Torian Resources has received encouraging news from its Mt Stirling Gold project near Leonora in WA after the company confirmed the presence of primary gold at its Hydra prospect. The best hit from preliminary assay results included a 2 metre intersection grading 2.6 grams per tonne gold from 106m, including a 1m strike going 3.2 g/t gold.
According to the company, the primary gold is linked to a quartz-feldspar porphyry sequence that has yet to be fully tested.
Torian’s recent perforation of its Mt Stirling ground is part of an energetic 17,500m drilling campaign. The latest crusade is aimed at shoring up recent discoveries, upgrading the Mt Stirling-Viserion resource to the higher confidence ‘indicated’ category and stacking up gold ounces by extending strike and selective depth of the gold system.
The company’s Mt Stirling land package is a two-piece package that consists of the Stirling Block to the north and the Diorite Block to the south.
The Stirling Block houses the company's prized possessions, the 100,000 ounce-plus Mt Stirling gold deposit and the Stirling Well deposit that lays claim to about 16,000 ounces of contained gold.
Encouragingly, Torian says the gold mineralisation at the Hydra prospect is also present up-dip and along strike with other notable results from its latest probe delivering a 5m intersection going 0.56 g/t gold from 84m, including a 1m hit at 0.89 g/t gold from 85m. The company says its latest suite of results are courtesy of the central and northwest prospect area, with the outstanding central and southern quarters of Hydra set to be probed following RC drilling at the Tyrannus prospect some 2.5 kilometres below ground.
Torian says it also has its foot on a prospective structure that runs across 1km in strike that has yet to be tested. According to the company, it will circle back to the area once it reviews supplementary drilling results.
Torian is now aiming to complete an updated global mineral resource estimate for the Mt Stirling gold project by early next year that will include the latest results.
The company says it has also nailed down a trio of drilling contractors to accelerate its Mt Stirling drilling program, with its new partners set to pepper its WA ground throughout the early stages of 2022.
Torian Resources Executive Director, Peretz Schapiro said:“We are pleased with the technical success of our first pass RC program at Hydra as we continue to develop and prove up our high priority targets at the Mt Stirling Gold Project.”
“Our drilling program has made fantastic progress to date, with the procurement of additional rigs to put us ahead of schedule. We continue to be pleased by the efficiency of our drill program and turnaround time on assays from the lab.”
Adding to an already full dance-card the Perth-based company is preparing for a pit optimisation study, with Minecomp signed on to unlock the hidden value of what could be a potential treasure trove at Mt Stirling.
Meanwhile, at its nearby Tyrannus prospect, the company is currently probing about a dozen targets, with preliminary results earmarked for a pre-Christmas delivery.
With no shortage of prospects to go after and a solid suite of preliminary results now under its belt, Torian Resources could find itself with a truck full of new admirers should its ongoing Mt Stirling work continue to deliver more precious metal goodies.
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