Antipa Minerals has discovered a second large surface geochemical gold and pathfinder anomaly at its Wilki farm-in project in Western Australia.
In 2020, Antipa entered into a farm-in agreement with Newcrest Mining for the 2180km2 landholding Antipa owns in the Paterson Province of WA, known as the Wilki project.
Then Newmont inherited the farm-in agreement, as well as management and operation of Wilki, when it acquired Newcrest last year.
The Wilki area surrounds the Telfer gold-copper mine and is within 9km of the Havieron gold-copper project, both now owned by Greatland Gold.
Antipa conducted exploration programs in 2023 and 2024 at Wilki, which were fully funded and operated by Newmont.
The 2024 program saw 1145 samples taken, with 1099 identifying several targets. One of these targets was a large surface geochemical gold and pathfinder anomaly, which has been named Jezabeel and is located 4km northeast of Telfer.
Jezabeel stretches 3km long by up to 1.3km wide and recorded a peak surface geochemical sample lag result of 0.21 grams per tonne (g/t) of gold.
The anomaly remains open in several directions and has limited historic rotary air blast and air core drilling intersections of up to 4m at 0.13 g/t gold.
“Further surface sampling may be required to extend coverage and refine Jezabeel,” Antipa said.
“Additional surface geochemical anomalies have also been identified northwest along trend from Thomson’s Dome, adjacent to Black Hills, and at ‘zero trend’.”
Antipa plans to continue exploration at Wilki in 2025, with the program intended “to deliver greenfield discoveries in the style of Havieron, Winu and Telfer”.
“Consistent with previous years, the proposed FY25 (2024–25 financial year) exploration program and budget will be subject to ongoing review by Newmont based on results, field conditions, contractor availability and pricing and other relevant matters,” Antipa said.
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