Catalina Resources Ltd (CTN.ASX) Kirkalocka Gold Project Advances Towards Drilling
Catalina Resources Limited (ASX:CTN) (FRA:XS20) announced that field exploration has commenced at the Company's Kirkalocka Gold Project in Western Australia, with a systematic gold-in-soil sampling program now underway.
The program represents the first major field activity following Catalina's recently completed technical review of its Mid-West Gold Portfolio, which confirmed numerous historical gold occurrences and identified several priority target areas for follow-up exploration.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Approximately 1,500 systematic soil sampling program commenced at the Kirkalocka Gold Project.
- First field exploration program across Catalina's recently acquired Mid-West Gold Portfolio marks the transition from historical review to drill target generation.
- Targets include prospective structural corridors identified during technical review1 which confirmed multiple gold mineralised zones including:
o 6m @ 1.38 g/t Au from 27m, including 3m @ 1.40 g/t Au from 27m (KKA795);
o 6m @ 1.79 g/t Au from 42m, including 3m @ 3.02 g/t Au from 42m (KKA796); and
o 1m @ 4.66 g/t Au from 34m (CWRC-6807800-002)
- Results to be integrated with historical drilling, geological and geophysical datasets to finalise drill targeting.
- Field reconnaissance completed and Eligible Mining Activity (EMA) Notice approved ahead of planned drilling.
- Catalina is fully funded to advance its Mid-West exploration strategy, with soil sampling representing the next step towards drilling at Kirkalocka.
Catalina Executive Director, Ross Cotton, commented:
"Our priority has been to rapidly transition Kirkalocka from historical technical review towards drilling, with our soil sampling program now underway across several priority target areas, including Catalina's tenure immediately adjacent to the Kirkalocka Gold Mine and processing hub.
The program has been designed to refine historical gold anomalies, assess prospective structural corridors and generate high-quality RC drill targets across the Project.
This is just the beginning of an active exploration campaign across our Mid-West portfolio, and we look forward to advancing the highest-priority targets to drilling."
Kirkalocka Context and Background
Located within the southern Wydgee-Meekatharra Greenstone Belt the project contains multiple historically identified gold targets associated with interpreted structural corridors and underexplored greenstone belt. The project sits along the eastern margin of the belt, directly adjacent to the Kirkalocka Gold Mine (~240,000oz Au Mineral Resource) and in proximity to the Kirkalocka Gold Processing Plant (2Mtpa), being advanced toward recommencement in 2026 by Gylden Resources Limited.
Catalina's recent technical review identified multiple priority target areas characterised by historical gold anomalism, shallow gold mineralisation and interpreted structural corridors that remain only lightly tested by historical exploration.
The current 1,500-sample soil program has been designed to refine these historical anomalies, assess prospective structural trends and generate priority RC drill targets.
Program Details
The program comprises approximately 1,500 systematic soil samples across multiple priority target areas at the Kirkalocka Gold Project (figure 2*).
Designed following Catalina's recent technical review, the program will validate and enhance historical geochemical datasets, refine known gold anomalies and assess prospective structural corridors.The results will be integrated with historical drilling, geological mapping and geophysical datasets to generate and rank high-priority targets for follow-up RC drilling.
Next Steps
Catalina is progressing a clear pathway towards drilling at the Kirkalocka Gold Project. The Company has completed its historical technical review and target generation exercise, undertaken field reconnaissance across priority target areas, and received approval of its Eligible Mining Activity (EMA) Notice, enabling the current exploration program to advance.
With these key milestones completed, Catalina is now focused on executing the next phase of exploration. Soil sampling and heritage assessment are currently underway, with assay results to be integrated with historical drilling, geological mapping and geophysical datasets to refine and prioritise RC drill targets ahead of the Company's planned drilling program.
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Investors - Shareholders Ross Cotton Executive Director T: +61 (0)8 6165 8858
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