Program completes with follow up to recent open pit floor JORC MRE ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA / ACCESSWIRE / July 24, 2024 / HIGHLIGHTS Ongoing ~9,000m Tarcoola reverse circulation (RC) drilling program completed on regional targets; additional ~900m drilling completed in Perseverance open pit next to new JORC MRE -Perseverance open pit JORC MRE plan view and follow up target area (blue box)1 Barton Gold Holdings Limited (ASX:BGD, FRA:BGD3, OTCQB:BGDFF) (Barton or Company) is pleased to confirm that its drilling program testing multiple targets near the Tarcoola Gold Project's (Tarcoola) Perseverance open pit mine is now complete, with 9,052m RC drilling completed across 44 days' drilling. 2 Following the recent new JORC (2012) Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) totalling ~20koz Au @ ~2 g/t Au in the Perseverance pit floor, Barton has also completed another 10 holes totalling 882m RC drilling targeting other shallow open pit mineralisation with potential for conversion into an expanded open pit MRE. Commenting on the recent Tarcoola drilling programs, Barton MD Alexander Scanlon said: "This is our first significant test of new Tarcoola structural targets identified late last year.
Just one ‘Perseverance repeat' could be of considerable value to our regional strategy for staged, low-cost development and operations. "There is also potential to convert further shallow mineralisation into an expanded open pit Resource. With an existing fully permitted mill this is a high-value opportunit.