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Gold Road Resources Enters Race for Apollo Consolidated

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THE BOURSE WHISPERER: Gold Road Resources (ASX: GOR) declared its hand as it vies for the affections of Apollo Consolidated (ASX: AOP) shareholders with rival bidder Ramelius Resources (ASX: RMS).

Gold Road Resources has emerged with an unconditional off-market takeover offer of 56 cents cash per share for all the issued and outstanding ordinary shares in Apollo Consolidated.

Gold Road’s asserted its offer superior to the offer announced earlier this week by Ramelius saying it provides Apollo shareholders with a compelling opportunity to realise certain and near-term value for their shares at a price that represents the all-time highest price paid for an Apollo share.

What also emerged from the Gold Road announcement is that it has been in discussion with its target leading up to making the offer.

“Gold Road makes an unconditional off-market takeover offer for Apollo Consolidated Ltd following prior engagement with Apollo and due diligence access,” the company revealed.

Like its rival in Ramelius before it, Gold Road highlighted Apollo’s healthy bank balance of approx. $35 million and its flagship Lake Rebecca gold project, complete with a JORC compliant Mineral Resource of 29.1 million tonnes at 1.2 grams per tonne gold for 1.1 million ounces of gold, as the prize for any successful suitor.

“The Offer aligns with Gold Road’s strategy to grow and diversify its growth pipeline with high quality, low risk opportunities in tier one jurisdictions,” Gold Road explained.

“Given a successful outcome, Gold Road intends to undertake continued exploration and studies designed to advance the Lake Rebecca project.

“Gold Road has the balance sheet and capabilities to grow resources at Lake Rebecca and develop new mining operations.

“These activities are exactly aligned with Gold Road’s core competencies, as demonstrated by the discovery of the Gruyere deposit, subsequent resource growth and definition and successful mine construction, commissioning and ramp-up.

“Gold Road’s geological assessment has highlighted a number of as yet untested targets, and Gold Road’s exploration team is experienced at exploring beneath transported cover in the region.

“This strategic acquisition will complement and enhance Gold Road’s existing exploration pipeline by providing an advanced exploration project and diversifying the company’s resource base, aligning with the company’s objective of developing a second operating mine.”

Gold Road’s Bidder’s Statement was released this morning and was greeted with the traditional TAKE NO ACTION response from Apollo Consolidated.

Let the games begin.

 

TO READ THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT: CLICK HERE

 

Email: perth@goldroad.com.au

 

Web: www.goldroad.com.au

 

Gold Road Resources Enjoys robust March Quarter

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THE DRILL SERGEANT: Gold Road Resources submitted a healthy March quarterly report from the Gruyere gold mine Joint Venture with Gruyere Mining Company, a member of the Gold Fields Group, which manages Gruyere.

Gruyere produced 66,213 ounces of gold enabling Gold Road to deliver its March 2021 quarter production at an AISC of $1,386 per attributable ounce.

Gruyere ore tonnes processed totalled 2.1 million tonnes at a head grade of 1.12 grams per tonne gold and a gold recovery of 91.2 per cent with gold in circuit increasing by 3,127 ounces during the quarter.

All this while scheduled plant shutdowns were undertaken for relines of the SAG mill and the Ball mill, along with an upgrade to the Pebble Crushing Circuit.

During the March quarter, Gold Road reported a 50 per cent attributable Maiden Underground Inferred Mineral Resource of 18.5 million tonnes at 1.47g/t gold for a total of 0.87 million ounces of gold from beneath the December 2020 Gruyere Open Pit Resource of 156 million tonnes at 1.34g/t gold for 6.71 million ounces.

Progress continues towards an updated Gruyere Ore Reserve, expected in the second half of 2021.

Geotechnical studies indicate the potential to steepen fresh rock open pit slopes by up to four degrees.

The steeper pit slopes are anticipated to support growth of the open pit Ore Reserve.

Gold Road currently has four drill rigs operating at it 100 per cent-owned Yamarna project and another operating at Yandina (88%) as the company continues to actively explore for a meaningful discovery.

As part of an initial assessment of the longer-term underground potential, the Gruyere JV partners commence diamond drilling to target mineralisation below the reported Mineral Resources at Gruyere.

