Solstice Minerals (ASX: SLS) has obtained significant shallow gold intercepts returned from composite sampling of recent Reverse Circulation (RC) exploration drilling at the Bluetooth Gold Prospect, part of Solstice’s Yarri Gold Project in WA’s Eastern Goldfields.
First-stage RC drilling completed by Solstice late last year has returned strong gold intercepts in composite sampling along a 700m strike, including a standout intercept of 36m @ 1.55g/t Au from 20m in BTHRC016 plus 16m @ 1.85g/t Au from 44m in BTHRC013, 12m @ 1.18g/t Au from 68m in BTHRC014, 8m @ 1.07g/t Au from 48m in BTHRC001, 4m @ 1.62g/t Au from 60m in BTHRC019 and 4m @ 1.34g/t Au from 28m in BTHRC017.
“We’re delighted to get the New Year underway with some excellent RC drill results at Bluetooth, a Prospect that had seen limited previous RC testing, despite strong rock-chip and soil anomalism over deformed and quartz veined cherts and ironstones,” CEO and Managing Director, Nick Castleden, said.
“The 36m wide intercept in BTHRC016 is easily the best intercept to date at the Prospect and requires further drill testing to test dip and strike continuity. Gold at Bluetooth reports to shallowly dipping zones and fold hinges in the oxidised profile, a setting and geometry that encourages further shallow drilling to assess the potential for commercial near-surface ounces.
“The team is heading back to the field to collect one-metre confirmation samples, and these results will be used to drive follow-up drilling.”
Drilling has confirmed a local north-plunging fold closure at the northern end of the Prospect, with the 36m @ 1.55g/t intercept in BTHRC016 sitting within the interpreted fold hinge.
This geometry offers strong down-plunge drill targets around this zone, and elsewhere where folding is evident.
Bluetooth is just one of Solstice’s advanced gold exploration prospects scheduled for RC drilling during 2025 and is located within the Box Soak tenement group in the northeastern part of the Yarri landholdings.
