en.Wedoany.com Reported, Aeris Resources recently announced that it has more than doubled the drilling scale at its Golden Plateau project in Queensland, Australia, due to consistently receiving high-grade gold drilling results. The drilling length for the project has been extended from 6,400 meters to approximately 14,000 meters, further enhancing the deposit's potential as a future ore source.
Notable recent drilling intercepts include: the Southern Lode intercepted 34.5 meters at 3.1 grams per tonne of gold from 184.6 meters depth; the Western Lode intercepted 7.1 meters at 4.9 grams per tonne and 6.8 meters at 4.2 grams per tonne. These results continue to confirm significant mineralization across multiple lodes within the Cracow tenement package.
Aeris Executive Chairman Andre Labuschagne stated: "The latest drilling results from Golden Plateau have strengthened our confidence in the deposit's potential to become a new ore source for Cracow. High-grade drilling results continue to be reported from multiple lodes, confirming significant gold mineralization around historical mining areas. Based on these results, we are expanding the drilling program to accelerate mineral mining reserve estimation and the project's economic assessment."
The Golden Plateau deposit is located just one kilometer north of the Cracow processing facility and has historically produced approximately 850,000 ounces of gold, highlighting its long-term importance within the broader goldfield. Current drilling focuses on testing residual mineralization around historical underground mining areas, with results continuing to closely align with the company's geological model.
Exploration at the Ferneyside and the newly discovered Sunnyside lodes has yielded encouraging near-surface results, with mineralization traced along approximately 150 meters of strike. These areas are emerging as potential open-pit targets, benefiting from shallow positioning and extended lateral continuity. At the Southern Lode, drilling highlights the potential of residual pillars; at the Western Lode, results show mineralization associated with historical voids, indicating further upside potential through additional drilling to define residual gold zones along a 200-meter strike.
Two diamond drill rigs are currently operating on-site. Aeris has completed approximately half of the expanded program, with assay results continuing to be returned progressively. The company plans to incorporate the results into an updated geological model, with the ultimate goal of providing a revised mineral resource estimate and advancing the economic study for Golden Plateau. The project remains a key focus, aiming to establish a new near-mine ore source to support the long-term future of its Cracow operations.
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