HIGHLIGHTS
- Final assays received from the last 623 meters drilled at Jaguelito Sur. Since December 2022, Austral drilled a total of 4,331 meters at Jaguelito Norte and Sur in accordance with the option agreement with Mexplort to acquire up to 50% of the project.
- Best intercept from latest drilling results:
| | Sagitario target
(Sur Zone) | DJS-001A: 14m @ 0.70 gpt gold and 17 gpt silver
Including 4.4m@ 1.44 gpt gold and 30 gpt silver |
Sydney, Australia--(Newsfile Corp. - September 11, 2023) - Established gold producer Austral Gold Limited (ASX: AGD) (TSXV: AGLD) (OTCQB: AGLDF) (the "Company" or "Austral") has completed the first stage of drilling at the Jaguelito Project in Argentina's prolific El Indio Gold Belt.
At the Sagitario target at Jaguelito Sur (see Figure 2 below), drill hole DJS-001A intersected 14.0 m @ 0.7 gpt Au & 17 gpt Ag, starting at 133m, including 4.4m @ 1.44 gpt Au & 30 gpt Ag, from 143m. The hole reached a significant depth of over 400m, marking the largest phreatomagmatic column encountered in the project to date. The results indicate that one of the five surface-identified centers at Jaguelito Sur is similar to the dimensions and intensity of high-sulphidation deposits in this metallogenic belt.
Gold and silver mineralisation, in line with our exploratory model, is high-sulfidation and hosted predominantly in phreatomagmatic rocks. Gold is associated with grey silica flooding in vuggy silica and quartz-alunite-jarosite hydrothermal alteration.
Austral drilled a total of 4,331m across two sectors at the Jaguelito project: Jaguelito Norte1 and Jaguelito Sur.
In accordance with the Company's agreement with Mexplort Perforaciones Mineras SA ("Mexplort")[1], Austral intends to exercise its option to acquire 50% of the project by drilling additional 700m to satisfy the 5,000m drilling commitment under Stage 1 of the agreement. The 700m are expected to be drilled in a new program to be jointly developed with Mexplort later this year. As of 31 August 2023, drilling campaign costs totalled approximately US$4.7M.
Austral Gold's Chief Executive Officer, Stabro Kasaneva said: "We are pleased initial drilling at Jaguelito has confirmed northwest structural mineralisation controls, which are crucial for HS-type epithermal deposits during the Miocene era in the region. Based on the results obtained to date, we are planning a new drill program."
Figure 1. Jaguelito Project located in the Indio Belt, Argentina
Table 1: Jaguelito Sur Drill results
Figure 2. Jaguelito Sur drill hole locations
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Release approved by the Chief Executive Officer of Austral Gold, Stabro Kasaneva.
For more information please contact:
Jose Bordogna
Chief Financial Officer
Phone: +61 466 892 307
jose.bordogna@australgold.com
Gareth Quinn
Media and Investor Relations
Phone +61 417 711 108
gareth@republicpr.com.au
Forward Looking Statements
Statements in this news release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical, and consist primarily of projections - statements regarding future plans, expectations and developments. Words such as "expects", "intends", "plans", "may", "could", "potential", "should", "anticipates", "likely", "believes" and words of similar import tend to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements in this news release include Austral intends to exercise its option to acquire 50% of the project by drilling an additional 700 meters to satisfy its 5,000m drilling commitment under Stage 1 of the agreement, the 700 meters are expected to be drilled in a new program to be jointly developed with Mexplort later this year, and the Company's 2023 forecasted production.
All of these forward-looking statements are subject to a variety of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events or results to differ from those expressed or implied, including, without limitation, business integration risks; uncertainty of production, development plans and cost estimates, commodity price fluctuations; political or economic instability and regulatory changes; currency fluctuations, the state of the capital markets especially in light of the effects of the novel coronavirus, uncertainty in the measurement of mineral reserves and resource estimates, Austral's ability to attract and retain qualified personnel and management, potential labour unrest, reclamation and closure requirements for mineral properties; unpredictable risks and hazards related to the development and operation of a mine or mineral property that are beyond the Company's control, the availability of capital to fund all of the Company's projects and other risks and uncertainties identified under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's continuous disclosure documents filed on the ASX and on SEDAR. You are cautioned that the foregoing list is not exhaustive of all factors and assumptions which may have been used. Austral cannot assure you that actual events, performance or results will be consistent with these forward-looking statements, and management's assumptions may prove to be incorrect. Austral's forward-looking statements reflect current expectations regarding future events and operating performance and speak only as of the date hereof and Austral does not assume any obligation to update forward-looking statements if circumstances or management's beliefs, expectations or opinions should change other than as required by applicable law. For the reasons set forth above, you should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.
