Marvel Gold Limited (ASX:MVL) has received all assay results from its maiden reverse circulation drilling programme at the Hanang Gold Project in Tanzania's Manyara Region, with the 29-hole, 4,153-metre programme returning low-level gold values below 0.5 g/t Au across all intercepts.
Key Points
- All assay results received from a 29-hole, 4,153-metre maiden RC programme at the Hanang Gold Project, Tanzania, drilled between June and October 2026.
- Best intercept was 1 m at 0.44 g/t Au from 136 m in hole HRC021; all results were below 0.5 g/t Au.
- Of 2,626 primary samples, 2,191 (83%) were below the 0.015 g/t Au detection limit, with eight samples from six holes returning 0.1 g/t Au or more.
- The Hanang Gold Project is held 100% by the company's wholly owned Tanzanian subsidiary Cobra Resources Limited.
- The company will integrate drilling results with geology and geophysics to determine next steps, including ranking remaining untested targets across the Hanang licences.
Maiden RC Drilling Programme Details
The programme comprised 29 RC holes (HRC001–HRC029) for approximately 4,153 metres, drilled by Coreworthy, a local content compliant contractor. Holes were drilled to a maximum depth of 150 metres and tested 12 prospects across three of the company's eight licences, with targets based on geology, magnetic data and geochemistry from soil sampling. One-metre samples were collected from the rig cyclone and split on site, with selected intervals composited to two or three metres. Approximately 72% of metres drilled were assayed. Samples were submitted to MSALabs for PhotonAssay gold analysis, with inter-laboratory checks conducted at SGS using 50 g fire assay.
Assay Results Across the Hanang Programme
Gold values were low across the programme, with 83% of primary samples below the detection limit of 0.015 g/t Au. Eight samples from six holes returned 0.1 g/t Au or more. The best intercepts included 1 m at 0.44 g/t Au from 136 m in HRC021, 2 m at 0.16 g/t Au from 93 m in HRC005, 1 m at 0.17 g/t Au from 80 m in HRC022, and 1 m at 0.16 g/t Au from 110 m in HRC002, the latter confirmed by independent SGS fire assay at 0.16 g/t Au. Using a 0.1 g/t Au lower cut-off with up to 2 m internal dilution, no intercept exceeded 2 m in width. Seven of the 12 prospects returned no result above 0.1 g/t Au.
Interpretation and Planned Next Steps at Hanang
The six anomalous holes are spread across six prospects over approximately 8 kilometres and cannot be linked to a single structure at the current drill spacing. Parts of the Hanang licences remain untested by drilling, including PL13895, PL11733, PL11734 and PL11743, along with prospects such as Sophia South, Sophia Extension and the NY fold target. The company disclosed it will complete its interpretation of drilling by integrating logging, assays, soil geochemistry and geophysics; consider multi-element analysis of selected samples; rank remaining targets; and update the market on the forward plan for Hanang and how it fits within the company's broader portfolio, including reviewing additional licences in Tanzania and elsewhere in Africa.




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