected.
“The continued excellent results from drilling at Mt Gibson since the significant increase to the resource in November 2022 provide further encouragement about the prospects of the project,” Capricorn Metals Chair Mark Clark said.
Based on the results, Capricorn will conduct further drilling to continue testing extensional targets. It will then use the results to update Mt Gibson’s MRE by June 2023.
Karlawinda
At Karlawinda, Capricorn Metals focused on near mine drilling at Muirfield, Carnoustie and the newly identified Vedas prospects within five kilometres of the Bibra open pit.
The company also undertook exploration work across the Forfar and Jamie Well prospects.
Drill results from the Muirfield and Vedas prospects identified near-surface oxide and fresh rock mineralisation with intercepts of two metres at 15.25 g/t gold from 117 metres and 12 metres at 3.54 g/t gold from 20 metres.
Based on the results, the company plans to conduct follow-up drilling targeting the Muirfield and Vedas prospects as a potential satellite project to Bibra.
Assays remain pending for the Carnoustie prospect.
Company shares were down 1.45 per cent to trade at $4.76 at 1:42 pm AEDT.