Confirmation: For the purposes of ASX Listing Rule 5.23.2, Austral confirms that is not aware of any information or data that materially affects the information included in its press release dated 24 April 2023.
Competent Person
Technical information in this media release that relates to Exploration Results is based on work supervised, or compiled on behalf of Robert Trzebski, a Director of the Company. Dr. Trzebski, who is a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) and qualifies as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 Edition of the 'Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves' consents to the inclusion of the technical information that he has reviewed and approved or has been compiled on his behalf.
About Jaguelito
The Jaguelito Project is an advanced exploration stage project located in located in one of the main districts of precious metals worldwide; the El Indio - Pascua Lama district in the Province of San Juan, Argentina. Its deposits, of the high sulfidation epithermal type of Miocene age, include mines in production, construction and exploration.
The Jaguelito project covers an area of 11,000 approximately hectares, and over 150 holes (~30,000m) were drilled by previous owners (Minera Peñoles, Minera IRL) between 1996 and 2009. It is located approximately 225km northwest of the city of San Juan in Valle del Cura, Iglesias Department, San Juan Province, Argentina. Its central coordinates are 29° 46' 20" West Latitude, 69° 38' 15 South Longitude and a variable altitude between 3,600 and 4,300 meters above sea level. Jagüelito is a high sulfidation epithermal deposit related to a Miocene volcanism hosted in basement of Permo-Triassic age. Its mineralisation is related to a hydrothermal system controlled by northeast-southwest oriented faults and hosted in porouspermeable volcaniclastic units. These rocks allowed the circulation of precursor acidic hydrothermal fluids that strongly altered the rocks through which they circulated, generating a secondary porosity or vuggy silica, in the alteration cores. The high porosity product of the alteration served as a conduit for the posthumous hydrothermal fluids responsible for the mineralisation of gold and silver.
About Austral Gold
Austral Gold is a growing gold and silver mining producer building a portfolio of quality assets in the Americas. Austral continues to lay the foundation for its growth strategy by advancing its attractive portfolio of producing and exploration assets.
OPERATIONS
- Guanaco and Amancaya mines, Antofagasta Province, Chile (100% interest)
Open pit and underground.
2022 Production: 27,686 gold equivalent ounces
2023 Forecast: 32,000-36,000 gold equivalent ounces
- Casposo/Manantiales Mine Complex, San Juan Province, Argentina (100% interest)
Gold and silver mine currently in care and maintenance. Strategy is to restart profitable mining operations.
EXPLORATION
CHILE
- Paleocene Belt, Chile
- Guanaco District
- Amancaya District
- Las Pampa District
ARGENTINA
- Triassic Choiyoi Belt
- Indio Belt
- Deseado Massif
EQUITY INVESTMENTS
- Unico Silver Limited, an ASX listed company (17% interest)
- Rawhide Mine, private vehicle, Fallon, Nevada, USA (24% interest)
- Ensign Minerals Inc., private vehicle, Utah, USA (12% interest)
- Pampa Metals Corp, a CSE listed company (5.5% interest)
JAGUELITO EXPLORATION PROJECT
JORC Code, 2012 Edition - Table 2 Report
Section 1 Sampling Techniques and Data
(Criteria in this section apply to all succeeding sections.)
| Criteria | Commentary |
| Sampling techniques | - Industry-standard practices were used for sampling diamond drilling.
- The diamond drilling core was recovered from drill rods and stored in core's wooden boxes, where it was geologically logged, then half core samples were taken using an automatic core splitter, bagged, and sent to the laboratory.
- Samples were assayed for gold, mercury (cold vapor), and ICP-Mass (39 elements package) at a certified external laboratory, Asi (Argentina).
- Rock chip sampling of outcropping rocks.
- The outcrop geologic logging is performed by an experienced geologist who records the alteration and other specifics geological features.
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| Drilling techniques | - Drilling techniques used were surface core drilling rig producing core at HQ size.
- Positioning of the drilling machine using Brunton compass and clinometer.
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| Drill sample recovery | - Sample recovery is generally >95%.
