Solstice Minerals (ASX:SLS) has disclosed further significant assay results from ongoing drilling at its 100%-owned Nanadie Copper-Gold Project, located northwest of Sandstone in Western Australia's Goldfields, with four new diamond tails and one RC pre-collar returning broad zones of copper-gold mineralisation extending beyond the current Mineral Resource Estimate boundary.
Key Points
- Diamond tail NANRCD002A returned 34.0m at 1.53% Cu, 0.40g/t Au from 625m, including 22.9m at 2.13% Cu, 0.51g/t Au from 629.2m
- Extensional hole NANRCD045 in the south returned 43.0m at 1.16% Cu, 0.32g/t Au from 307m
- RC pre-collar NANRC075 returned multiple intercepts including 45m at 0.56% Cu, 0.19g/t Au from 229m to end of hole
- Assays are pending from a further 14 completed diamond holes and over 50 RC holes
- Three drill rigs will continue operating at Nanadie and the nearby Stark Prospect ahead of a Christmas-New Year break
Diamond Tail Results Across Four Drillholes
Four step-down diamond tails were drilled to extend previously reported RC pre-collar holes at depth. NANRCD002A, a wedge hole extending previously reported NANRCD002 in the central part of the deposit, returned three significant intercepts: 59.2m at 0.54% Cu, 0.15g/t Au from 557.4m, including 9.1m at 1.26% Cu, 0.50g/t Au from 563.1m; 34.0m at 1.53% Cu, 0.40g/t Au from 625m; and 32.4m at 0.55% Cu, 0.14g/t Au from 670m. NANRCD040 confirmed mineralisation along the eastern margin of the host gabbro, returning 20.4m at 0.82% Cu, 0.20g/t Au from 277.6m, including 9m at 1.51% Cu, 0.34g/t Au from 288m.
Extensional and Step-Back Holes Add Southern and Central Zones
Extensional hole NANRCD045 in the southern part of the deposit returned 43.0m at 1.16% Cu, 0.32g/t Au from 307m and 20.1m at 0.62% Cu, 0.13g/t Au from 368.2m, providing further evidence of continuity within a high-grade, shallowly plunging zone of copper-gold mineralisation. Step-back diamond tail NANRCD042 added new strongly mineralised zones in the central part of the deposit, returning 43m at 0.76% Cu, 0.32g/t Au from 382m and 20m at 0.66% Cu, 0.18g/t Au from 457m, building on previously reported intercepts of up to 18m at 1.11% Cu, 0.56g/t Au.
Ongoing Drilling Program at Nanadie and Stark Prospect
RC pre-collar NANRC075, drilled on the same cross-section as NANRCD002A, returned multiple copper-gold intercepts including 25m at 0.42% Cu, 0.10g/t Au from 45m, 34m at 0.43% Cu, 0.16g/t Au from 129m, 18m at 0.67% Cu, 0.18g/t Au from 200m, and 45m at 0.56% Cu, 0.19g/t Au from 229m to end of hole. The company disclosed that three drill rigs will continue operating at Nanadie and the nearby Stark Prospect ahead of a short Christmas-New Year break, with drilling to resume in 2027 aimed at advancing the deposit towards an updated Mineral Resource Estimate. The Nanadie project sits beneath shallow cover on a granted Mining Lease in flat WA Goldfields terrain.



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