Goldsky Resources Provides Operational Update on 2026 Drilling Program at Rajapalot Gold-Cobalt Project, Finland
HIGHLIGHTS
- 31 drill holes for 6,073 metres core drilled
- 61% of the planned 10,000 metre winter drilling program completed
- Four diamond drill rigs currently operating on site
- Drilling progressing at Palokas, South Palokas and Raja deposits, with one rig focused on target-test drilling
- First assay results expected in March, with steady results anticipated thereafter
- Drilling on schedule for completion in
April 2026 - No safety incidents reported to date
DRILLING UPDATE
As of
Drilling is being conducted with four diamond drill rigs. Three of the drill rigs are focused on a planned 8,000m of infill drilling designed to upgrade confidence of the currently defined Raja and Palokas Au-Co Inferred Resource envelopes, while a fourth rig is conducting target-test drilling on priority regional exploration targets.
Drill core from 2 holes has been cut and submitted for assay at CRS laboratories Oy, an additional 6 holes are being cut at
At current productivity rates, drilling is forecast to conclude in
"The drilling at Rajapalot has progressed to plan and we expect first assay results next month. I am pleased to say with the progress we are making we should complete our drilling program in April.
Following the recently announced agreement to become the 100% owner of the
CORPORATE UPDATE
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At a recent strategic meeting session held by Goldsky management, the leadership team came together to define the Company's future direction and execution plan on the Barsele project. The intensive session focused on aligning long-term vision with an execution plan that will be used to manage our goals for 2026. The plan clearly defined what was required in both deliverables and management capability to progress the Barsele project through a significant drilling campaign and all related studies which will show the benefits to progress the project to the next level for all stakeholders.
The Rajapalot Deposit
At Rajapalot, mineralization is regarded as orogenic in nature. All examples of gold-cobalt mineralization are consistently located within highly-sheared and foliated wall-rocks adjacent to strongly hydrothermally altered, northwest to north dipping shear-zones. Mineralization is typically encountered as disseminated to semi-massive sulfide lenses (predominantly pyrrhotite and lesser pyrite and cobaltite), hosted within strongly deformed and altered, mafic volcanic and volcaniclasitic stratigraphy of the upper portions of the
Rajapalot Mineral Resource
An Inferred Mineral Resource ("MRE") has been calculated for the Rajapalot project (effective date
|
Zone |
Cut-off (AuEq¹) |
Tonnes (kt) |
Au (g/t) |
Co (ppm) |
Au (koz) |
Co (tonnes) |
|
|
|
|||||||
|
Palokas |
1.1 |
5,612 |
2.8 |
475 |
501 |
2,664 |
|
|
Raja |
1.1 |
2,702 |
3.1 |
385 |
271 |
1,040 |
|
|
East Joki |
1.1 |
299 |
4.5 |
363 |
43 |
109 |
|
|
Hut |
1.1 |
831 |
1.3 |
428 |
36 |
355 |
|
|
Rumajärvi |
1.1 |
336 |
1.4 |
424 |
15 |
142 |
|
|
Total Inferred Resources |
|
9,780 |
2.8 |
441 |
867 |
4,311 |
|
Rajapalot Inferred Mineral Resource Effective
- The independent geologist and Qualified Person as defined in NI 43-101 for the mineral resource estimates is Mr. Ove Klavér (EurGeol). The effective date of the MRE remains unchanged to the Previous MRE (
August 26, 2021 , available on SEDAR as filed by the previous owner, Mawson) and will be restated in the PEA technical report when it is filed. - The mineral estimate is reported for a potential underground only scenario. Inferred resources were reported at a cut-off grade of 1.1 g/t (AuEq1 Au g/t + Co ppm /1005) with a depth of 20 meters below the base of solid rock regarded as the near-surface limit of potential mining.
- Wireframe models were generated using gold and cobalt shells separately. Forty-eight separate gold and cobalt wireframes were constructed in Leapfrog Geo and grade distributions independently estimated using Ordinary Kriging in Leapfrog Edge. A gold top cut of 50 g/t Au was used for the gold domains. A cobalt top cut was not applied.
- A parent block size of 12 m x 12 m x 4 m (>20% of the drillhole spacing) was determined as suitable. Sub-blocking down to 4 m x 4 m x 0.5 m was used for geologic control on volumes, thinner and moderately dipping wireframes.
- Rounding of grades and tonnes may introduce apparent errors in averages and contained metals.
- Drilling results to
20 June 2021 . - Mineral Resources are not Mineral Reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability.
Technical Background, Data Verification and Quality Assurance and Quality Control
Four diamond drill rigs from
All maps have been created within the TM35/Finland Uniform Coordinate System (EPSG:2393). Tables 1 in Schedule "A" hereto provide collar and assay data. Due to the typically low angles of drill intercepts, the true thickness of the mineralized intervals are interpreted to be approximately 80-90% of the drilled thickness.
