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Goldman Strong intercepts and visible gold add momentum to Gabon drill campaign
Apollo Minerals Limited (ASX:AON) has announced new assay results from its ongoing 2025 Phase 2 drilling campaign at the Salanie Gold Project in Gabon, building on last year’s promising Phase 1 outcomes.
The company reported shallow, high-grade gold mineralisation from hole A1 including 5.8m @ 8.2g/t Au from 15.5m downhole, within a broader intercept of 11.7m @ 4.3g/t Au from 9.6m. Visible gold in quartz veining was also observed assaying up to 124g/t Au, indicating strong mineralisation potential within a 12km greenstone belt.
Top intercepts from the latest results include:
- 1.1m @ 19.9g/t Au from 56m in SLDD013 (P6)
- 11.7m @ 4.3g/t Au from 9.6m in A1
- 5.8m @ 8.2g/t Au from 15.5m in A1
- 1.0m @ 3.6g/t Au from 38.7m in SLDD013 (P6)
- 3.8m @ 1.3g/t Au from 17.5m in SLDD006 (A1)
A total of eight holes have been drilled in this campaign, with assays from three holes at P6 still pending. Drilling at P6 has so far intersected gold mineralisation in all six completed holes, including zones of quartz-sulphide veining across a +180m strike.
At A1 South, recent drilling intersected a 6m wide alteration zone with quartz veining in SLDD018, further reinforcing the mineralised structure between the A1 and A3 prospects.
All samples have been submitted for analysis, with further assay results expected in the current quarter.
Apollo Minerals’ Managing Director, Mr Neil Inwood, commented:
The Phase 2 drill program has been completed on time with assay results now received for the first eight drill holes. Shallow mineralisation was encountered at A1 and the controlling Salanie structure is open to the north and south. Results are pending for three key holes at P6 which all encountered quartz veining and sulphide mineralisation, and share similar characteristics to hole SLDD013 which encountered mineralisation up to 20g/t.
