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Barton Gold Completes Extensive Soil Sampling Program At Black Oak Tank and 308 Prospects

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Barton Gold ASX BGD Soil Sampling Program Black Oak Tank 308 Prospects
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Barton Gold Holdings (ASX: BGD) (OTCQB: BGDFF) has completed 29 square kilometres of soil sampling work at the Black Oak Tank and 308 prospects within the Tarcoola gold project in South Australia.

The company collected 416 samples (including duplicates) at 500-metre spacings over 23 sq km at Black Oak and a further 85 samples and duplicates) over 6 sq km at 308.

Barton has now collected a total of 501 samples and duplicates from both sites and expect the assay results in October.

Prospect Location

Black Oak Tank is located on the northern margin of Tarcoola’s Lake Labyrinth Shear Zone on exploration licence 6210, to the northwest of Indiana Resources’ (ASX: IDA) Minos gold project in an area with little historical exploration investment.

The 308 target sits to the northeast of Barton’s fully permitted Central Gawler Mill on EL 6502, also in an area of relatively little historical work despite its proximity to the mill.

Sampling at the prospects follows Barton’s expedited soil geochemistry campaign across 1.9 sq km of the nearby Tolmer high-grade silver discovery after an expanded drilling program comprising 21 holes for a total 2,882 metres.

The original program drilled only 13 holes for 2,500m and the company used the expansion to infill and extend Tolmer’s western ‘silver zone’ and the eastern ‘gold zone’.

Initial Operations

Barton managing director Alexander Scanlon said the company would now progress plans for initial operations.

“Our core platforms are established for a Stage 1 operation at the Central Gawler Mill and a Stage 2 expansion at Tunkillia, and we will advance those projects in parallel while remaining focused on opportunities to leverage existing and planned infrastructure,” he said.

“Our unique regional infrastructure and operating platform provides multiple advantages in testing and advancing exploration targets, and as this grows, we will play an increasingly active role in unlocking and accelerating value at previously isolated regional assets.”