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Schedule "A" – Tables and Figures:
|
Hole |
Hole |
Purpose |
Northing |
Easting |
Elevation |
Azimuth |
Dip |
Hole |
|
PAL0428 |
HQ |
Infill |
7369358 |
408569 |
175 |
47.0 |
-78.0 |
310 |
|
PAL0427 |
HQ |
Infill |
7370831 |
408325 |
174 |
72.0 |
-52.0 |
290 |
|
PAL0426 |
NQ2 |
Target Test |
7370398 |
408926 |
174 |
150.0 |
-45.0 |
137 |
|
PAL0425 |
HQ |
Infill |
7370584 |
408197 |
174 |
89.0 |
-76.5 |
280 |
|
PAL0424 |
HQ |
Infill |
7369352 |
408571 |
175 |
150.0 |
-66.5 |
236.5 |
|
PAL0423 |
NQ2 |
Target Test |
7370354 |
409272 |
176 |
155.0 |
-45.0 |
188 |
|
PAL0422 |
HQ |
Infill |
7370831 |
408325 |
174 |
82.0 |
-51.5 |
293.3 |
|
PAL0421 |
HQ |
Infill |
7369352 |
408571 |
175 |
140.0 |
-55.0 |
223.5 |
|
PAL0420 |
HQ |
Infill |
7370584 |
408197 |
174 |
115.0 |
-66.5 |
250.3 |
|
PAL0419 |
NQ2 |
Infill |
7370920 |
408470 |
174 |
131.0 |
-63.0 |
209 |
|
PAL0418 |
HQ |
Infill |
7370839 |
408550 |
174 |
82.0 |
-80.0 |
134.6 |
|
PAL0417 |
HQ |
Infill |
7369294 |
408631 |
173 |
89.6 |
-70.4 |
212.5 |
|
PAL0416 |
NQ |
Target Test |
7369184 |
407841 |
177 |
147.0 |
-45.0 |
180 |
|
PAL0415 |
HQ |
Infill |
7370736 |
408481 |
174 |
206.3 |
-70.0 |
212.5 |
|
PAL0414 |
HQ |
Infill |
7370584 |
408197 |
174 |
99.0 |
-60.5 |
251.7 |
|
PAL0413 |
HQ |
Infill |
7369256 |
408720 |
173 |
54.8 |
-83.0 |
170.7 |
|
PAL0412 |
HQ |
Infill |
7370734 |
408481 |
174 |
162.2 |
-69.5 |
148.5 |
|
PAL0411 |
HQ |
Infill |
7369264 |
408723 |
173 |
233.9 |
-75.5 |
158.5 |
|
PAL0410 |
NQ2 |
Target Test |
7369893 |
408309 |
176 |
185.0 |
-60.0 |
173 |
|
PAL0409 |
HQ |
Infill |
7370798 |
408490 |
174 |
152.1 |
-74.5 |
233.1 |
|
PAL0408 |
HQ |
Infill |
7370582 |
408275 |
174 |
137.1 |
-64.6 |
190.8 |
|
PAL0407 |
HQ |
Infill |
7369264 |
408723 |
173 |
236.0 |
-55.5 |
151.7 |
|
PAL0406 |
HQ |
Infill |
7370796 |
408489 |
174 |
71.8 |
-77.3 |
161.5 |
|
PAL0405 |
NQ2 |
Target Test |
7370343 |
407817 |
172 |
159.8 |
-49.6 |
158 |
|
PAL0404 |
HQ |
Infill |
7370499 |
408215 |
175 |
95.8 |
-66.1 |
182.3 |
|
PAL0403 |
HQ |
Infill |
7370796 |
408491 |
174 |
70.1 |
-58.7 |
155.2 |
|
PAL0402 |
HQ |
Infill |
7370748 |
408684 |
174 |
115.3 |
-54.9 |
149.2 |
|
PAL0401 |
NQ2 |
Target Test |
7369184 |
408337 |
175 |
78.2 |
-71.1 |
170.3 |
|
PAL0400 |
HQ |
Infill |
7370501 |
408297 |
175 |
112.9 |
-56.5 |
121.4 |
|
PAL0399 |
HQ |
Target Test |
7370557 |
408334 |
174 |
117.5 |
-76.0 |
164.4 |
|
PAL0398 |
NQ2 |
Target Test |
7370485 |
410134 |
163 |
124.5 |
-45.0 |
175.05 |
Table 1: Collar information for all completed holes at Rajapalot for this winter drilling season. Collar data presented is in Finnish national grid 'TM35'.
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