HIGH GRADE DRILL RESULTS FROM HOMASE/AKROKERRI

RNS Number : 5494W
Goldstone Resources Ltd
01 February 2012
 



GoldStone Resources Limited

HIGH GRADE DRILL RESULTS FROM THE HOMASE/AKROKERRI PROJECT

 

GoldStone Resources Ltd ("GoldStone" or the "Company"), the West and Central Africa focused gold exploration company, is pleased to announce the results of four new drill holes at the Homase/Akrokerri project, part of the Ashanti Gold Belt in Ghana.

 

Highlights:

 

·     Intersections include 8.1 metres at 11.1 g/t, 9.7 metres at 6.1 g/t and 4.0 metres at 6.7 g/t

 

·     The mineralisation of the high grade shoot remains open at depth

 

·     Results extend the known strike length of the high grade shoot at 200 metres depth under the northern part of the Homase pit from 20 metres to 95 metres

 

Hendrik Schloemann, GoldStone's Exploration Director, commented: "We are pleased to have extended the known strike extent of the high grade shoot at depth and are encouraged to see that the geometry of the shoot is predictable, the grades are consistently high and that the mineralisation remains open at depth."

A summary of the drilling results is shown below:

Drill hole 

From (m)

To (m)

True Width (m)

Gold grade (g/t)

11HMRD017

237

248

8.1

11.1

11HMRD019

275

280

4.0

6.7

11HMRD020

268

281

9.7

6.1

11HMRD021

223

259

18.5

0.9

 

Note: Drill hole 11HMRD018 was abandoned due to technical problems before it intersected its target zone.

 

Every drill hole intersected the mineralisation down-dip of GoldStone's 405,600 ounce JORC compliant gold resource at Homase/Akrokerri.  These positive results indicate the potential for a resource upgrade in the future.  The Company will now systematically test the down-dip extent of the gold resource along its entire four kilometre strike length and will also drill targets in the Akrokerri granite area.  Since June 2011, when the drilling programme at Homase commenced, 20 drill holes totalling 5,278 metres have been completed.

 

APPROVAL

Dr. Hendrik Schloemann, who holds a PhD in geology, has reviewed and approved the geological content of this announcement.

 

Enquiries


GoldStone Resources Limited

+27 21 551 9009

Jurie Wessels / Hendrik Schloemann




Westhouse Securities Limited

+44 20 7601 6100

Tim Feather / Matthew Johnson




Optiva Securities Limited


Jason Robertson

+44 20 3137 1906

Jeremy King

+44 20 3137 1904



Walbrook PR

+44 20 7933 8780

Louise Mason

Bob Huxford


 


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