Steve Parsons

Draig Resources has added some choice acreage to its gold portfolio by acquiring the Yandal South Prospect which is close to some of Western Australia's once great, but subsequently forgotten gold mines. The junior explorer is aiming to re-shine a number of abandoned West Australian mines by introducing state-of-the-art, modern exploration techniques into the equation.

Draig Resources’ punt on a high-grade parallel lode to the famed and now closed Bellevue mine in the Wiluna belt continues to pay off, with a new series of high-grade gold hits at the Tribune Lode. Latest drill results have extended the depth of Bellevue-style quartz sulphide gold and confirmed the continuity, prompting acceleration in drilling activity.

Draig Resources’ metallurgical tests have resulted in gold recoveries of up to 98.8% using conventional gravity and cyanide processing on ore from the Tribune Lode discovery just 2km from the historical Bellevue gold mine in W.A. Draig will test deeper extension targets below the Bellevue mine and it expects to complete a resource estimate for the project in the third quarter of 2018.

Draig Resources has discovered high grade gold mineralisation from deep exploratory scout drilling below the historical Bellevue gold mine near Leinster in W.A. Results include 2.5m @ 13.1g/t, 1.4m @ 9.6g/t and 0.3m @ 35.9g/t gold and are strongly supported by down-hole EM surveys showing off-hole conductors. The 800m long shear zone is interpreted to be an overlooked offset position from the original Bellevue ore lode.

Bellevue Gold has announced a high grade mineral resource of 1.9 million tonnes grading 8.2g/t gold for 500,000 ounces at its namesake project, near Leinster in the Goldfields of W.A. The resources lie adjacent to existing underground workings from surface to a depth of 450m. The company says this is an interim resource that still has significant scope to increase with more drilling.

ASX listed Bellevue Gold has made a bonanza hit of 4.3m @ 58.8g/t gold that is located between two previous high grade intersections at the Viago Lode discovery within its Bellevue gold project. The results have led the company to draw comparisons to the high-grade ore shoots at the historical Bellevue mine in terms of geology, grades and width.

ASX listed Bellevue Gold’s infill drilling program has returned more high grade near surface gold hits including an impressive 2m @ 40.8g/t gold at the Tribune Lode within its Bellevue gold project in the W.A. Goldfields region. The company is also accelerating exploration at the its Viago Lode discovery with a view towards defining an initial resource that will upgrade the project’s current half a million ounce resource.

Bellevue Gold has continued its dream run at the company’s namesake gold project near Leinster with a spectacular 10m drill intersection grading almost an ounce to the tonne gold. The company recently added a further drill rig on site to speed up the definition of the Viago lode and it is working on an updated mineral resource due later this year, which should reflect the latest exceptional results.

Bellevue Gold’s drilling program at the Viago lode at the Bellevue gold project in WA’s Goldfields region continues to return high grade hits including an intersection of 3m @ 85.9g/t gold from 597m down-hole which contains a 0.5m section going a whopping 445g/t gold. Step out drilling will be carried out to define the limits of the Viago lode, which remains open in all directions.

Fresh from its recent exploration success at the old Bellevue gold mine, Bellevue Gold now has its tail in the air with a successful $15m capital raise under its belt and a big exploration program ahead of it. The company has detailed a plan to ramp up exploration on several near mine targets at its namesake project near Leinster in WA.

Bellevue Gold is accelerating an updated resource estimate for its namesake gold project near Leinster in WA to the first quarter of 2019 thanks to ongoing high grade drilling results such as 2.4m @ 26.1g/t gold from 269.89m and 1.3m @ 35.2g/t gold. Drilling has also extended the Bellevue lode by a further 230m to the south of historic underground workings where mineralisation remains open in that direction.

Bellevue Gold has upgraded the inferred resources at its namesake project northwest of Leinster, WA, by 47% to 4Mt @ 11.8g/t gold for 1.53 million ounces of contained gold, just months after hitting the million ounce mark. Drilling is continuing at the very high-grade Viago Lode and Western Corridor and the company expects to release another mineral resource upgrade in the second quarter of this year.

Bellevue Gold’s first pass step-out drilling at its Bellevue project northwest of Leinster in the WA Goldfields has doubled the strike lengths of the high-grade Viago and Tribune gold lodes. Notable results include 4m @ 14.8g/t gold and 6m @ 24.9g/t gold. The company expects to release an upgrade to the current resource of 1.5 million contained ounces grading 11.8g/t gold in the second quarter of this year.

Bellevue Gold has unearthed three extensive, regional gold trends from a combination of historical data reviews and recent fieldwork adjacent to its 1.53 million ounce Bellevue gold resource located near Leinster, WA. The prospective structural corridors outlined at the Government Well, Bellevue North West and Bellevue West prospects are all set down for drill testing once regulatory approvals are in place.

Bellevue Gold’s deep hole drilled with the assistance of the WA Government’s exploration incentive scheme at its namesake project near Leinster, WA, has intersected visible gold below the historical Bellevue mine. The company’s own ongoing exploration program also discovered a new Viago look-alike target immediately west of the high-grade Tribune Lode.

Bellevue Gold has generated an updated mineral resource estimate for its flagship Bellevue gold deposit near Leinster, WA, revealing a 17% increase in the contained metal to 5 million tonnes grading 11.1g/t gold for 1.8 million ounces. Next steps at the project include completing metallurgical and geotechnical studies, establishing water supply locations for the proposed mining operation and refining geological resource models by completing infill drilling.

Bellevue Gold has discovered high-grade gold mineralisation below the historical Bellevue underground mine workings near Leinster, WA, with a peak result of 2.2m @ 27.8g/t gold from 656m down-hole. The new Deacon lode is located between 500m and 750m from the surface, over about 1km of strike, with mineralisation hosted in the same altered rocks as the mine and gold associated with sulphide minerals.

Bellevue Gold continues to churn out the high-grade gold hits beneath its historical namesake mine near Leinster, WA, with diamond drilling outside the current resource area returning a peak intersection of 4.4m @ 62.4g/t gold in the new Deacon Lode. The company has also intersected high-grade gold of up to 1.1m @ 75.3g/t gold from 654.6m at the newly discovered Mavis Lode that runs parallel to the Deacon Lode.

Bellevue Gold’s attempt to expand the footprint of its exciting Deacon and Mavis gold discoveries in WA’s Goldfields seems to be paying off, with a step-out diamond hole returning gold intercepts of 3.8 metres at 13.9g/t gold at Deacon and 1.7m at 5.9g/t gold at Mavis in the same drill hole that contained quartz, sulphides and visible gold mineralisation, just 400m east of historical underground mine workings.

A furious diamond drilling campaign at its namesake gold project near Leinster in WA, could see Bellevue Gold become the newest member of the exclusive two million gold ounce club. At the Tribune prospect, impressive assays include 9.6m at 14.1 g/t gold from 107.9m, 3m at 33g/t from 162m, 1.9m at 29.3g/t from 58m, 5.2m at 5.4g/t from 203m and 0.6m at 273.5g/t gold.

Bellevue Gold has set a cracking pace this year, turning its namesake project near Leinster in WA back into a living breathing thing after most technocrats had written it off as a mined out deposit. The company’s market cap rocketed to around $300m after catching the market’s attention in 2017 when it went looking for a parallel gold lode adjacent to the historically mined Bellevue mine.