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Fletcher Zone flourishes at Westgold’s Beta Hunt
Westgold (ASX: WGX) has reported further results from its inaugural drilling program at the Fletcher Zone and details of planned drilling of the potential southern extension of Fletcher (the Mason Zone target).
Additional large, high-grade drilling intervals were returned at Fletcher including 41m at 7.99g/t of gold and 19m at 5.95g/t of gold in hole FF475SP-62AE and 38m at 6.8g/t of gold in hole WF440VD-55AE.
Since acquiring the Beta Hunt operation, Westgold has moved quickly to identify and test priority exploration targets. This work commenced with the Stage 1 Fletcher Zone Resource Definition program in November 2024 with two drill rigs and has continued into 2025 with five drill rigs now in operation.
Westgold managing director and chief executive Wayne Bramwell comments on the results.
“Westgold is mining two zones at Beta Hunt now — Fletcher will be the third,” he said.
“We already have access into Fletcher and once drilled, it will be an additional and independent source of ore production.
“At Mason, it is too early to speculate on its scale and significance. The historical drilling results here are encouraging, with some of the better results including 19.00m @ 10.73g/t of gold, 35.35m @ 3.50g/t of gold 38.00m @ 2.87g/t Au and 5.20m @ 20.67g/t of gold.
“Our early interpretation is Mason is the faulted offset of the Fletcher Zone, and if so, would take the combined strike length to circa 4km.
“Unlocking value at Beta Hunt requires building a robust understanding of the various Beta Hunt orebodies with a long term mine plan focused on maximising cash flow.
“The next step is to deliver a mineral resource estimate for Fletcher which we expect to announce to the market late in Q4 FY25.”
The Mason Zone drill program is expected to commence in Q4 FY25.