Catalina Resources (ASX:CTN) defines Palisade Gold Project across Central Yilgarn corridor

Catalina Resources has received all assay results from its recently completed 8,452m reverse circulation drilling program across its Evanston and Yerilgee projects in Western Australia, with the company using the consolidated dataset to establish the Palisade Gold Project.

Drilling across Evanston and Yerilgee confirmed consistent gold mineralisation across multiple prospects, with 33 of 69 holes returning ≥0.3g/t Au, including 113 mineralised samples, of which 70 returned grades ≥0.5g/t Au.

Catalina said the combined dataset defines a 12km to 14km structurally controlled greenstone belt hosting deposits at the northern and southern extents, while the central corridor remains underexplored.

The company said the consolidated dataset supports Exploration Targets ranging from approximately 60,000oz to 330,000oz of gold at grades ranging from 0.76g/t Au to 3.08g/t Au across Evanston and Yerilgee.

Catalina stated the potential quantity and grade of the Exploration Targets are conceptual in nature, there has been insufficient exploration to estimate a Mineral Resource and it remains uncertain whether further exploration will result in a Mineral Resource.

Highlights

• Catalina completed approximately 8,452m of RC drilling across 69 holes.
• 33 of 69 holes returned ≥0.3g/t Au.
• 70 samples returned grades ≥0.5g/t Au.
• Snowflake returned 2m @ 1.70g/t Au from 12m, 1m @ 1.67g/t Au from 13m and 4m @ 0.69g/t Au from 39m to end of hole.
• Previous drilling at Chicken Little returned 48m @ 2.61g/t Au from 15m and remains open at depth.
• The Palisade corridor extends approximately 12km to 14km.

Catalina said results from Viper, Leghorn, Chicken Little, Snowflake and T8 now allow the company to assess the project at scale rather than as a series of individual prospects, and on this basis has established the Palisade Gold Project, consolidating Chicken Little, Snowflake, Megatron and T8 into a single exploration framework.

At Snowflake, the latest drilling extended known mineralisation by approximately 50m to the north and south, while the company said mineralisation remains open along strike.

At Chicken Little, geological interpretation supported by magnetic data identified potential dilation zones north and south of current drilling, which Catalina said represent priority targets for follow up exploration.

At T8, drilling expanded the mineralised footprint through supergene mineralisation within saprolite and primary mineralisation hosted within banded iron formation and amphibolite units, while at Evanston, drilling at Leghorn and Viper confirmed gold mineralisation from near surface to depth.

Catalina Executive Director Ross Cotton said:

“We have also established the Palisade Gold Project, bringing together the Yerilgee prospects into a single, coherent corridor and providing a clear framework to advance exploration.”

The company said it is advancing geological modelling and data validation in preparation for Inferred Mineral Resource Estimates at Chicken Little, Snowflake and T8, while continuing ongoing geological evaluation of untested portions of the 12km to 14km Palisade corridor.