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Barton Gold launches follow-up drilling at high-grade Tolmer gold-silver discovery

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Barton Gold ASX BGD Tolmer Drilling Begins
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Barton Gold (ASX: BGD) (OTCQB: BGDFF) has commenced follow-up drilling at its new Tolmer gold and silver discoveries, located approximately 500 metres apart at the company’s Tarcoola gold project in South Australia.

The expedited 2,500m reverse circulation campaign will target the ‘western silver’ and ‘eastern gold’ zones with the objective to infill or extend both areas.

It will include 500m of early-stage scout drilling at the Challenger gold project, near the Central Gawler mill where Barton owns the fully permitted Perseverance mine.

Stage 1 mill feed

Barton’s exploration will test potential sources of mineralisation for Stage 1 mill feed and for subsequent follow up drilling.

Shallow, high-grade assays from discovery holes at Tolmer in November returned bonanza intercepts of up to 17,600 grams per tonne silver and 83.6g/t gold.

Best results from that campaign were 6m at 4,747g/t silver from 46m including 1m at 17,600g/t silver, 4m at 1,417g/t silver from 9m including 1m at 3,790g/t silver and 14m at 434g/t silver from 46m including 1m at 3,350g/t silver from 54m.

High-grade intercepts

Managing director Alexander Scanlon said the drilling program would aim to build on the company’s high-grade intercepts to date.

“Tolmer is an exciting new opportunity for us, with high-grade silver and gold zones emerging in parallel and shallow assays returning bonanza grades,” he said.

“We aim to map these out quickly and expand the initial 2,500m program where we see potential for high-value extensions.”

The campaign will include rapid in-field analysis using Barton’s proven methodology for the application of Portable PPB’s detectORE technology.

Third revenue stream

The Tolmer prospect is located 5km west of the Perseverance mine, approximately 130km south-east of the Central Gawler mill and approximately 70km north-west of the neighbouring Tunkillia gold project.

Barton believes the prospect could become a third low-cost, high-revenue stream in parallel with Tarcoola.

Mr Scanlon said the central location would provide potential future commercialisation opportunities for the blending of high-grade gold and silver mineralisation into Central Gawler or the planned Tunkillia mill.