 

 

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Email: perth@goldroad.com.au

 

Web: www.goldroad.com.au

 

Gold Road Resources Focus now firmly on WA expansion

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THE CONFERENCE CALLER: Having helped establish a Tier 1 gold operation in its home state of Western Australia, Gold Road Resources (ASX: GOR) is seeking more ounces through increased production and the discovery of enough new ore bodies to establish another mine. By Mark Fraser

Following the first pour at the company’s 50 per cent-owned Gruyere project in June last year, Gold Road and its Joint Venture partner (and operator) Gold Fields (JSE and NYSE: GFI) produced 230,590 gold ounces during the mine’s first 12 months at an all-in sustainable cost of $1,155 per ounce.

The 2020 annual guidance is currently 250-270,000 ounces at an AISC of $1,250-1,350 per ounce.

Located in WA’s north east Goldfields on the under-explored Yamarna Greenstone Belt, Gruyere has a 12-year life based essentially on what was a six million ounces discovery by Gold Road back in 2013.

As it stands the deposit has a total mineral resource of 154 million tonnes grading 1.34 grams per tonne gold for 6.62 million ounces, as well as an ore reserve of 93 million tonnes at 1.24g/t gold for 3.72 million ounces.

Gold Road is now confident it can find more ore to feed the Gruyere mill, and has subsequently put aside $26 million to explore the 4,500 square kilometres it holds in the Yamarna belt.

The company is also looking at increasing plant throughput and deepening the current pit.

Speaking during the Diggers & Dealers Mining Forum in Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Gold Road managing director and chief executive Duncan Gibbs suggested a rise in output could involve expanding plant operating times, mining at a higher rate and reducing unit operating costs.

“We believe if we put those elements together, along with some steepening of the pit walls, we can drive the pit to a deeper level than the one which came out of the bankable feasibility study,” Gibbs said.

“Conceptually we think we can get the pit down to somewhere like 400-450 metres below surface – that becomes one of the deepest pits in Western Australia.

“Of course, to get that right we need to understand the geotechnical parameters as well; we’ve done some geotechnical and metallurgical drilling under the pit, so we have that information.

“We really want to get an understanding of the fresh rock exposure in the mine before we start to lock in the commitment and the understanding of what the life of mine reserve looks like for Gruyere.”

In terms of exploration, Gibbs said around 75 per cent of the $26 million put aside for the Yamarna belt would be channelled towards the 800sqkm southern project area, where the high priority targets were Kingston (with its diamond hole of 1m at 10.4 g/t), Hirono, Savoie and Beefwood as well as Gilmour and Gilmour South.

The other project area is at Yandina in WA’s south west Yilgarn, which sits within an under-explored greenstone belt near the farming community of Lake Grace.

Here, Gold Road and Cygnus Gold control 3,400sqkm of land covering two joint venture areas, with the former planning to take over the role of operator.

Some 20,000m of aircore drilling targeting crustal scale shear zones have already been completed, while a field program consisting of another 8,500m of aircore, 750m of RC and 500m of diamond drilling is now underway.

“What we see is the opportunity here for a large scale, regional geochem corridor stretch over about 15 km, and the opportunity really is to follow up the aircore results that we have,” Gibbs said.

“And hopefully we can make a discovery in this part of the Australia.”

Gold Road became debt free in July, while it also has $65 million of franking credits as a consequence of its 50 per cent sale of Gruyere to Gold Fields.

Given this, Gibbs added, the resources house was now, “in a position to pay fully franked dividends.”

 

 

Email: perth@goldroad.com.au

 

Web: www.goldroad.com.au

 

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Cassini Resources and OZ Minerals Deliver PFS for Low-Carbon, Long-Life, Low-Cost Mine

THE BOURSE WHISPERER: OZ Minerals (ASX: OZL) and Cassini Resources (ASX: CZI) finally delivered the long-awaited results of the West Musgrave, Nebo-Babel Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS).

Gold Road Releases 2020 Gruyere Guidance and Resource Upgrade

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Gold Road Resources (ASX: GOR) reported 2020 production guidance and a Resource upgrade for the Gruyere Joint Venture.

Lithium Australia Subsidiary Awarded Federal Battery Development Grant

THE BOURSE WHISPERER: Lithium Australia (ASX: LIT) 100 per cent-owned subsidiary VSPC is to participate in a federal government Co-operative Research Centres Projects (‘CRC-P’) program.

 

Gold Road Releases 2020 Gruyere Guidance and Resource Upgrade

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THE DRILL SERGEANT: Gold Road Resources (ASX: GOR) reported 2020 production guidance and a Resource upgrade for the Gruyere Joint Venture.

