Kingston Resources in trading halt pending shortfall news from rights issue
The company’s securities will be placed in trading halt until Monday August 19 or when an announcement is made to market.
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ASX:KSN
Kingston Resources Ltd (ASX:KSN) is a gold and copper company, operating the Mineral Hill mine in Cobar, NSW and advancing the 3.8Moz Misima Gold Project in PNG.
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The company’s securities will be placed in trading halt until Monday August 19 or when an announcement is made to market.
The Kingsley prospect will be targeted which was discovered by shallow aircore drilling in 2018 that intersected 4 metres at 76.25 g/t gold.
The 800-metre long prospect was discovered by shallow aircore drilling in 2018.
Drilling is continuing at additional targets in the Quartz Mountain area as part of an ongoing surface exploration program.
The company's key asset is the 2.8 million-ounce Misima Gold Project in Papua New Guinea with another gold project in Australia.
Current exploration work at the Misima Gold Project aims to deliver near surface mineralisation, as these are likely to have the largest impact on overall project economics.
In a strong sign of support for the company and its future, four board members have increased their shareholdings.
The company raised nearly $1 million in its rights issue to fund gold exploration at its PNG and WA projects.
Funds raised in the rights issue will be used to further exploration work at the Livingstone and Misima projects.
Further drilling and technical studies are planned to boost Misima’s reserve base with near-surface ounces.
The proceeds of the placement will be used to advance drilling at the company’s two gold exploration projects.
The lawyer has a controlling interest in Winchester which holds 9.16% of shareholder votes in Kingston.
The company is working towards conducting a regional drilling program as well as extensional drilling at its Misima Gold Project in Papua New Guinea.
Funds raised will be primarily used to advance exploration activities at the Misima Gold Project in Papua New Guinea.
The company’s securities are in a halt until an announcement is made to the market or until the beginning of trade on May 3, 2019.
Umuna drilling results during the March quarter returned 56 metres at 1.01 g/t gold and 7.1 g/t silver.
The company has consolidated its focus on two gold assets – the Misima project in PNG and Livingstone project in Western Australia’s mid-west.
The company is positioning itself as the next low-cost, large-scale gold prouder in the Asia Pacific.
The company has set an exploration target for the dump of 3.6 million tonnes at 0.5 to 0.7 g/t gold for 58,000 to 81,000 ounces.
The company’s exploration strategy is now firmly focused on discovering and defining near-surface satellite mineralisation at prospects including Ginamwamwa, Quartz Mountain and Ara Creek.