16
April 2024
Lexington
Gold Ltd
("Lexington Gold" or the "Company")
Update
re: Jennings-Pioneer Drill
Programme, South Carolina, USA
Lexington Gold (AIM: LEX), the gold
exploration and development company with projects in South Africa
and the USA, is pleased to announce that the gold, silver and
copper exploration drill programme at its Jennings-Pioneer Project
in South Carolina, USA ("Jennings-Pioneer") has now been
completed.
Highlights:
·
Drilling activities at Jennings-Pioneer have been
successfully concluded for a total of 495m comprising three diamond
core holes.
·
Visual observations of massive sulphides,
semi-massive sulphides, and associated quartz barite veins were
found in all three holes.
·
Initial indications suggest that all target
mineralised zones of the Barite Hill trend were successfully
intersected, namely the Middle Ore Zone, the Foot Wall Ore Zone and
the Red Hill Ore Zone targets of the Barite Hill.
·
Chalcopyrite was observed in massive sulphide
zones and in quartz barite veins indicating the presence of copper
mineralisation at Jennings-Pioneer.
·
The drill core is currently undergoing cutting and
sampling during the remainder of April 2024 for submission to the
ALS Laboratory in Reno Nevada, USA with assay results currently
expected to be returned by June 2024.
Ed Nealon, Lexington Gold's
Chairman, commented:
"These are very promising initial
findings from our Jennings-Pioneer exploration drilling programme.
With such positive indications and observations, we continue to
press ahead with our activities and expect to have the drill core
cut and sampled by month end. With the subsequent assay results
expected to be received in June 2024, we look forward to providing
further updates to shareholders in due course."
Additional Information
Preliminary geologic observations on
the 495m of diamond core obtained from Jennings-Pioneer indicate
that the Barite Hill Trend gold-silver-copper mineralisation
continues along strike to the northeast of the historic Barite Hill
Main open pit gold-silver mine. Figure 1 Illustrates drilling along
this trend. These observations validate the Company's target model
that was created using historic mining and exploration data in
conjunction with more recent surface exploration and aerial
geophysics data. As indicated by this model, there are three ore
zones that comprise the Barite Hill Trend, namely the Footwall Ore
Zone, the Middle Ore Zone and the Red Hill Ore Zone (see Figure
2).
All three holes from the recently
completed drill programme contain broad zones of silica-sericite
alteration containing numerous intervals of massive to semi-massive
sulphides in each zone. These broad alteration-mineralisation zones
are between 31.00m to 61.20m thick in the drill core and the
numerous intervals of semi-massive sulphides and massive sulphides
within such alteration zones are between 0.50m to 5.00m thick. Ore
textures include sulphides with quartz and barite as matrix
material in a breccia (see Figure 3), massive sulphides parallel to
foliation (see Figure 4), and sulphides along the margins of quartz
barite veins (see Figure 5). Pyrite is the dominant sulphide
followed by chalcopyrite. Minor sphalerite and galena are also
present in the drill core.
Figure 1:
Logan Drilling USA completing the final hole of the spring 2024
drill programme on the Barite Hill Trend at
Jennings-Pioneer.
Figure 2: Barite Hill Trend
explicit geologic block model and implicit modelled ore zone grade
shells with 2024 diamond core drill traces. Red portions of the
drill traces are zones of alteration and mineralisation as
indicated by geologic logging.
Figure 3: Core segment from
recent drilling displaying sulphides with quartz and barite as
matrix material in a breccia.
Figure 4: Core segment from
recent drilling displaying massive pyrite parallel to foliation
planes.
Figure 5: Core segment from
recent drilling displaying a white quartz barite vein with
sulphides along its margins.
Competent Person's
Statement
The information contained in this
announcement that relates to exploration activities is based upon
information compiled by Edward Nealon, Chairman of Lexington Gold.
Mr Nealon is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and
Metallurgy (AusIMM) and has sufficient experience which is relevant
to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under
consideration and to the activity being undertaken to qualify as a
Competent Person as defined in the December 2012 edition of the
"Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral
Resources and Ore Reserves" (JORC Code). Mr Nealon consents to the
inclusion in this announcement of the matters based upon the
information in the form and context in which it appears.
For further information, please
contact:
Lexington Gold Ltd
Bernard Olivier (Chief Executive
Officer)
Edward Nealon (Chairman)
Mike Allardice (Group Company
Secretary)
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www.lexingtongold.co.uk
via Yellow
Jersey
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Strand Hanson Limited (Nominated Adviser)
Matthew Chandler / James Bellman /
Abigail Wennington
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www.strandhanson.co.uk
T: +44 207
409 3494
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Ireland Limited (Joint Broker)
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Katy Mitchell
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T: +44 207
220 1666
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Peterhouse Capital Limited (Joint Broker)
Duncan Vasey / Lucy Williams
(Broking)
Eran Zucker (Corporate
Finance)
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www.peterhousecap.com
T: +44 207
469 0930
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Yellow Jersey PR Limited (Financial Public
Relations)
Charles Goodwin / Annabelle
Wills
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www.yellowjerseypr.com
T: +44
7747 788 221
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The information contained within
this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside
information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulation (EU)
No. 596/2014 as it forms part of United Kingdom domestic law by
virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended by
virtue of the Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations
2019.
Note to Editors:
Lexington Gold (AIM: LEX) is a gold
exploration and development company currently holding interests in
four diverse gold projects, covering a combined area of
approximately 1,675 acres in North and South Carolina, USA and in
five gold projects covering approximately 89,505 hectares in South
Africa.
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