Crusader Resources encounters big gold hits at Dona Maria

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Crusader Resources (ASX: CAS) reported high‐grade results from recent drilling carried out on the Dona Maria prospect, part of the company’s e Juruena project in Central Brazil.

Crusader encountered, what it described as, “a spectacular high‐grade gold intercept, from the latest hole, MD‐09, to be drilled at Dona Maria, which returned:

10 metres at 101 grams per tonne gold from 125m, including:

1m at 65.36g/t gold from 126m;
0.5m at 10.24g/t gold from 127m;
1m at 24.3g/t gold from 131m;
1m at 104g/t gold from 132m; and
0.4m at 2,009g/t gold from 133m.

“We are obviously really excited to get such an extraordinary hit and even more so that it occurs as part of a broad, high‐ grade intercept,” Crusader Resources managing director Rob Smakman said in the company’s announcement to the Australian Securities Exchange.

The central zone at Dona Maria is proving to be the source of some of the best intercepts in the district and indicates a broad, high‐grade zone that is continuous and relatively close to surface.

“We are confident the results will help achieve our goals of increasing the confidence level and size of the Dona Maria resource.”

The latest results follow on from results Cursader announced in August from hole MD‐06 (up dip of MD‐09) at Dona Maria including:

1.5m at 141g/t gold from 45m
4m at 8g/t gold from 96m, including 1m at 27.99g/t gold; and
4m at 3.98g/t gold from 77m, including 1m at 11.09g/t gold.

Crusader Resources said the central zone of Dona Maria has now returned some of the highest grades of the Juruena district, from both historical drilling as well as results from the company’s current campaign.

Website: www.crusaderresources.com