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Pantoro Limited advised today an intersection of very high-grade gold mineralisation from the Sailfish Prospect at Norseman.
Key Highlights

Drilling returned 8.1 m@ 67.29 g/t Au from 78.6 m downhole.
The intersection included 0.7 m@ 521 g/t and 0.25 m@ 252g/t Au.
3.9 m of core loss within the intersection is assumed to be O g/t in calculation of the weighted average ore interval. In general the core loss was adjacent to the very high grade core intervals within the broader intersection.
Other significant intercepts include 1.8 m @ 4.25 g/t Au, and 3.5 m @ 2.56g/t Au.
Confirms historical intersection of 1.5 m @461.47 gt/Au, drilled by Western Mining in 1992.

Commenting on the results, Managing Director Paul Cmrlec said: "These results from our initial eight diamond drill hole program at the Sailfish prospect on Lake Cowan highlights the immense exploration potential of the project, and in particular the likely presence of further very high-grade mineralisation that Norseman has been known for over many decades. Our exploration programs in these areas are in their very early stages and it is too early to speculate what the results may mean in the context of the broader project. Our geology team at Norseman continues to work with our key consultants to better understand the geometry and geological setting within the immediate area ahead of additional drilling. We are also working with our drilling contractors to increase the drill hole diameter in order to maximise core recovery in our future programs:'

Calidus Resources Limited announced today that it had received firm commitments to raise $25 million via a share placement. The bids received under the Placement exceeded the Placement Shares to be issued, and accordingly, some bids will be scaled to accommodate the strong demand. Proceeds of the Placement will be used to fund a dual strategy of commencement of works at the Warrawoona Gold Project in the Pilbara and enlarging the Company’s exploration programmes.
Calidus Managing Director Dave Reeves said: “This raising ensures Calidus can move quickly to maximise the full value of Warrawoona for shareholders. By pushing ahead with early construction works, we can maximise our ability to capitalise on the strong gold price and begin to generate cash flow. At the same time, we can ramp up our exploration program, which has significant potential to create further value.

Musgrave Minerals Ltd announced today assay results for a further seven reverse circulation (“RC”) drill holes from the current program at the new Starlight gold discovery. The Starlight link-lode at the Break of Day deposit is located on the Company’s 100% owned ground at its flagship Cue Gold Project in Western Australia’s Murchison district. The drilling is focused on infilling and extending the new high-grade Starlight lode where mineralisation has been intersected over a strike of more than 115m and remains open down-dip and along strike.
Musgrave Managing Director Rob Waugh said “These are amazing gold grades to see in near-surface drilling. Our deepest holes to date are still in high-grade mineralisation at 200 vertical metres where Starlight remains open down dip. The bonanza grades near-surface will have a significant positive impact on future development at Break of Day.”

Mincor Resources NL advised that ongoing diamond drilling at the Cassini nickel sulphide deposit at Kambalda has returned another exceptional high-grade nickel intercept which yielded 15.4m at 4.7% Ni including a massive sulphide high-grade core of 8.6m @ 7.0% Ni.
Mincor’s Managing Director, David Southam, said the Cassini deposit was continuing to yield impressive high-grade, high-tenor nickel intercepts with ongoing drilling, clearly demonstrating its potential as a cornerstone deposit for the Company’s nickel restart plans.
“The estimated true width of this latest intersection at 13.2 metres means this is the highest value intercept that Cassini has delivered so far – a fantastic achievement by our exploration team,” he said. “The deposit continues to evolve and grow with recent diamond drilling highlighting the thickness and high-grade nature of the mineralisation in the CS5 channel, which was only identified relatively recently. Pleasingly, today’s result is 73m along strike from MDD329W2, which yielded 6.3m at 7.1% nickel. This shows the potential for Cassini to continue to grow as drilling continues to track the key nickel-hosting channels down-plunge, typical of all Kambalda komatiite-hosted nickel sulphide deposits.”

