Fosterville South reports multiple intersections of gold near surface at Golden Mountain

   Fosterville South (TSX.V: FSX)

Fosterville South drills 18 m of 5.34 g/t Au at Golden Mountain.

FSX has provided assays from multiple wide intercepts of high-grade gold near surface from initial shallow scout drilling at the recently commenced Golden Mountain drilling program.

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Fosterville South drills 18 m of 5.34 g/t Au at Golden Mountain

2020-06-19 06:11 ET – News Release

Mr. Rex Motton reports

 

FOSTERVILLE SOUTH REPORTS MULTIPLE WIDE INTERSECTIONS OF GOLD NEAR SURFACE AT GOLDEN MOUNTAIN

 

Fosterville South Exploration Ltd. has provided assays from multiple wide intercepts of high-grade gold near surface from initial shallow scout drilling at the recently commenced Golden Mountain drilling program.

 

Highlights:

Diamond (core) drilling has commenced and is designed to test main target area.

Shallow scout drilling has returned multiple wide intersections including high grade gold near surface.

High-grade gold intercepts occurring within a newly identified Northern zone via this scout drilling.

Core drilling has commenced and is ongoing at the Golden Mountain project with initial assay results from core drilling expected during the next 30 days.

In the meantime, a series of shallow scout holes have resulted in the discovery of a new North zone on the project, with initial near surface drill holes in this new zone intersecting multiple wide intervals of high-grade gold.

Results from this initial near surface percussion drilling are summarized below (Table 1.0) and include 2 metres at 10.78 g/t Au within a total intercept of 20 metres at 2.12 g/t

Au in hole GMP 11 (from 32 metres) and 18 metres at 5.34 g/t Au within a total intercept of 26 metres at 3.82 g/t

Au in hole GMP 13 (from 40 metres). GMP 6 included 3 metres at 5.36 g/t Au and GMP 14 included 7 metres at 3.57 g/t Au.

Drill holes GMP01, GMP08, GMP12 & GMP13 all ended in significant gold mineralisation.

The northern “E-W zone” strikes approximately northeast and lies 100 meters north of the main central zone which strikes north-south. The “E-W zone” is a new discovery and the projected intersection of the two zones has not been explored. The E-W zone is open along strike to the west and east. Further drilling on the “E-W zone” is planned.

 

The current program is to be conducted in two parts consisting of shallow percussion drilling targeting the northern mapped east-west mineralised zone (GMP01 to GMP08) and core (diamond) drilling targeting the deeper zones of the central mineralised section (see Fosterville South News Release dated May 4 th, 2020 for details of the drill program). Some shallow percussion drill holes have also been conducted in the central mineralised zone (GMP09 to GMP14). The diamond drilling program is ongoing in the central zone where strongly broken ground requires slowed down drilling to maximise recovery. Explorers and miners noted the association of better gold mineralisation in the more broken ground. Core recoveries have been excellent when drilling is undertaken with care.

 

Fosterville South Chief Executive Officer, Rex Motton, states,The core drilling component of this program, now underway, is targeting what we believe is the section with potential for high gold grades. To now have multiple holes in the scout drilling program return high-grades of gold near surface within a newly identified area to the north now adds another dimension to Golden Mountain. Once assays from the core drilling start to arrive, we will look to model the data and expand the drill program. This is an exceptional start to drilling and we look forward to further assay data.

 

   Table 1.01 - Scout Drill Results and Intercepts at Golden Mountain       
HoleID   East   North   Azimuth Dip From To  Interval Au g/tZone    End of Hole
GMP01     400267 5912052     180 -70    1  60       59  0.86E-W Zone         80
Includes                               10  17        7  1.99E-W Zone           
GMP01                                  72  80        8  1.77E-W Zone         80
Includes                               76  80        4  2.47E-W Zone           
GMP03     400294 5912070     180 -75   20  62       42  0.48E-W Zone         96
GMP04     400294 5912070     180 -60   20  43       23  0.59E-W Zone         68
GMP05     400302 5912074       0 -90   23  52       29  0.85E-W Zone         72
GMP06     400310 5912079     180 -60    8  24       16  0.57E-W Zone        100
GMP06                                  56  88       32  0.91E-W Zone        100
Includes                               73  76        3  5.36E-W Zone           
GMP07     400309 5912100     180 -60   37  56       19  0.54E-W Zone        100
GMP08     400330 5912089     180 -60    0  48       48  0.64E-W Zone        100
GMP08                                  80 100       20  0.48E-W Zone        100
GMP09     400302 5912018     270 -50   18  48       30  0.54Main N-S         80
GMP11     400303 5911985     270 -45   32  52       20  2.12Main N-S         80
Includes                               32  34        2 10.78Main N-S           
Includes                               43  45        2  4.45Main N-S           
GMP12     400309 5911985     270 -70   64  82       18  0.67Main N-S         82
GMP13     400310 5911972     259 -60   40  66       26  3.82Main N-S         66
Includes                               48  66       18  5.36Main N-S           
GMP14     400311 5911972     259 -45   24  76       52  1.31Main N-S         80
Includes                               35  38        3  3.88Main N-S           
Includes                               49  56        7  3.57Main N-S           
           Table 1 Percussion drilling intercepts at Golden Mountain           
                                                                               

  

 

 

Quality Assurance / Quality Control

All assays were subject to quality control measures appropriate for percussion type drilling with duplicates, blanks and commercially available standards. All assays were conducted by Onsite Laboratory Services Ltd, located in Bendigo, Victoria, using fire assay techniques with a 50g charge and AAS finish. The quality control results are consistent with the expected results from the samples submitted.

 

While Fosterville South continues drilling at Golden Mountain, the company is also preparing various areas at Lauriston for diamond drilling through data compilation, soil sampling and scout percussion drilling and is also compiling and modelling a large database of historical information from the Walhalla Belt Project.