The Gruyere JV is a 50:50 deal with Gruyere Mining Company Pty Ltd, a member of the Gold Fields Ltd Group, which manages and operates the Gruyere gold mine.

Drilling completed by the JV in 2019 resulted in a 1.23 million ounce (29%) increase in Measured and Indicated Resources to 6.1 million ounces at the Gruyere JV through the upgrade of Inferred Resources to Indicated Resources.

The Gruyere JV Total Mineral Resource now stands at 154 million tonnes at 1.34 grams per tonne gold for 6.6 million ounces after mining depletion of 0.19 million ounces using an $1,850 per ounce gold price assumption.

The Resource upgrade is expected to provide the basis for an updated evaluation of open pit Reserves during 2020.

Gold Road’s attributable Mineral Resources increased from 3.3 million ounces to 3.6 million ounces (post depletion) largely through the addition of 100 per cent-owned Resources in 2019 from its satellite projects.

2020 annual guidance anticipates Gruyere gold production of 250,000 to 285,000 ounces (125,000 to 142,500 ounces GOR).

Gold Road’s all‐in‐sustaining costs (AISC) should fall between $1,100 to $1,200 per attributable ounce.

The company’s upcoming exploration budget sits at an impressive $26 million.

“The purpose of our 2019 drilling program beneath the Gruyere pit shell was to convert Inferred Resources into Indicated Resources,” Gold Road Resources managing director and CEO Duncan Gibbs said in the company’s announcement to the Australian Securities Exchange.

“The increase in Measured and Indicated Resources by 1.2 million ounces is meaningful and very encouraging.

“The Gruyere JV focus will now move to reviewing Reserves with the goal of growing mine life whilst maintaining a low AISC.

“2020 production and cost guidance affirms Gruyere’s position as a Tier 1 operation with significant cash generation.

“Our exploration team is well supported as we look to make meaningful discoveries in a surprisingly underexplored part of Western Australia.”

 

Email: perth@goldroad.com.au

Web: www.goldroad.com.au

 

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Gold Road Estimates New Wholly-Owned Yamarna Gold Resources

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Gold Road Resources (ASX: GOR) reported the first 100 per cent company‐owned resource addition since it entered the Gruyere Joint Venture.

Encounter Resources Identifies New Copper-Gold Drill Targets at Lamil

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Encounter Resources (ASX: ENR) recently completed IP and AEM surveys at the company’s 100 per cent-owned Lamil copper-gold project in the Paterson Province of Western Australia.

 

Gold Road Estimates New Wholly-Owned Yamarna Gold Resources

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THE DRILL SERGEANT: Gold Road Resources (ASX: GOR) reported the first 100 per cent company‐owned resource addition since it entered the Gruyere Joint Venture.

The Mineral Resource of 3.5 million tonnes at 2.62 grams per tonne gold for 297,600 ounces was estimated at the Gilmour and Renegade deposits, both 100 per cent-owned by Gold Road.

The Gilmour Maiden Mineral Resource totals 2.6 million tonnes at 3.09g/t gold for 258,400 ounces, with 0.8 million tonnes at 5.2g/t gold for 120,000 ounces, or 46 per cent of contained ounces, classified as an Indicated Resource.

This makes Gilmour the third largest and second highest grade deposit so far discovered on the Yamarna Belt.

The Gilmour Maiden Mineral Resource is located 55 kilometres, by road, south of the Gruyere Mine, which means the open pit and underground Mineral Resources could be developed by Gold Road and processed at Gruyere via toll treatment provisions under the Gruyere JV agreement.

The Gruyere development option provides a pathway to monetise the discovery and realise value from Gold Road’s exploration program.

The Renegade deposit, previously reported as Khan North, has been re‐estimated as an Inferred Mineral Resource of 0.9 million tonnes at 1.3g/t gold for 39,200 ounces.

The new resource estimate follows detailed geological interpretation and optimisation for open pit extraction, applying appropriate modifying factors and a gold price assumption of $1,850 per ounce.

Renegade is located just 35 kilometres by road from the Gruyere Mill, and is adjacent to the Gruyere Main Access Road.

Like Gilmour, Renegade could also potentially add value to Gold Road through toll treatment in accordance with the terms of the Gruyere JV agreement.

“The Maiden Mineral Resource for Gilmour represents the first gold deposit identified at Yamarna outside of the original discoveries on the Golden Highway, and our Gruyere discovery which is now being mined in Joint Venture with Gold Fields,” Gold Road executive director ‐ exploration & growth Justin Osborne said in the company’s announcement to the Australian Securities Exchange.

