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Spotlight on Camel Creek as maiden drill program starts

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Great Northern Minerals says its maiden drilling campaign at Camel Creek is due to start next week as scheduled after gaining access approval.

The work will test mineralisation under the historical gold mining pits at the North Queensland site.

And the company has marked the latest milestone with the release of new footage of the project with a fly-through of the historic drilling there and the proposed program (link below).

http://www.greatnorthernminerals.com.au/index.php/2020/07/20/camel-creek-overview/

The company in June announced that it had appointed Eagle. . .

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Eagle Drilling NQ wins gold exploration contract

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Charters Towers-based company Eagle Drilling NQ has won the contract for an exploration campaign across three North Queensland gold projects.

Great Northern Minerals announced today it had appointed Eagle Drilling NQ to begin testing at the Camel Creek project, followed by the Golden Cup and Big Rush projects.

The program consists of about 3400m of reverse circulation drilling across the three projects.

Great Northern Minerals said Eagle Drilling NQ had successfully completed the last two drilling programs for the company and was regarded as the most experienced and reliable drilling contractor in North Queensland.

Maiden 47,000oz gold resource at Big Rush

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Great Northern Minerals has announced a maiden 47,000 oz gold resource at its Big Rush mine site, south of Greenvale in North Queensland.

It is part of the Golden Ant group of projects the Perth-based company acquired in August 2019, which also includes the former Camel Creek and Golden Cup gold mines

Managing director Cameron McLean said the estimation for the Central Lode a Big Rush followed exciting high-grade RC (reverse circulation) drilling assays reported in December and January.

"In the last two-month period we have released maiden resource estimates at both Golden Cup and Big. . .

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Great Northern expands its Golden Ant empire

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Great Northern Minerals is expanding its ground around the Golden Ant gold projects in North Queensland.

The company says it has been granted two new exploration permits, taking the combined project area to 695sq km.

One permit is linked to the Camel Creek and Golden Cup projects while the other surrounds granted mining leases at Big Rush.

Great Northern Minerals last week announced a maiden gold resource of 256,000 tonnes at 3.6g/tonne gold for about 30,000oz of contained gold at the Golden Cup mine.

The Perth-based company. . .

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Golden Cup shines for Great Northern Minerals

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Great Northern Minerals this week announced a maiden 30,000oz gold resource at the Golden Cup mine in North Queensland.

It is part of the Golden Ant group of projects the Perth-based company acquired in August, which also includes the former Camel Creek and Big Rush gold mines.

The JORC interim resource estimate announced this week for Golden Cup is 256,000 tonnes at 3.6g/tonne gold for about 30,000oz of contained gold.

Eagle Drilling has recently completed . . .

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New owners get drilling at NQ gold projects

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Reverse circulation drilling has kicked off at Great Northern Minerals' Big Rush gold project, 200km west of Townsville.

The 1000m program is designed to back up historic results and help build a JORC resource for the project.

It will focus on the central pit area at Big Rush, the largest former producing gold mines among the three that make up the company's Golden Ant group of projects in North Queensland.

Great Northern Minerals has recently completed a 639m drill program of eight holes at Golden Cup, with Eagle Drilling from Charters Towers carrying out the work.

Assay results are. . .

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Great Northern details drill plans for NQ gold sites

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The newly branded Great Northern Minerals says it will carry out 2000m of RC and diamond drilling from this month at its Big Rush and Golden Cup projects in North Queensland.

The first priority will be Big Rush, where drilling will focus on the historic mine's Central Pit.

GNM (formerly Greenpower Energy) said the standard and intensity of drilling by the previous operator at that site meant it expected to be able to produce a JORC-compliant mineral. . .

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Golden Ant drilling to kick off next month

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Greenpower Energy is preparing for its maiden drill campaign at the Golden Ant gold projects north-east of Townsville.

Permitting and approvals were in place and the first drill program was planned to commence in November, the company said.

The work will include the three former mine sites of Big Rush, Camel Creek and Golden Cup.

"This drilling announcement marks a significant point in the transformation of this company and we believe the three projects will provide real opportunity to build on the known gold endowment that was uncovered here and mined up until the 1990s," managing director Cameron Mclean. . .

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