Solstice Minerals Limited has intersected wide, high-grade copper and gold mineralization at depth in step-down diamond drill hole NANRCD005 at the Nanadie Copper-Gold Project in Western Australia.

The drill hole returned a total combined intercept of 722.3 metres grading 0.44% copper and 0.13g/t gold from the granite margin to the end of the hole, extending the mineralized system more than 500 metres below the current Mineral Resource Estimate boundary and over 700 metres below the surface.

Significant higher-grade sub-intervals within the broader envelope include 28 metres at 1.31% copper and 0.30g/t gold from 630 metres, and 43.3 metres at 0.91% copper and 0.35g/t gold from 761.7 metres.

The 100%-owned Nanadie Copper-Gold Project is underpinned by an existing Inferred Mineral Resource Estimate of 40.4 million tonnes at 0.4% copper and 0.1g/t gold containing 162,000 tonnes of copper and 130,000 ounces of gold.

“NANRCD005 is an extraordinary drillhole that marks another defining moment in the rapidly unfolding story at Nanadie. The combined 722.3m @ 0.44% Cu, 0.13g/t Au intercept - inclusive of all post-mineral dykes and low-grade zones - provides definitive evidence that the deposit will continue to deliver scale and grade way beyond the current MRE limits. Within that broad mineralised envelope, we are seeing multiple substantial higher-grade zones such as 28m @ 1.31% Cu, 0.3g/t Au and 43.3m @ 0.91% Cu, 0.35g/t Au - showing that grade as well as scale persist at depth.”

— Mr Nick Castleden, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director

Assay results continue to match closely with previously logged zones of visible chalcopyrite. Solstice Minerals awaits assay results from a further 14 completed diamond holes and over 20 RC holes at the Nanadie Copper-Gold Project.

Drilling operations are set to accelerate following the completion of expanded camp and core processing facilities, with multiple reverse circulation and diamond rigs expected to operate through the remainder of the year. Solstice Minerals expects a second RC rig on site shortly to conduct first short-hole RC drilling into unexplored strike positions at the Stark Prospect.

Read the full announcement: Nanadie High-Grade Copper-Gold Zones Extend Over 700m Deep