Metal Hawk strengthens prospects at Leinster South with new high-grade gold discoveries
Metal Hawk (ASX: MHK) has confirmed new high-grade gold hits at its 100%-owned Leinster South project in Western Australia.
Following a high-grade discovery at the Siberian Tiger prospect three months ago, the company has obtained gold assays up to 62 grams per tonne from an initial batch of rock-chip samples at the Thylacine prospect at Leinster South.
Several of the Thylacine samples returned high-grade gold from multiple sub-parallel quartz veins over a broad area, with other highlight results including 30.4g/t, 27.0g/t and 20.2g/t.
Significant mineralisation
Managing director Will Belbin said field activities at Leinster South continue to encounter significant outcropping gold mineralisation at new prospects.
As well as expanding the mineralised footprint of Siberian Tiger, the latest round of assay results successfully followed up the recent rock-chip result of 22g/t at the Tysons prospect, with several additional sites of quartz vein-hosted gold mineralisation recording up to 84g/t along the north-south trending granite-greenstone contact.
“Additionally, spectacular new gold assay results have confirmed the Thylacine prospect, located 1.5 kilometres to the east-south-east of Siberian Tiger, as another high-grade vein system at Leinster South,” Mr Belbin said.
‘Huge opportunity’
“In addition to the high-grade gold rock chips at Siberian Tiger, these outstanding new assay results from Thylacine and Tysons suggest that we are on the verge of multiple significant gold discoveries at Leinster South,” he added.
“It is incredible that there has not been any previous gold exploration, sampling, or drilling at any of these prospects.”
“This is a huge opportunity for Metal Hawk and I believe there is potential for a new high-grade gold camp at Leinster South.”
Rock-chip results
Metal Hawk has received additional rock-chip results from Siberian Tiger, which have returned high-grade gold and include new samples of smaller in-situ quartz veins located in proximity to the main trend, which extends for more than 800m.
Follow-up of a previous 8.4g/t rock-chip assay in the southern part of the prospect showed that the south-east-striking vein is at least 200m long and assaying above 1.0g/t along most of its length.
At the Thylacine prospect, a total of 12 mineralised quartz veins have been mapped and broadly sampled, with seven samples grading greater than 10g/t.
Similar profile
Metal Hawk has found that the mineralisation at Thylacine is very similar to that at Siberian Tiger.
The company has also achieved sampling success at the Tysons prospect, located along strike and approximately 3km southeast of Siberian Tiger.
Resampling of an original 22g/t sample returned 21.5g/t and several new high-grade gold results were also returned from the campaign, with assays up to 84g/t.
New untested system
Meanwhile, follow-up mapping to the west of Thylacine has identified a significant new untested vein system, which has been named the Bengal Tiger prospect.
The veins at Bengal Tiger exhibit a similar geological setting, vein features and mineral assemblages to those at the Siberian Tiger and Thylacine prospects.
Metal Hawk has scheduled a survey for early 2025 in the lead-up to an extensive maiden reverse circulation drill program at Leinster South.