4 April 2024
Artemis
Resources Limited
("Artemis" or the
"Company")
Update on
Karratha Gold Project Exploration Program
Highlights
· KARRATHA GOLD
PROJECT AREA PROSPECTIVE FOR INTRUSIVE RELATED GOLD SYSTEM
(IRGS)
· LULU CREEK TO BE
DRILL TESTED IN Q3 2024
· PROGRAM OF WORKS
SUBMITTED AND APPROVED
· HERITAGE CLEARANCE
APPLICATION UNDERWAY
Artemis Resources Limited ('Artemis' or the
'Company') (ASX/AIM:
ARV) provides this update
to shareholders on its Karratha Gold Project exploration program
pursuant to the ASX rules.
Figure 1. Artemis tenements in the
West Pilbara
The Karratha Gold Precinct covers an
area of more than 200km2 in the West Pilbara region of
Western Australia. It is located ~20km from the main regional town
of Karratha, which is only a 2-hour flight from Perth.
The location is highly prospective
for gold and other commodities including lithium, copper, nickel,
cobalt and silver. Currently, Artemis has a JORC defined resource
at its Carlow Castle prospect which contains a high-grade
foundation resource of 704Koz AuEq at 2.5g/t
AuEq1.
Figure 2. Carlow conceptual pit
shell showing open in all directions
Carlow Project
The Carlow Project is situated
within a series of shear zones along the margin of the Regal Thrust
Fault within the basalt and sediments of the Roebourne
Complex.
The Regal Thrust is a regionally
significant south to south-west dipping structure with sinistral
movement that folds around on itself over a distance greater that
90km.
Shear splays along the contact of
the Regal Thrust within the Roebourne Complex are considered
prospective for mineralisation, especially when intruded by Andover
mafic/ultramafics.
1 ASX Announcement, Artemis Resources Ltd, 13 October
2022.
Figure 3. Karratha Gold Precinct
with potential mineralised envelope shaded
Lulu Creek
Lulu Creek (formerly Carlow West)
was previously drilled in 2020 where the drilling program involved
an RC drill rig and targeted a discrete surface anomaly. This work
was followed up in 2023 where an Induced Polarisation (IP) survey
was completed2 and resulted in the delineation of
further targets at depth. This result, the subsequent targeting and
the similarities to a Hemi style gold intrusive system were
catalysts for the West Australian State Government awarding Artemis
an Exploration Incentive Scheme (EIS) grant of $82,500 to co-fund
further drilling3.
Previous drilling at Lulu
Creek provided encouraging results including;
ü 2m at 1.62 g/t
Au from 34m within drill hole
CWRC006
ü 1m @ 4.89 g/t
Au and 13.7 g/t Ag from 24m in
CWRC011
ü 1m @ 1.15 g/t
Au from 9m in
CWRC0174
2 ASX Announcement, Artemis Resources Ltd, 23 August
2023.
3 ASX Announcement, Artemis Resources Ltd, 13 November
2023.
4 ASX Announcement, Artemis Resources Ltd,18 September
2020.
At the time the Company drilled the
Lulu Creek prospect, the significance of intrusion related gold in
the Pilbara region was not fully understood. The gold system at
Lulu Creek is reminiscent of De
Grey's Hemi deposit, which has resulted in large gold
projects being discovered in intrusive related gold systems (IRGS).
The Hemi project resource currently sits at 255Mt @ 1.3 g/t Au for
10.5Moz5.
The discovery of intrusion related
gold systems are relatively new to the Pilbara region and shows a
scale of mineralisation not previously encountered. Within these
deposits, gold mineralisation is primarily situated within a
sequence of intrusions, notably associated with stringer, and
disseminated sulphide-rich zones.
Figure 4. IP
chargeability plan view -75 m below surface against Lulu Creek
Intrusion outcrop outline in pink
The high value of these types of
discoveries is driven by size, grade continuity and growth
potential. The Karratha Gold Precinct has the potential to host
large scale, multi-million ounce systems, due to the increased
structural complexity of the region resulting from the close
proximity of the Sholl Shear zone and the Regal Thrust.