- The mineralised zone appeared to be quite competent and core recoveries were excellent.
- All core was carefully placed in HQ sized core wooden boxes and transported a short distance to a core processing-sampling area where core recovery, depth markup and photography could be completed.
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| Logging | - The diamond drill core was geologically logged using predefined logging codes for lithological, mineralogical, and physical characteristics.
- Structural and geotechnical measurements and the estimation of recoveries were quantified in nature.
- The drill cores are photographed and digitally stored for visual reference.
- All holes are logged from the beginning to the end.
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| Sub- sampling techniques and sample preparation | - For the diamond drill holes, sample intervals are marked, and the core was cut in half by an automatic splitter. One of the core halves is placed in a plastic bag and tagged with a unique sample number or a code number. The other half of the core is returned to the core wooden box for securely storing.
- If assays need to be checked by a second lab (internal or external) the second core half stored is cut in half (1/4) using one half for assays check and the other half (1/4) is returned to the core wooden box for securely storing.
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| Quality of assay data and laboratory tests | - Drill samples are collected, bagged, coded, and sent to Asi laboratory. At the Laboratory facility, the samples are crushed and prepared. Gold assays are done using FA-AAS procedure on a 50g sample weight.
- ICP-OES radial method with Aqua Regia 0.2 gr digestion with a total determination of 39 elements (Accredited Method by ISO 9001:2015; ISO 17025:2017).
- Mercury analysis of 0.2 gr in Aqua Regia, total determination by AAS cold vapor.
- Internal laboratory checks were made regarding sample preparation and assaying procedures.
- QA/QC procedures include the definition of a "Geochemical Check List" where all parameters are set to ensure adequate control over the stages of preparation and chemical analysis of diamond core samples. Blanks, standard and field duplicate are inserted with a frequency of 5%, coarse duplicates 2.25% and pulp duplicates 1.25%.
A new quality control configuration has been proposed which inserts 5 control samples in a batch of 40 samples. The 5 controls configuration is defined as 2 standard control samples, 1 blank sample, 1 fine coarse rejected sample (pulp) and 1 very coarse rejected sample.
Levels of acceptancy for standard samples are to 3sd.
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| Verification of sampling and assaying | - Samples data type manually into electronic spreadsheets.
- The spreadsheets are stored on servers whose hardware is securely housed in the mine.
- The data is loaded in software such as Target for ArcGIS and Leapfrog to identify possible errors in manual data loading.
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| Location of data points | - The drilling collar survey used Trimble TSC3 Differential GPS, +- 1cm precision.
- The datum used was Campus Inchauspe and Gauss Kruger Argentina coordinate system.
- Downhole surveys are completed by downhole methods (Reflex EZ-TRAC) at regular intervals (50 m and total hole).
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| Data spacing and distribution | - Exploration drilling per target is in sections and drill hole spacing is irregular to confirm extensions of mineralisation, according to lithological and structural criteria.
- No sample compositing is applied during the sampling process.
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| Orientation of data in relation to geological structure | - Drilling sections are designed to intercept structures as perpendicular as possible with available surface and underground data.
- Continuous saw blade channel samples trenches were transformed to sub-horizontal drill hole traces and then incorporated into the drill hole database. Such channels were done in outcrops across mineralized quartz vein, and sampling included low grade or barren material taken from wall rock in both sides of the mineralized vein.
- Overall, there is considered to be no sampling bias from the orientation of the drilling.
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| Sample security | - Samples are transported from the sampling area to the certified external lab via laboratory transport. The laboratory received sample dispatch documents for every sample batch.
- Laboratory returns pulp samples and excess material.
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| Audits or reviews | |
Section 2 Reporting of Exploration Results
(Criteria listed in the preceding section also apply to this section)
| Criteria | Commentary |
| Mineral tenement and land tenure status | - Mexplort, together with Austral Gold, have an agreement with Provincial Institute of Explorations and Mining Exploitations (IPEEM ) for the exploration of the Jaguelito project.
- The mining property includes 8 "Discovery manifestation", covering an area of 11,700 hectares.
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| Exploration done by other parties | - Between 1995 and 2002, the project was explored by Peñoles, who developed the project in an advanced manner, with more than 24,000 m of drilling (approx. 100 drill holes), extensive geophysical coverage (Mag-Rad, IP, CSAMT) and defined a Resource of 17.2 Mt @ 0.59 gpt Au and 52.2 gpt Ag.
