A reverse circulation (RC) drilling campaign is underway at Alto Metals Ltd (ASX:AME)’s flagship Sandstone Gold Project in Western Australia.
The first phase, of around 5,000 metres, is planned to test interpreted high-grade mineralised structures highlighted from the recent results announced at the end of last year at Indomitable.
The company will be setting its sights on proving up results including 25 metres @ 7.5 g/t gold from 41 metres and conducting additional step-out extensional drilling.
Drilling is also planned to test strike extensions at Musketeer and first pass drilling at the Cessna and Duke of Windsor prospects.
Updated mineral resource estimate
Work on the updating of the current open-pit 635,000 ounces @ 1.6 g/t gold resource for the project is progressing well.
The company says an updated mineral resource estimate remains on track for completion this month.
About Alto Metals
Alto Metals is a gold explorer owning the Sandstone Gold Project – more than 900 square kilometres in the Archaean Sandstone Goldfield, around 600 kilometres north of Perth in the East Murchison Mineral Field of Western Australia.
Historical production from the Sandstone Goldfield is around 1.3 million ounces gold, with half of this being mined in the period 1894-1914, and the remainder being mined by Herald Resources Ltd and Troy Resources NL from shallow open pits at Oroya, Bull Oak, Bulchina, Lord Nelson and Lord Henry between 1994-2010.
Alto’s immediate focus is to rapidly expand the current mineral resources with further exploration and step out and infill drilling.
The priority targets are shallow gold deposits, as well as extension and primary zone discoveries in the vicinity of previously partial-mined deposits that could be profitably mined through establishment of standalone oxide and primary gold mining operations at Sandstone.