Navarre Minerals reports drill intercepts of up to 211.6 g/t gold at Crush Creek, supporting the deposit’s potential to extend the life of the Mount Carlton operation.

The latest results stem from 13 drill holes completed by Evolution Mining at Crush Creek ahead of Navarre taking ownership of Mount Carlton in December.

“These high-grade gold results continue to highlight the project development opportunities present within the Crush Creek project area as potential satellite operations approximately 30km from the recently acquired Mount Carlton processing facility,” managing director Ian Holland said.

“The company is pleased with the tenor and width of the gold results returned from the 2021 Crush Creek drilling program. “

Highlights from the advanced BV7 prospect include 3.1m at 211.6 g/t gold from 94.8m (B721DD039), 5.0m at 9.2 g/t gold from 96m and 14.3m grading at 3.5 g/t gold from 121m.

In addition, a high-grade result from the early-stage Gamma prospect was returned of 2.0m at 13.7 g/t gold from 170m.

“The latest impressive, shallow, high-grade 655 gram-metre-gold downhole intersection in drill hole B721DD039 reinforces our belief that the delineated mineralisation at BV7 has the potential to significantly extend mine life at Mount Carlton,” Mr Holland said.

“The company looks forward to announcing its updated resource estimate for Crush Creek’s BV7 and Delta deposits, due to be reported in March 2022.”

The drilling program at Crush Creek has paused for the wet season and is expected to resume in Q2 2022.

Navarre Minerals took ownership of the Mount Carlton gold mine, 150km south of Townsville, in a $90 million deal with Evolution Mining.

It also recently released drill results from the past year pointing to the potential for a satellite mining area just west of the Mount Carlton processing plant – the Mount Carlton United prospect.

The Mount Carlton United prospect has delivered intercepts of up to 67.2 g/t gold, 1954 g/t silver and 11.9 per cent copper.