Catalina Resources (ASX:CTN) Kirkalocka advances towards drilling
Catalina Resources has commenced field exploration at its Kirkalocka Gold Project in Western Australia, with a systematic gold in soil sampling program now underway.
The program represents the first major field activity following the Company's recently completed technical review of its Mid West Gold Portfolio, which confirmed numerous historical gold occurrences and identified several priority target areas for follow up exploration.
Highlights
Approximately 1,500 systematic soil samples have commenced across multiple priority target areas at the Kirkalocka Gold Project.
The Company's technical review confirmed numerous historical gold occurrences and identified several priority target areas for follow up exploration.
Historical gold mineralised zones include 6m @ 1.38g/t Au from 27m, including 3m @ 1.40g/t Au from 27m, 6m @ 1.79g/t Au from 42m, including 3m @ 3.02g/t Au from 42m, and 1m @ 4.66g/t Au from 34m.
Results will be integrated with historical drilling, geological and geophysical datasets to finalise drill targeting.
Field reconnaissance has been completed and the Eligible Mining Activity (EMA) Notice has been approved ahead of planned drilling.
The Kirkalocka Gold Project is located within the southern Wydgee Meekatharra Greenstone Belt, where the project contains multiple historically identified gold targets associated with interpreted structural corridors and an underexplored greenstone belt.
The project sits along the eastern margin of the belt, directly adjacent to the Kirkalocka Gold Mine, which hosts an approximately 240,000oz Au Mineral Resource, and in proximity to the Kirkalocka Gold Processing Plant, which has a 2Mtpa capacity and is being advanced toward recommencement in 2026 by Gylden Resources.
The Company's recent technical review identified multiple priority target areas characterised by historical gold anomalism, shallow gold mineralisation and interpreted structural corridors that remain only lightly tested by historical exploration.
The current program comprises approximately 1,500 systematic soil samples across multiple priority target areas.
Designed following the Company's recent technical review, the program will validate and enhance historical geochemical datasets, refine known gold anomalies and assess prospective structural corridors.
The results will be integrated with historical drilling, geological mapping and geophysical datasets to generate and rank high priority targets for follow up RC drilling.
Catalina Executive Director Ross Cotton said the Company's priority is progressing Kirkalocka from historical technical review towards drilling.
“Our priority has been to rapidly transition Kirkalocka from historical technical review towards drilling, with our soil sampling program now underway across several priority target areas, including Catalina's tenure immediately adjacent to the Kirkalocka Gold Mine and processing hub.”
The Company has completed its historical technical review and target generation exercise, undertaken field reconnaissance across priority target areas, and received approval of its Eligible Mining Activity (EMA) Notice, enabling the current exploration program to advance.
Soil sampling and heritage assessment are currently underway, with assay results to be integrated with historical drilling, geological mapping and geophysical datasets to refine and prioritise RC drill targets ahead of the Company's planned drilling program.
According to the Company, soil sampling represents the next step towards drilling at the Kirkalocka Gold Project as it focuses on executing the next phase of exploration, with soil sampling and heritage assessment underway.
Assay results will be integrated with historical drilling, geological mapping and geophysical datasets to refine and prioritise RC drill targets ahead of the Company's planned drilling program.
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