5 ASX Announcement, De Grey Mining Ltd, 21 November
2023.
In addition to the IRGS style
mineralisation at Lulu Creek, the Karratha Gold precinct contains
several further prospects that were previously identified through a
combination of soil sampling, fixed loop electro-magnetic survey
(FLEM), drilling and gravity surveys. These targets
include:
ü Carlow
(current JORC resource)
ü Carlow
North
ü Marillion
ü Titan
ü Europa
ü Chapman
ü Sing
Six
ü Thorpe
Prospect
Figure 5. Carlow tenement with
further prospects labelled
Artemis also retains the gold rights
to the Osborne tenement (currently the subject of a lithium JV with
Greentech Metals Ltd), which provides the Company with greater
exposure to the regional faults and further prospective tenure to
explore for gold mineralisation.
Figure 6. Sing Six prospect adjacent
to the Regal Thrust
Programs of works to cover the Lulu
Creek prospect have previously been submitted and approved and a
heritage clearance application has been completed and submitted for
approval. Once the heritage clearance has been completed, drilling
can be scheduled and undertaken in conjunction with the EIS
co-funded drilling grant.
The Company is looking forward to
exploration activity on these prospects and will keep the market
updated accordingly.
This announcement was approved for
release by the Board.
For Further information
contact:
Artemis Resources Ltd
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Guy Robertson, Chairman
George Ventouras, Executive
Director
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info@artemisresources.com.au
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WH
Ireland Limited (Nomad & Broker)
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Antonio Bossi / James Bavister /
Isaac Hooper
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Tel: +44 20 7220
1666
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About Artemis Resources
Artemis Resources (ASX/AIM: ARV;
FRA: ATY; US: ARTTF) is a gold, copper and lithium focused
resources company with projects in Western Australia. The Mt Marie
Lithium Project, the Osborne Lithium JV (Artemis 49%; GreenTech
Metals (ASX:GRE) 51%) and the Carlow Castle gold-copper-cobalt
project in the West Pilbara; and the Paterson Central project in
the Paterson Province (located adjacent to Greatland Gold /
Newcrest's recent gold-copper discovery at Havieron).
Artemis also owns the Radio Hill
processing plant, located only 35km from Karratha.
For more information, please
visit www.artemisresources.com.au
Competent Person's Statement
The information in this report that relates to exploration
results was prepared by Mr Oliver Hirst, a Competent Person who is
a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
(MAusIMM). Mr Hirst is a technical consultant to Artemis Resources.
Mr Hirst has sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of
mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the
activity being undertaken to qualify as a Competent Person as
defined in the 2012 Edition of the 'Australasian Code for Reporting
of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves". Mr
Hirst consents to the inclusion in this report of the matters based
on his information in the form and context in which it
appears.
Related ASX
Announcements
13/11/2023 Lulu Creek
Awarded Exploration Incentive Scheme Funding
24/08/2023
New Gold Targets at Lulu Creek JORC
Tables Updated
03/07/2023
Lulu Creek IP Survey Commences and
Greater Carlow EM Update
04/04/2023 Soil Program
Confirms Titan Gold Prospect
18/05/2023
Geological Review Confirms Gold
Mineralised Intrusion at Lulu Creek
14/11/2022 Greater Carlow
Regional Growth Plan
13/10/2022 New High-Grade
Au-Cu-Co Resource at Greater Carlow
13/09/2022 Chapman
Prospect Large Copper Nickel System Identified
18/09/2020 Diamond
Drilling Underway at Carlow Castle
06/12/2021 New Regional
Discovery - High Grade Cu, Au, Ag Chapman Prospect
16/09/2019 21 New SAM
Targets at Carlow Castle West
05/11/2018 Three New Gold
Discoveries in the West Pilbara
29/10/2018 Multiple New
Cobalt Targets Defined in West Pilbara