Ernest Giles - Exploration Programme Commences

RNS Number : 3818H

Greatland Gold PLC

12 March 2018

 

12 March 2018

Dissemination of a Regulatory Announcement that contains inside information according to REGULATION (EU) No 596/2014 (MAR).

Greatland Gold plc

("Greatland" or "the Company")

Ernest Giles - Exploration Programme Commences

Further to the announcements on 5 and 20 February 2018, Greatland Gold plc (LON:GGP), the London Stock Exchange AIM listed precious and base metals exploration and development business, is pleased to announce that Mobile Metal Ion ("MMI") surveys have commenced at the Ernest Giles project. The Company expects to announce results from the MMI surveys prior to the commencement of drilling.

The current exploration programme at Ernest Giles will focus on three high priority targets at the Meadows, Wishbone and Empress areas. As announced on 5 February 2018, the current exploration programme includes plans for approximately 24 RC drill holes at the Meadows area to test a large 5km long by 1.5km wide anomaly defined by Deep Sensing Geochemistry work, and up to six RC holes at the Wishbone and Empress areas to test basement geology and physical rock properties.

Enquiries:

Greatland Gold PLC

Callum Baxter/Gervaise Heddle

Tel [phone]

Email:  [e-mail]

www.greatlandgold.com

SPARK Advisory Partners Limited (Nominated Adviser)

Mark Brady/Andrew Emmott/James Keeshan

Tel [phone]

SI Capital Limited (Broker)

Nick Emerson/Alan Gunn

Tel  [phone]

Luther Pendragon (Media and Investor Relations)

Harry Chathli/Ana Ribeiro/Alexis Gore

Tel [phone]

Notes for Editors:

Greatland Gold plc is London listed (LON:GGP) natural resource exploration and development company with a current focus on gold and nickel exploration projects.  

The Company has six main projects; four situated in Western Australia and two in Tasmania.  All projects are 100% owned by Greatland or Greatland has the right to take 100% ownership.  

Greatland is seeking to identify large mineral deposits in areas that have not been subject to extensive exploration previously.  It is widely recognised that the next generation of large deposits will come from such under-explored areas and Greatland is applying advanced exploration techniques to investigate a number of carefully selected targets within its focused licence portfolio.

The Company is also actively investigating a range of new opportunities in precious and strategic metals and will update the market on new opportunities as and when appropriate.

 

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