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Gorilla Gold has reported further high-grade drilling results at its Comet Vale project in Western Australia, adding to the exploration results it plans to incorporate into updated mineral resource estimates later this year.
The latest results include 9m at 7.9 grams per tonne (g/t) gold from 242.9m at the Sovereign deposit, alongside shallower intersections at Sovereign North.
These included 1.4m at 21.6g/t gold from 39.2m and 5.5m at 4g/t gold from 38.9m, with drilling continuing to test mineralisation across approximately 2km of strike.
Sovereign currently hosts a mineral resource of 410,000 ounces at 4.2g/t gold, forming part of Gorilla’s wider North Kalgoorlie Hub, which contains 1.2 million ounces at 3.7g/t gold.
Gorilla Gold chief executive officer Charles Hughes said the latest results supported further exploration at Sovereign as the company works towards potential development.
“At Sovereign, we are continuing to intersect impressive high-grade gold mineralisation in multiple holes,” he said.
“STEX178 has returned 9m grading almost 8g/t, and the shallow hits at Sovereign North – including 21.6g/t from just 39m – show the potential to extend high-grade mineralisation closer to surface as well as at depth.”
The company has also reported near-surface gold mineralisation at Happy Jack, approximately 1km north of Sovereign, where 12 drill holes intersected gold from surface.
Results included 5m at 3.1g/t gold from surface and a separate intersection of 2m at 11g/t gold from 93m.
According to Gorilla, the drilling has identified a shallow lateritic gold zone above the underlying bedrock mineralisation, which could be relevant to future open-pit development scenarios.
Gorilla is preparing mineral resource updates for its Comet Vale, Mulwarrie and Vivien projects before the end of 2026, with further drilling results yet to be incorporated into the existing estimates.
Drilling is continuing across the North Kalgoorlie Hub and Vivien, while engineering, geotechnical, metallurgical and hydrological studies are progressing alongside project permitting.
Hughes said the company was looking ahead to its next resource update.
“With a substantial volume of drilling results still to be incorporated into our Resource models, we see considerable potential to grow our existing gold inventory,” he said.
“We are looking forward to reporting more results with accelerating news-flow as we close in on our next major resource update before the end of the year.”
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