Meeka Metals (ASX:MEK) appears set to deliver a huge upgrade to its JORC resource for the company’s WA Murchison Gold Project with results from the currently uncounted St. Anne’s published today.
Meeka is to include St. Anne’s assay data in the near future to its existing mineral resource estimates. The resource upgrade is tipped for the December quarter.
Investors should note the size and nature of gold grades announced today are the driving factor behind market enthusiasm.
Information provider Undervalued Equity notes high grade gold is that over 5 grams of gold per tonne (g/t); many Australian gold operations boasting 4g/t are also considered high grade.
Compare that to the following, and you can see why the market is loving Meeka:
32m @ 16.07 g/t from 48m depth including 16m @ 28.59g/t
20m @ 20.74g/t from 48m depth including 16m @ 24.86g/t
For context: a 32m thick intersection at 16g/t is extremely unusual, and provides evidence of gold mineralisation approaching ‘bonanza’ grades.
The results also dwarf earlier assay data from St. Anne’s for which the best result included 24m @ 4.81g/t.
Also worth noting: Meeka is awaiting the return of assay data for a further 3,615m worth of drilling at St. Anne’s in the coming weeks and months.
Meeka continues to conduct shallow drilling at St. Anne’s targeting a 400m area between the northmost and southmost ends of the prospect area.
That 400m area is so far untested, underscoring the potential to find further promising results.
Management notes the company will continue to wrap up its drilling activities at St. Anne’s before getting started on the resource upgrade that will see Meeka kick off 2023 with a significant growth to its overall future gold production profile.
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