Surefire Resources NL Reported that a drilling rig is booked, and reverse circulation (RC) drilling is planned to start late February. Column leach test work has been initiated, following up from the previous excellent metallurgy sighter test work at the Company's Yidby Road Gold Project. ALS Perth has been contracted to complete column leach test work. RC Drilling A total of 2,500m of drilling is currently planned to follow up on the previously reported new discoveries of Marshall and Fender. Drilling will also test additional untested MMI gold anomalies. The drilling will step out to the north and the south on both the Marshall and Fender gold mineralised structures.
Pertinent features of the gold discoveries at Yidby are: Wide downhole mineralisation widths; High grade gold intersections; and Excellent metallurgy characteristics. 3 February 2023 Following up on the excellent sighter metallurgy test work results completed by ALS Perth. The Company has initiated column leach test work. The Company has initiated column leach test work with ALS Perth. The test work will be completed on diamond drill cores recovered from the recent diamond drilling program during November 2022. The test work will be completed in 2 stages as follows: Stage 1 - A total of 4 samples of quartered diamond core will be crushed and leached at a range of crush sizes - 4mm, 6mm, 8mm and 10mm. The samples will then be leached to provide a crush grade recovery curve. Stage 2 - Column leach testing of a total of 40kg of diamond drill core. Once the optimal crush size has been determined, the Company will proceed with the column leach test. Sufficient diamond core has been retained to complete multiple column leach tests.