Bellevue Gold has shared results from a recent drilling program undertaken at the Deacon Main area.
The Deacon Main area is one of the four initial main production areas that will make up the Bellevue gold project, which is a historic gold mining operation located approximately 40 kilometres north of Leinster in the northern Goldfields region in Western Australia.
The Deacon Main area is the final area of Bellevue’s 2024 financial year (FY24) scheduled to be infill drilled. The company described the area as “a significant contributor to the overall project life of mine”.
The Deacon Main area drilling remains ongoing, but the drilling undertaken so far has confirmed a significant shear zone that is 4–14 metres (m) wide.
Reported intersections from the Deacon Main area drilling include:
- 0m at 49.4 grams per tonne (g/t) gold
- 9m at 20.5 g/t gold
- 4m at 15.4 g/t gold
- 5m at 27.2 g/t gold
- 7m at 26.0 g/t gold
- 3m at 20.3 g/t gold
- 8m at 14.5 g/t gold
- 3m at 269.9 g/t gold
- 1m at 9.4 g/t gold
- 9m at 15.4 g/t gold
“These great results provide more strong comfort about the outlook for the start of mining at Bellevue,” Bellevue Gold chief executive officer Darren Stralow said.
“Deacon is one of four early-stage mining areas within the project, giving us maximum flexibility and diversification. The high grades and strong continuity add to the de-risking process as we prepare for first production in the coming quarter.”
Ore development remains on schedule at the Bellevue South, Armand and Marceline areas – the three other areas of the Bellevue project, and the first ore from Deacon is expected to arrive in October.
Bellevue shared drilling results from Bellevue South and Armand in early August.
Construction of the Bellevue project remains on track with all major plant components installed and first production is set for the December 2023 quarter.