- Between 1999 and 2000, the project was explored by Minera IRL, who concentrated their activities only in Jaguelito Norte, with more than 5700 m of drilling (52 holes) and re-defined resources of 282,000 Oz Au.
- As of 2011 Mexplort, through an agreement with IPEEM, began work on the project, consolidating historical information, with metallurgy studies and modeling and performing a new calculation of resources.
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| Geology | - Jagüelito is a high sulfidation epithermal deposit related to a Miocene volcanism hosted in basement of Permo-Triassic age. Its mineralisation is related to a hydrothermal system controlled by northeast-southwest oriented faults and hosted in porous-permeable volcaniclastic units. These rocks allowed the circulation of precursor acidic hydrothermal fluids that strongly altered the rocks through which they circulated, generating a secondary porosity or vuggy silica, in the alteration cores. The high porosity product of the alteration served as a conduit for the posthumous hydrothermal fluids responsible for the mineralisation of gold and silver.
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| Drill hole Information | |
| Data aggregation methods | - Sum product Weighted averaging was used to report gold and silver grades over sample intervals that contained more than one sample. Significant intercepts were reported at 0.2 g/t Au cutoff.
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| Relationship between mineralisation widths and intercept lengths | - The orientation of the veins is generally north, and the dip of the mineralisation is sub-vertical.
- The majority of drilling is oriented close to perpendicular to a new concept of gold ore control related to northwest direction. The intersection length is measured down the hole trace and may not be the true width.
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| Diagrams | - Sections are included in the report above this.
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| Balanced reporting | - All assay results that are considered anomalous are reported, and in diagrams where low grades were encountered where the structures were intersected the assay results are reported as from the laboratory.
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| Other substantive exploration data | - No metallurgical samples or bulk density sampling has currently been undertaken with the reported drilling results. Eventually, if the samples are used, they will be reported at such time.
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| Further work | - Commence the design of the next drilling campaign.
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[1] Refer Media Release dated 2 December 2022 Austral Gold begins drilling at Jaguelito in Argentina and Media Release dated 24 April 2023 Diamond drilling returns gold and silver intercepts at Jaguelito Project, Argentina.
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- Final assays received from the last 623 meters drilled at Jaguelito Sur. Since December 2022, Austral drilled a total of 4,331 meters at Jaguelito Norte and Sur in accordance with the option agreement with Mexplort to acquire up to 50% of the project.
- Best intercept from latest drilling results:
- 从南雅格利托的最后623米钻探中获得的最终化验结果。自2022年12月以来，Austral根据与Mexplort签订的期权协议，在北部和南部的捷格利托共钻探了4,331米，以收购该项目高达50％的股份。
- 最新钻探结果的最佳截距：
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Sagitario target
(Sur Zone) |
DJS-001A: 14m @ 0.70 gpt gold and 17 gpt silver
Including 4.4m@ 1.44 gpt gold and 30 gpt silver
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射手座的目标
（苏尔区） |
DJS-001A：14m @ 0.70 gpt 金币和 17 gpt 白银
包括 4.4m @ 1.44 gpt 金币和 30 gpt 白银
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Sydney, Australia--(Newsfile Corp. - September 11, 2023) - Established gold producer Austral Gold Limited (ASX: AGD) (TSXV: AGLD) (OTCQB: AGLDF) (the "Company" or "Austral") has completed the first stage of drilling at the Jaguelito Project in Argentina's prolific El Indio Gold Belt.
澳大利亚悉尼--（Newsfile Corp.-2023 年 9 月 11 日）- 成立的黄金生产商澳大利亚黄金有限公司 (ASX: AGD) (TSXV: AGLD) (OTCQB: AGLD) ( “公司” 要么 “南方”）已经完成了位于阿根廷多产的埃尔印第奥金带的Jaguelito项目的第一阶段钻探。
At the Sagitario target at Jaguelito Sur (see Figure 2 below), drill hole DJS-001A intersected 14.0 m @ 0.7 gpt Au & 17 gpt Ag, starting at 133m, including 4.4m @ 1.44 gpt Au & 30 gpt Ag, from 143m. The hole reached a significant depth of over 400m, marking the largest phreatomagmatic column encountered in the project to date. The results indicate that one of the five surface-identified centers at Jaguelito Sur is similar to the dimensions and intensity of high-sulphidation deposits in this metallogenic belt.
