Alice Queen Ltd (ASX: AQX) is underway with 2020 exploration programs across its projects with drilling at the Horn Island JV in Queensland and at Yarindury within the Northern Molong Project in New South Wales.
The companys strategy for increasing shareholder value in 2020 is centred on these two projects.
Alice Queen managing director Andrew Buxton said: “Having made great strides with our JV partner St Barbara in the latter part of 2019 and also commencing exploration drilling at our Northern Molong project, Yarindury, we are poised to further build value in 2020.
“The drilling program recommenced at Yarindury in early January and whilst this … is nearing completion, additional land access efforts to further target areas and drilling applications remain ongoing.
With drilling also now underway at the site of the gold mineral resource at Horn Island, Buxton said the company expected a steady stream of newsflow over the coming months as these programs progressed.
Horn Island JV
During the first six months of the earn-in JV with St Barbara Ltd (ASX:SBM), at which St Barbara is earning up to 70% in defined areas, the first two works programs were completed successfully.
Soils and rock chip programs were completed in October 2019 and the subsequent ground Dipole Induced Polarisation (DDIP) Survey was completed prior to Christmas.
Anomalous gold results from the surface program were returned and the DDIP survey was undertaken over a similar area.
The DDIP and surface results will be assessed ahead of the next stage in the exploration program.
Mineral resource drilling
Drilling as part of a targeted PQ diamond core drill program is underway at the Horn Island pit, which is excluded from the JV.
This consists of three holes for 540 metres to provide a larger sample size from within the existing mineral resource to further advance planning for future resource drilling, as well as providing sufficient material for bulk ore sorting test work with Tomra.
The gold within the Horn Island inferred resource is predominantly contained within the quartz veins and not within the host rock which means Tomra ore sorting technologies offer the potential to reduce the mass of material prior to milling by separating veins from the host rock.
This could reduce the scale and cost of the processing plant required as well as potential operating cost savings.
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