Augustus Minerals has returned high-grade assay results from its June reverse circulation drilling program at the Clifton East prospect within the Music Well Gold Project in Western Australia, highlighted by a peak intersection of 19.5 g/t gold from a single metre.

The drilling returned the highest grades to date at the prospect, intersecting 8 metres at 3.27 g/t gold from 72 metres in hole MWRC0019, which included the 19.5 g/t assay from 73 to 74 metres. Additional reverse circulation results from the June program included 12 metres at 0.94 g/t gold from 39 metres in MWRC0015, which encompassed a 5-metre section grading 1.38 g/t gold, and 3 metres at 1.06 g/t gold from 36 metres in MWRC0016.

Gold mineralisation has now been identified over a 400-metre strike length within a broader 1.2-kilometre-long soil anomaly. Structural measurements taken from diamond core hole MWD0001 indicate that higher grades are associated with pyritic quartz veins dipping steeply and obliquely to the overall northwest dip of the wider alteration zones.

“The June drilling confirmed that a significant alteration and gold mineralised system is present at Clifton East. The 19.5g/t single metre assay from 72m in MWRC0019 also illustrates the potential of the prospect to host higher grade veins. The dip and frequency of these veins within the broader mineralised zones will be tested with some new holes oriented to the northwest in the next few weeks.”

— Andrew Ford, General Manager Exploration

Augustus holds exploration licenses and applications covering 1,242 square kilometres at the Music Well Gold Project, situated 35 kilometres north of Leonora.

Assay results from the diamond core hole MWD0001 are expected within five to six weeks. Meanwhile, a new reverse circulation drilling program designed to test for oblique higher-grade quartz vein zones is planned to commence in two to three weeks, pending site access after recent rain.

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