在 Jaguelito Sur 的 Sagitario 目标（见下图 2），钻孔 DJS-001A 与 14.0 m @ 0.7 gpt Au 和 17 gpt Ag 相交，从 133 米处开始，包括 4.4m @ 1.44 gpt Au 和 30 gpt Ag，从 143 米处开始。该洞的深度超过400米，标志着该项目迄今为止遇到的最大的渗透岩浆柱。结果表明，南雅格利托的五个表面识别中心之一与该成矿带中高硫化矿床的尺寸和强度相似。
Gold and silver mineralisation, in line with our exploratory model, is high-sulfidation and hosted predominantly in phreatomagmatic rocks. Gold is associated with grey silica flooding in vuggy silica and quartz-alunite-jarosite hydrothermal alteration.
根据我们的探索模型，金银矿化是高度硫化的，主要存在于渗流岩石中。金与雾状二氧化硅中的灰色二氧化硅泛洪和石英-阿鲁尼特-亚罗石水热蚀变有关。
Austral drilled a total of 4,331m across two sectors at the Jaguelito project: Jaguelito Norte1 and Jaguelito Sur.
Austral 在 Jaguelito 项目的两个区域共钻探了 43.31 亿英尺：Jaguelito Norte1 和 Jaguelito Sur。
In accordance with the Company's agreement with Mexplort Perforaciones Mineras SA ("Mexplort")[1], Austral intends to exercise its option to acquire 50% of the project by drilling additional 700m to satisfy the 5,000m drilling commitment under Stage 1 of the agreement. The 700m are expected to be drilled in a new program to be jointly developed with Mexplort later this year. As of 31 August 2023, drilling campaign costs totalled approximately US$4.7M.
根据公司与Mexplort Perforaciones Mineras SA（“Mexplort”）达成的协议[1]，Austral打算行使选择权，通过再钻探700米来收购该项目50％的股份，以满足协议第一阶段下5,000米的钻探承诺。预计将在今年晚些时候与Mexplort共同开发的一项新项目中钻探700米。截至 2023 年 8 月 31 日，钻探活动成本总额约为 470 万美元。
Austral Gold's Chief Executive Officer, Stabro Kasaneva said: "We are pleased initial drilling at Jaguelito has confirmed northwest structural mineralisation controls, which are crucial for HS-type epithermal deposits during the Miocene era in the region. Based on the results obtained to date, we are planning a new drill program."
Austral Gold 首席执行官， 斯塔布罗·卡萨内娃 说：“我们很高兴Jaguelito的初步钻探证实了西北部的构造矿化控制，这对于该地区中新世时期的HS型超热矿床至关重要。根据迄今为止获得的结果，我们正在计划一项新的钻探计划。”
Figure 1. Jaguelito Project located in the Indio Belt, Argentina
图 1。 Jaguelito项目位于阿根廷印第奥地带
Table 1: Jaguelito Sur Drill results
Figure 2. Jaguelito Sur drill hole locations
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
多伦多证券交易所风险投资交易所及其监管服务提供商（该术语在多伦多证券交易所风险交易所的政策中定义）均不对本新闻稿的充分性或准确性承担责任。
Release approved by the Chief Executive Officer of Austral Gold, Stabro Kasaneva.
发布已获得澳大利亚黄金首席执行官斯塔布罗·卡萨内瓦的批准。
For more information please contact:
Jose Bordogna
Chief Financial Officer
Phone: +61 466 892 307
jose.bordogna@australgold.com
何塞·博尔多尼亚
首席财务官
电话：+61 466 892 307
jose.bordogna@australgold.com
Gareth Quinn
Media and Investor Relations
Phone +61 417 711 108
gareth@republicpr.com.au
Gareth Quinn
媒体和投资者关系
电话 +61 417 711 108
gareth@republicpr.com.au
Forward Looking Statements
Statements in this news release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical, and consist primarily of projections - statements regarding future plans, expectations and developments. Words such as "expects", "intends", "plans", "may", "could", "potential", "should", "anticipates", "likely", "believes" and words of similar import tend to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements in this news release include Austral intends to exercise its option to acquire 50% of the project by drilling an additional 700 meters to satisfy its 5,000m drilling commitment under Stage 1 of the agreement, the 700 meters are expected to be drilled in a new program to be jointly developed with Mexplort later this year, and the Company's 2023 forecasted production.
