Nova Minerals Limited (ASX: NVA, OTC: NVAAF) has recommenced drilling at the high-grade RPM deposit as the company progresses the development of its flagship Estelle Gold Project in Alaska following the construction of drill pads over the last few weeks.
Growing and converting the current high-grade RPM 1.5 Moz @ 2g/t resource into the higher confidence Indicated category, to feed into the company’s Phase 2 Scoping Study scheduled for delivery later this year, the company’s absolute focus together with increasing the current resource.
Highlights
• Initial drilling has commenced west of the major discovery hole RPM-005 where in September 2021 the company hit an incredible intercept of 132m @ 10.1g/t. RPM-005 was the western most hole in the 2021 drill programme and Nova is continuing our drill efforts on from this bonanza grade zone.
• Additional drill rigs are currently being mobilised to RPM with a second rig expected to commence drilling next week and a third rig to commence by the end of June 2022.
• The various mine and process optimisation, material haulage and environmental studies for the Phase 2 Scoping Study, which data will also be incorporated into the PFS, and which will include both the Korbel and RPM deposits, continue to progress on budget and on time
“We are extremely excited to recommence drilling at the high-grade RPM deposit, which continues to amaze us,” CEO, Christopher Gerteisen, said.
“It is very gratifying to start from scratch in a new frontier doing what we do best and make such a significant discovery as we already have at the RPM deposit.
“With RPM showing all the signatures for over 1.4km in strike length we expect to rapidly increase both the size and confidence of the deposit in the current drill campaign.
“Nova is in an ideal position to achieve our goal of progressing both Korbel Main and RPM into production, whilst concurrently unlocking the Estelle Gold Trend.
“By implementing our dual exploration and development strategy, we will seek to maximise our ability to create value for shareholders through both resource growth and project development.”
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