Dark Horse Resources gears up for drill campaign on newly acquired Tampere gold project in Finland

Its a time of significant change for Dark Horse Resources Ltd (ASX:DHR). The company is expected to list on a European stock exchange in the near future in order to reflect better the strategic shift that has taken place, as it has moved its focus away from Argentina towards Finland and Sweden, where it has recently acquired new properties.

The precise timing of the European listing has yet to be decided, since the coronavirus is playing havoc with many peoples timetables, but Dark Horse is already listed in Australia, so sophisticated European investors already have a chance to buy in if they want to.

Now might be an opportune time, because the companys plans for transformation are only just getting started, according to chief executive David Mason.

“Our new business strategy is to source gold projects in good mining jurisdictions worldwide, with a particular emphasis on Australia, North America and Europe,” he says.

“Weve evaluated numerous projects over the past six months, and were still looking at assets in North America and Australia. But our first is the Tampere gold project in Finland.”

So, more deals could be on the way. in the meantime, though, an operational pullback from Argentina has been effected, and in a short space of time Finland has become the focus.

The deal was announced in early June, and on 7 July Dark Horse said that the completion of the permit purchase agreement with the seller, Sotkamo Silver AB, was reaching its final stages.

Around A$675,000 has been raised to get to work, and a drill programme is planned for later in the year, and an ongoing shareholder participation could another A$1mln or more.

But whats the opportunity here, if Sotkamo has seen fit to sell these assets?

The answer is that Sotkamo has recently put a silver mine into production, and that process has changed its whole way of looking at the world. Its no longer really an explorer, and assets like the Tampere gold project were no longer a key focus.

In the end, Sotkamo parted with Tampere and an associated portfolio of Swedish tungsten assets for €150,000 clean, with no residual milestone or royalty payments left hanging over Dark Horse. In that sense the deal looks a good one from the Dark Horse perspective.

Now the company has to get out and find some gold.

The initial area of operations will be on Hopeavuori leases, which already boast 3,000 metres worth of historic drilling. Some good gold intercepts were returned from this drilling, with highlights including 11.5 metres at 19.4 grams per tonne and three metres grading 106.7 grams per tonne, both close to surface.

Indeed, of the 54 holes previously drilled, none went deeper than 100 metres, while laterally they only covered around 200 metres of strike.

Mason reckons that the strike could be as much as 800 metres long, and with the mineralisation open at depth too, theres clearly an opportunity for some ambitious resource development work to be done.

Accordingly, the drilling should start in September or October of this year, supported by the new money, and it will be interesting to see the results as they come in.

In the meantime, Dark Horse will also be evaluating the other gold prospects in the new portfolio, some of which also haveRead More – Source

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