Genesis Minerals Limited announced today it has intersected significant high-grade gold mineralisation from recently commenced resource upgrade drilling from within and adjacent to the 760,000oz Ulysses Mineral Resource located 30km south of Leonora in WA.
Initial assay results from the recently initiated drilling program have been received from drilling at Ulysses West. Drilling is targeting areas within and adjacent to the current Resource boundary. A further 15,000m of drilling will be completed over the coming few months to upgrade the top 200m of the resource in preparation for mining. Drilling will target approximately 1,000m of strike and some 300m of down-dip extent within and adjacent to the current Resource envelope.
Results Include

9.05m @ 9.94g/t gold from 142.15m 19USDH079 ➢ including 5.6m @ 14.92g/t gold
3m @ 5.56g/t gold from 174m 19USDH080 ➢ including 0.87m @ 13.4g/t gold
1.73m @ 6.4g/t gold from 192.60m 19USDH081 ➢ including 0.68m @ 14.9g/t gold
6.24m @ 10.62g/t gold from 223.03m 19USDH083 ➢ including 4.63m @ 14.1g/t gold
6.14m @ 9.52g/t gold from 232.48m 19USDH085 ➢ including 2.82m @ 19.8g/t gold
3m @ 8.6g/t gold from 216m 19USRC378 ➢ including 2m @ 11.6g/t gold

Genesis Managing Director, Michael Fowler, said “Drilling has resumed and is now in full swing at Ulysses, with two rigs now operating to in-fill and extend the main Resource. A third rig should arrive over the next few weeks to speed up the program, which is essentially designed to upgrade the Resource in preparation for mining. The initial focus will be on upgrading the upper 200m of the Resource, although we will in time further test the edges of the Resource and further investigate potential down-plunge and strike extensions and repetitions. All of the information from the current program will be combined with recent drilling for inclusion in a Resource upgrade planned for Q4 this year.”
 

Gold Road Resources Limited, reported today the first gold bars were poured over the weekend at the Gruyere Gold Project (Gruyere), located approximately 200 kilometres east of Laverton in Western Australia. The three doŕe gold bars totalling an estimated 1139 oz were produced from the Carbon‐in‐ Leach CIL circuit.
Gold Fields Executive Vice President, Stuart Mathews, said: “The pouring of the first gold at a global Tier 1 gold mine like Gruyere is a significant achievement. Gruyere is a tremendous asset based on a world‐class orebody and a forecast long mine life. The Gruyere JV’s focus now shifts to the safe and successful ramp‐up to nameplate capacity to allow us to deliver full value to all stakeholders. I would like to acknowledge the outstanding safety performance of the construction team which achieved 3 million construction hours without a lost time injury.”
Gold Road Managing Director and CEO, Duncan Gibbs, said: “This weekend’s gold pour is a tremendous milestone given that the Gold Road team discovered the world‐class Gruyere orebody less than six years ago. Importantly, Gold Road joins the ranks of ASX‐listed gold producers as owner of a 50% stake in the world‐class Gruyere gold mine. Our work is far from done – we remain committed to exploring the highly prospective Yamarna Greenstone Belt to unlock the potential through the discovery of more resource ounces for Gruyere and new discoveries that could be developed as stand‐alone gold mines. I want to thank the entire Gold Road team and our Gruyere JV partner, Gold Fields, for the safe and successful delivery of first gold at Gruyere.”

The combination of a low Australian dollar and rising gold prices has pushed the Australian Gold Prices above AUD 2000 this morning. The rising gold price is a welcome boost to the Australian gold sector, which has helped lift leading Australian gold miners to record share values. Market leaders, including Northern Star and Evolution have seen intraday gains of over 7%.
In 2019, Mining Employment Services has seen a surge in labour needs in the gold sector in both gold exploration and gold production-based roles. The most significant job increases have been in Western Australia, where demand is outstripping supply.

Novo Resources Corp announced today that it has entered into a US $30 million farm-in and joint venture agreement with Sumitomo Corporation of Tokyo, Japan, and its wholly-owned Australian subsidiary in order to advance Novo’s Egina project located approximately 80 km south-southwest of Port Hedland.
“Novo’s Egina project is an early-stage, high-potential gold project,” commented Dr. Quinton Hennigh, Chairman and President of Novo Resources Corp. “Sumitomo, upon conducting their own technical review, has developed a similar opinion. It is remarkable for an exploration company to team up with a world-class finance partner like Sumitomo. With Sumitomo’s financial backing, we aim to quickly advance Egina through exploration and test-extraction phases with the ultimate goal, should results prove favourable, of setting the project on a path to production. Novo has been developing the relationship with Sumitomo for many years, built on a foundation of mutual trust and respect. The combined teams have the technical capacity to advance this unique gold deposit and we are honoured to work with Sumitomo’s capable technical team.”

Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd. announced overnight that the Company has revised and increased its consolidated three-year production guidance and improved its unit-cost guidance for 2019. The Company also announced today Mineral Reserve and Mineral Resource estimates for December 31, 2018, which include growth in Mineral Reserve ounces and average grades at both Fosterville and Macassa, as well as on a consolidated basis.
Key Highlights of the Production Guidance and Mineral Reserve Estimates Include:

Potential for a million ounces in 2019 with three-year production guidance increased to 920,000 – 1,000,000 ounces for this year, 930,000 – 1,010,000 ounces for 2020 and 995,000 – 1,055,000 for 2021;Fosterville three-year guidance revised to 550,000 – 610,000 ounces for 2019 and 2020, with production guidance for 2021 remaining unchanged at 570,000 – 610,000 ounces, respectively; Production to resume at Holloway, with 20,000 ounces expected in 2019 increasing to 50,000 ounces by 2021
Consolidated unit-cost guidance for 2019 improved, with operating cash costs per ounce guidance revised to $300 – $320 from $360 – $380 previously, with AISC per ounce sold improved to $520 – $560 compared to previous guidance of $630 – $680; Fosterville’s 2019 operating costs per ounce sold guidance improved to $170 – $190 from $200 – $220 previously
Consolidated Mineral Reserves increase 1.1 million ounces or 24% to 5,750,000 ounces @ 15.8 grams per tonne (“g/t”) at December 31, 2018 (total additions of 1,860,000 ounces before depletion of 750,000 ounces)
Fosterville Mineral Reserves increase 1,020,000 ounces or 60% to 2,720,000 ounces @ 31.0 g/t at December 31, 2018 from 1,700,000 ounces @ 23.1 g/t (total additions in 2018 of 1,386,000 ounces before depletion of 366,000 ounces); Growth in Mineral Reserves at December 31, 2018 reflects 34% increase in average grade and 19% growth in total tonnes, to 2,720,000 tonnes from 2,290,000 tonnes at December 31, 2017
Mineral Reserves at Macassa increase 11% to 2,250,000 ounces @ 21.9 g/t from 2,030,000 ounces @ 21.0 g/t at December 31, 2017 (total additions of 464,000 ounces before depletion of 244,000 ounces)

Tony Makuch, President and Chief Executive Officer of Kirkland Lake Gold, commented: “Since November 2016, Fosterville has been transformed into one of the world’s highest-grade, most profitable gold mines, which has greatly benefited Kirkland Lake Gold and its shareholders. The completion of Fosterville’s December 31, 2018 Mineral Reserve and Mineral Resource estimates, with the related revisions to its life of mine plan and production profile, have taken that transformation to an even higher level, with the potential for much more to come. Largely driven by the 34% increase in the Fosterville Mineral Reserve grade, we are now on track to achieve significantly higher levels of production at Fosterville in 2019 than previously expected and could reach one million ounces of annual gold production as early as this year. Just as encouraging as the growth in ounces, is the fact that with a higher average grade at Fosterville, as well as at Macassa, our Mineral Reserve ounces are more valuable, which means improved unit costs and increased cash flow per ounce going forward based on current gold prices.
“Looking at our Mineral Reserves in more detail, the 24% increase in consolidated Mineral Reserves is a testament to the effectiveness of the infill drilling programs at Fosterville and Macassa. At Fosterville, there is considerable potential for further Mineral Reserve growth at a number of areas, including the Swan Zone, other parts of the Lower Phoenix system, Harrier and a number of other targets, like Robbin’s Hill, where early exploration results demonstrate the potential for attractive economic orebodies. Turning to Macassa, we converted close to half a million ounces of Mineral Resources to Mineral Reserves in 2018 and have a number of high-potential areas in and around the South Mine Complex (“SMC”) that we are targeting for future growth in Mineral Reserves and Mineral Resources.”

Panoramic Resources Limited announced today that first shipment of bulk nickel/copper/cobalt concentrate from the Company’s recently recommissioned Savannah Project in the Kimberley region of Western Australia has departed Wyndham, bound for Lianyungang, China.
The MV Heemskerkgracht departedwith 7,735wmt of nickel/copper/cobalt concentrate on-board, with a preliminary invoice value of approximately A$ 8.6million.
Commenting on this milestone, Panoramic’s Managing Director, Peter Harold said “it is wonderful to see Savannah concentrate being shipped again from Wyndham. This is a significant milestone in the recommissioning of the mine and processing plant at Savannah and I would like to thank the team at Savannah for their efforts to get the project going again."