本新闻稿中非历史事实的陈述均为前瞻性陈述。前瞻性陈述是非历史陈述，主要由预测组成，即有关未来计划、预期和发展的陈述。诸如 “期望”、“打算”、“计划”、“可能”、“潜在”、“应该”、“预期”、“可能”、“相信” 等词语以及具有类似含义的词语往往可以识别前瞻性陈述。本新闻稿中的前瞻性陈述包括Austral打算行使收购该项目50％股份的选择权，再钻探700米，以履行协议第一阶段下的5000米钻探承诺，700米预计将在今年晚些时候与Mexplort共同开发的新项目中钻探，以及该公司2023年的预测产量。
All of these forward-looking statements are subject to a variety of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events or results to differ from those expressed or implied, including, without limitation, business integration risks; uncertainty of production, development plans and cost estimates, commodity price fluctuations; political or economic instability and regulatory changes; currency fluctuations, the state of the capital markets especially in light of the effects of the novel coronavirus, uncertainty in the measurement of mineral reserves and resource estimates, Austral's ability to attract and retain qualified personnel and management, potential labour unrest, reclamation and closure requirements for mineral properties; unpredictable risks and hazards related to the development and operation of a mine or mineral property that are beyond the Company's control, the availability of capital to fund all of the Company's projects and other risks and uncertainties identified under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's continuous disclosure documents filed on the ASX and on SEDAR. You are cautioned that the foregoing list is not exhaustive of all factors and assumptions which may have been used. Austral cannot assure you that actual events, performance or results will be consistent with these forward-looking statements, and management's assumptions may prove to be incorrect. Austral's forward-looking statements reflect current expectations regarding future events and operating performance and speak only as of the date hereof and Austral does not assume any obligation to update forward-looking statements if circumstances or management's beliefs, expectations or opinions should change other than as required by applicable law. For the reasons set forth above, you should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.
所有这些前瞻性陈述都受各种已知和未知的风险、不确定性和其他因素的影响，这些因素可能导致实际事件或结果与明示或暗示的有所不同，包括但不限于业务整合风险；生产、发展计划和成本估算的不确定性；大宗商品价格波动；政治或经济不稳定和监管变化；货币波动、资本市场状况，尤其是新型冠状病毒影响下的资本市场状况、测量的不确定性矿产储量和资源估计、Austral吸引和留住合格人员和管理层的能力、潜在的劳工动荡、矿产的开垦和关闭要求；与公司无法控制的矿山或矿产开发和运营相关的不可预测的风险和危害、为公司所有项目提供资金的可用资金以及公司在澳大利亚证券交易所提交的持续披露文件中 “风险因素” 标题下确定的其他风险和不确定性，以及在 SEDAR 上。请注意，上述清单并未详尽列出可能使用的所有因素和假设。澳大利亚无法向您保证实际事件、业绩或业绩将与这些前瞻性陈述一致，管理层的假设可能被证明是不正确的。Austral的前瞻性陈述反映了当前对未来事件和经营业绩的预期，仅代表截至本文发布之日，如果情况或管理层的信念、预期或观点除适用法律要求外发生变化，Austral不承担任何更新前瞻性陈述的义务。出于上述原因，您不应过分依赖前瞻性陈述。
Confirmation: For the purposes of ASX Listing Rule 5.23.2, Austral confirms that is not aware of any information or data that materially affects the information included in its press release dated 24 April 2023.
确认：就澳大利亚证券交易所上市规则5.23.2而言，Austral确认其不知道有任何对2023年4月24日新闻稿中包含的信息产生重大影响的信息或数据。
Technical information in this media release that relates to Exploration Results is based on work supervised, or compiled on behalf of Robert Trzebski, a Director of the Company. Dr. Trzebski, who is a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) and qualifies as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 Edition of the 'Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves' consents to the inclusion of the technical information that he has reviewed and approved or has been compiled on his behalf.
本新闻稿中与勘探结果相关的技术信息基于监督或代表公司董事Robert Trzebski汇编的工作。特热布斯基博士是澳大利亚矿业和冶金协会（AuSIMM）的成员，有资格成为2012年版《澳大利亚勘探结果、矿产资源和矿石储量报告守则》中定义的合格人员，他同意纳入他审查和批准或代表他汇编的技术信息。
The Jaguelito Project is an advanced exploration stage project located in located in one of the main districts of precious metals worldwide; the El Indio - Pascua Lama district in the Province of San Juan, Argentina. Its deposits, of the high sulfidation epithermal type of Miocene age, include mines in production, construction and exploration.
