Catalina Resources Ltd. has reported new high-grade gold intercepts at its Central Yilgarn project in Western Australia, intercepts that expand the mineralised footprint at its Yerilgee corridor.
Assay results from the T8 target have confirmed the presence of a burgeoning gold system located approximately 14 kilometres south of the company’s recent high-grade find at the Chicken Little prospect.
The latest results from the T8 target include a standout intercept of 5 metres at 1.38 grams per tonnes (g/t) of gold from 97 metres, which featured higher-grade zones of 2.95 g/t Au and 4.65 g/t Au. Other notable hits included 8 metres 0.59 g/t Au and 3 metres at 1.23 g/t Au.
Geologically, the finds are significant as they show gold is hosted in both Banded Iron Formation and mafic rocks. This diversity in host lithology suggests a much broader and more complex mineralised system than previously understood.
Catalina Executive Director Ross Cotton said: “These results from T8 show that Yerilgee is continuing to grow as a significant gold corridor.
“With mineralisation now confirmed at both Chicken Little and T8, we are seeing multiple gold centres emerging along the same structural corridor.
“Large portions of this trend remain effectively untested, and with further assays still pending from the Phase 1 program, we believe Yerilgee is evolving into a significant new gold camp in the Central Yilgarn.”
The T8 results form part of Catalina’s extensive 8,694-metre Phase 1 drilling campaign. They follow recent drilling at Chicken Little which returned a spectacular 48 metres at 2.61 g/t Au from just 15 metres depth.
With many assays still pending from the Phase 1 program, the company is now integrating geological and geophysical data to refine its model.
Catalina has identified several untested magnetic and soil anomalies along the corridor that share similar characteristics to the current discoveries.
Catalina expects the next phase of work to continue defining the scale and continuity of this emerging gold system within the Central Yilgarn project.
