East Star Resources Plc (LSE:EST) has added "Southern Shabdar" to its list of highly ranked targets after an assessment of past drilling results from the prospect in Kazakhstan.
The data contained several gold intersections at around 3 g/t or higher with some very high-grade sections, said the junior.
Alex Walker, East Star’s chief executive, added: "The acquisition of this drill data further demonstrates the quality of the exploration potential of the Apmintas Licence.
"The shallow, high-grade intersections at 'Southern Shabdar,' repeated over a number of structures, and with demonstrated continuation of the gold mineralisation at depth, provides another high priority target on the Apmintas Licence with the potential to form an economic orebody.
''Further, the ongoing interpretation of the magnetic survey data, flown in September 2021, will give us a much better idea of the wider potential of the "Southern Shabdar" target and, we hope, identify similar orebodies underneath cover which represents around 60% of the Apmintas Licence."