Alkane Resources reveals more extensive porphyry copper-gold at Boda discovery
Diamond hole KSDD008 has returned a 965.7-metre intersection from 7.3 metres at 0.21 g/t gold and 0.11% copper.
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Alkane Resources (ASX:ALK; TSX:ALK; OTCQX:ALKEF) is an Australia-based gold and antimony producer. The company has three wholly owned producing mines across Australia and Sweden: Tomingley (gold, NSW), Costerfield (gold-antimony, Victoria) and Björkdal (gold, northern Sweden). Alkane also owns the large gold-copper porphyry Boda-Kaiser Project in NSW
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Diamond hole KSDD008 has returned a 965.7-metre intersection from 7.3 metres at 0.21 g/t gold and 0.11% copper.
The company has declared an initial inferred resource of 453,000 ounces for the San Antonio deposit.
The results will be included in a maiden resource estimate for the San Antonio prospect, which is expected shortly.
Since February, the company has been acting in response to information from State and Federal authorities and complying with recommended measures to combat COVID-19.
Intersecting both a high-grade zone and a large consistent body of mineralisation show this area has the potential to be a future mining operation.
The trading halt will remain in place until Monday, March 23, or when an announcement is released to the market.
Assay results have been received for a further 13,000 metres of an initial 60,000-metre resource definition drilling program on San Antonio and Roswell prospects.
The company’s Dubbo project represents a potential independent supply of critical minerals and is ready for development, subject to financing.
Shares opened at $1.16, a new 8-year high for Alkane stock as confidence rises for a significant porphyry discovery.
In 2019, Alkane discovered significant porphyry gold-copper mineralisation at the Boda Prospect.
The Dubbo Project is the most advanced poly-metallic project of its kind outside China and is development-ready subject to financing.
Drilling is continuing in the prospective corridor south of Roswell and an initial inferred resource for the San Antonio deposit is anticipated in March.
A maiden JORC resource for the Roswell prospect is expected to be released in January as drilling continues at San Antonio.
The company is accelerating the exploration and development of the Tomingley Gold Corridor within its Tomingley Gold Project in NSW.
The gold price is most commonly quoted in US dollars and recently it has traded over US$1,600 per ounce.
All five board members including the managing director and chairman took up their 1:8 rights in the recent rights issue.
Following the initial 60,000-metre resource drilling program initialled in June 2019, the company has now completed 28,868 metres with the latest assays comprising 10,000 metres of drilling.
The capital raising includes an institutional placement to raise $20 million and a rights issue to raise up to $34.8 million.
The company’s securities will remain in a trading halt until Thursday, November 20, or when an announcement is made to the market.
The drill rig is expected on site early next week with results to be released hole by hole.