“The significance in being the third largest, and second highest grade deposit so far discovered at Yamarna is considerable.

“The relatively high‐grade demonstrates a diverse endowment consistent with our belief in the Belt having potential to host multiple deposits varying in style, size and grade as seen in other major Greenstone Belts in Western Australia ‐ the main difference at Yamarna is it remains significantly underexplored.

“We are now applying the improved understanding from our Gilmour exploration programme to assist our ongoing targeting of greater than one million ounce deposits on the considerable Yamarna tenement holding.”

 

Email: perth@goldroad.com.au

Web: www.goldroad.com.au

 

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Calidus Resources Confirms Robustness of Warrawoona Pit

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Calidus Resources (ASX: CAI) announced further results from within the planned open pit at the company’s Warrawoona gold project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

Gold Road Resources Completes Healthy Gruyere Quarter

THE BOURSE WHISPERER: Gold Road Resources (ASX: GOR) released its activity report for the quarter ending 30 September 2019.

Perseus Mining Shuffles Seats at Boardroom Table

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Perseus Mining (ASX: PRU) made its intentions known that it will be proposing the appointment of David Ransom to the role of non-executive director at the company’s upcoming Annual General Meeting.

 

Gold Road Resources Completes Healthy Gruyere Quarter

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THE BOURSE WHISPERER: Gold Road Resources (ASX: GOR) released its activity report for the quarter ending 30 September 2019.

Unsurprisingly the report focused on the company’s Gold Fields Joint Venture Gruyere gold mine, which is a global Tier 1 gold mine with a long operating life and forecast high margins, located east of Laverton, in Western Australia.

“Gruyere delivered another quarter of milestones as project development was completed within budget, commissioning of all processing circuits was completed, and commercial levels of production were attained at the end of the quarter and slightly earlier than guidance,” Gold Road Resources said.

The report declared the Gruyere ramp‐up to be progressing well, hitting commercial production at the end of September 2019, slightly ahead of guidance, producing 29,107 ounces of gold during the quarter.

This allowed the 2019 annual guidance range to reaffirmed at the upper end of 75,000 to 100,000 ounces and for All-In-Sustaining-Costs (AISC) to also remain unchanged for December 2019 quarter of between $1,050 to $1,150 per ounce.

As at 30 September 2019 Gold Road had cash of $65.3 million and bullion of $5.8 million on hand, net debt of $9.3 million, with $80.4 million of its $150 million facility drawn.

Gold Road has hedged 125,300 ounces at an average price of $1,837 per ounce for delivery between 1 October 2019 and 30 September 2022.

Gold Road sold 12,461 ounces of its share of the gold from Gruyere at an average price of $2,052 per ounce.

Further work has continued on the exploration front diamond drilling near‐completion at Gruyere to enable conversion of a large portion of the current Inferred Resource to the Indicated Resource category in support of future optimisation of the mine plan and mine infrastructure.

Recent drilling results include:

36.2 metres at 2.44 grams per tonne gold from 282.8m;
44.9m at 1.8g/t gold from 270.1m; and
73.4m at 1.8g/t gold from 288.6m.

At Gold Road’s 100 per cent-owned Yaffler South prospect, bedrock RC drilling intersected coherent and consistent mineralisation, yielding results of:

11m at 5.94g/t gold from 74m;
12m at 3.4g/t gold from 116m; and
12m at 2.71g/t gold from 59m.

This drilling program continued during the quarter and assays are expected in the December 2019 quarter.

 

Email: perth@goldroad.com.au

Web: www.goldroad.com.au

 

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Golden Rim Resources Accelerates Kouri Exploration

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Golden Rim Resources (ASX: GMR) is making exploration campaign progress at the company’s Kouri gold project in Burkina Faso.

Cygnus Gold and Gold Road JV Operating Smoothly

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Cygnus Gold (ASX: CY5) has been kept busy of late at the company’s Joint Ventures with Gold Road Projects, a wholly-owned subsidiary of gold producer Gold Road Resources (ASX: GOR).

Comet Resources Identifies Priority Graphite Targets

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Comet Resources (ASX: CRL) has had an aerial electromagnetic survey (EM) carried out over the company’s Springdale graphite project in southern West Australia.

AMEC’s Overtures Result in WA Government Lithium Sector Review

IN THE LOBBY: The Western Australian lithium sector received a recent boost in the form of a supportive announcement from the State government.