- Title:
Ragged Range Gold Project - Field Work Commences - Time:
07:47:17 - Date:
12 Apr 2021 - Category:
Miscellaneous - ID:
1105V
12 April 2021
THOR MINING PLC
RAGGED RANGE GOLD PROJECT - FIELD WORK COMMENCES
The directors of Thor Mining Plc ("Thor" or the "Company") (AIM, ASX: THR, OTCQB: THORF) are pleased to announce, field work has commenced at it 100% owned Ragged Range Project located in the Pilbara, Western Australia.
The field program is designed to follow up previously reported success from stream sediment samples collected across the tenements, which defined a highly anomalous 13km long gold target zone, with gold values up to 2.2g/t Au (20PST 51 FA25) and 1886ppb Au (20PST 54 Au AR25) and identified three magnetic targets;
Highlights:
§ Extensive geochemical field program has commenced at Ragged Range;
§ Program consists of soil, stream sediment and rockchip sampling in conjunction with geological mapping;
§ The field program also targets follow up at the Sterling Prospect, where the thrust faulted mafic/ultramafic contact is considered a priority target;
§ Drilling logistical activities will also be completed whilst the team is in the field;
§ Next Steps: RC drilling program scheduled for May/June 2021 targeting gold at Sterling Central and Nickel gossan.
Mick Billing, Executive Chairman of Thor Mining, commented:
"After a lengthy wet season, we are excited to be back out in the field exploring the Ragged Ranges Project.
"A number of gold targets have been identified from both previous geochemical programs and the airborne magnetic survey and we look forward to firming these up for the upcoming drilling program.
"Access logistics will also be established for the maiden drill program for this project, scheduled shortly.
"We look forward to updating investors of progress, as results become available."
The information contained within this announcement is deemed to constitute inside information as stipulated under the UK Market Abuse Regulation. Upon the publication of this announcement, this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.
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For further information on the Company, please visit www.thormining.com or contact the following:
| Thor Mining PLC |
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| Mick Billing, Executive Chairman Ray Ridge, CFO / Company Secretary |
Tel: +61 (8) 7324 1935 Tel: +61 (8) 7324 1935 |
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| WH Ireland Limited (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker) |
Tel: +44 (0) 207 220 1666 |
| Jessica Cave / Darshan Patel Jasper Berry (Corporate Broking) |
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| SI Capital Limited (Joint Broker) |
Tel: +44 (0) 1483 413 500 |
| Nick Emerson |
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| Yellow Jersey (Financial PR) |
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| Sarah Hollins / Henry Wilkinson |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3004 9512 |
Competent Persons Report
The information in this report that relates to exploration results is based on information compiled by Nicole Galloway Warland, who holds a BSc Applied geology (HONS) and who is a Member of The Australian Institute of Geoscientists. Ms Galloway Warland is an employee of Thor Mining PLC. She has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which she is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 Edition of the 'Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves'. Nicole Galloway Warland consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on her information in the form and context in which it appears.
Updates on the Company's activities are regularly posted on Thor's website www.thormining.com, which includes a facility to register to receive these updates by email, and on the Company's twitter page @ThorMining.
About Thor Mining PLC
Thor Mining PLC (AIM, ASX: THR; OTCQB: THORF) is a diversified resource company quoted on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange, ASX in Australia and OTCQB Market in the United States.
The Company is advancing its diversified portfolio of precious, base, energy and strategic metal projects across USA and Australia. Its focus is on progressing its copper, gold, uranium and vanadium projects, while seeking investment/JV opportunities to develop its tungsten assets.
Thor owns 100% of the Ragged Range Project, comprising 92 km2 of exploration licences with highly encouraging early stage gold and nickel results in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, for which drilling is planned in the first half of 2021.
At Alford East in South Australia, Thor is earning an 80% interest in copper deposits considered amenable to extraction via Insitu Recovery techniques (ISR). In January 2021, Thor announced an Inferred Mineral Resource Estimate of 177,000 tonnes contained copper & 71,000 oz gold¹.
Thor also holds a 30% interest in Australian copper development company EnviroCopper Limited, which in turn holds rights to earn up to a 75% interest in the mineral rights and claims over the resource on the portion of the historic Kapunda copper mine and the Alford West copper project, both situated in South Australia and both considered amenable to recovery by way of ISR.²³
Thor holds 100% interest in two private companies with mineral claims in the US states of Colorado and Utah with historical high-grade uranium and vanadium drilling and production results.
Thor holds 100% of the advanced Molyhil tungsten project, including indicated and inferred resources⁴, in the Northern Territory of Australia, which was awarded Major Project Status by the Northern Territory government in July 2020.
Adjacent to Molyhil, at Bonya, Thor holds a 40% interest in deposits of tungsten, copper, and vanadium, including Inferred resource estimates for the Bonya copper deposit, and the White Violet and Samarkand tungsten deposits.⁵
Thor holds 100% of the Pilot Mountain tungsten project in Nevada, USA which has a JORC 2012 Indicated and Inferred Resources Estimate on 2 of the 4 known deposits.⁶
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