Jaguelito项目是一个处于高级勘探阶段的项目，位于全球贵金属的主要地区之一；阿根廷圣胡安省的埃尔印第奥-帕斯夸拉马区。其矿床属于中新世时代的高硫化超热液型，包括生产、建设和勘探中的矿山。
The Jaguelito project covers an area of 11,000 approximately hectares, and over 150 holes (~30,000m) were drilled by previous owners (Minera Peñoles, Minera IRL) between 1996 and 2009. It is located approximately 225km northwest of the city of San Juan in Valle del Cura, Iglesias Department, San Juan Province, Argentina. Its central coordinates are 29° 46' 20" West Latitude, 69° 38' 15 South Longitude and a variable altitude between 3,600 and 4,300 meters above sea level. Jagüelito is a high sulfidation epithermal deposit related to a Miocene volcanism hosted in basement of Permo-Triassic age. Its mineralisation is related to a hydrothermal system controlled by northeast-southwest oriented faults and hosted in porouspermeable volcaniclastic units. These rocks allowed the circulation of precursor acidic hydrothermal fluids that strongly altered the rocks through which they circulated, generating a secondary porosity or vuggy silica, in the alteration cores. The high porosity product of the alteration served as a conduit for the posthumous hydrothermal fluids responsible for the mineralisation of gold and silver.
Jaguelito项目占地约11,000公顷，之前的所有者（Minera Penãoles，Minera IRL）在1996年至2009年间钻了150多个洞（约3万米）。它位于阿根廷圣胡安省伊格莱西亚斯省库拉山谷圣胡安市西北约225公里处。它的中心坐标为西纬 29° 46' 20 英寸，南经 69° 38' 15，海拔 3,600 至 4,300 米之间的可变海拔。Jagüelito是一种高硫化度的超热液矿床，与二叠纪-三叠纪时代基底中的中新世火山活动有关。它的矿化与热液系统有关，该热液系统由东北-西南方向的断层控制，位于多孔可渗透的火山碎屑单元中。这些岩石允许前体酸性热液体循环，这些流体强烈改变了岩石的循环，从而在蚀变岩心中产生二次孔隙或气泡状二氧化硅。这种变化产生的高孔隙率产物是导致金和银矿化的死后热液体的管道。
Austral Gold is a growing gold and silver mining producer building a portfolio of quality assets in the Americas. Austral continues to lay the foundation for its growth strategy by advancing its attractive portfolio of producing and exploration assets.
Austral Gold是一家成长中的金银矿业生产商，在美洲建立了优质资产组合。 Austral通过推进其有吸引力的生产和勘探资产组合，继续为其增长战略奠定基础。
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Guanaco and Amancaya mines, Antofagasta Province, Chile (100% interest)
Open pit and underground.
2022 Production: 27,686 gold equivalent ounces
2023 Forecast: 32,000-36,000 gold equivalent ounces
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智利安托法加斯塔省瓜纳科和阿曼卡亚矿山 （100% 的利息）
露天和地下。
2022 年产量：27,686 黄金当量盎司
2023 年预测：32,000-36,000 黄金当量盎司
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Casposo/Manantiales Mine Complex, San Juan Province, Argentina (100% interest)
Gold and silver mine currently in care and maintenance. Strategy is to restart profitable mining operations.
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阿根廷圣胡安省卡斯波索/马南蒂亚莱斯矿山综合体 （100% 的利息）
金银矿目前正在保养和维护中。策略是重启有利可图的采矿业务。
- Paleocene Belt, Chile
- Guanaco District
- Amancaya District
- Las Pampa District
- 古新世地带，智利
- 瓜纳科区
- 阿曼卡亚区
- 拉斯潘帕区
- Triassic Choiyoi Belt
- Indio Belt
- Deseado Massif
- Triassic Choiyoi 腰带
- 印第奥腰带
- Deseado Massif
- Unico Silver Limited, an ASX listed company (17% interest)
- Rawhide Mine, private vehicle, Fallon, Nevada, USA (24% interest)
- Ensign Minerals Inc., private vehicle, Utah, USA (12% interest)
- Pampa Metals Corp, a CSE listed company (5.5% interest)
- 澳大利亚证券交易所上市公司Unico Silver Limited（17％的权益）
- Rawhide Mine，私家车，美国内华达州法伦（24% 的利息）
- Ensign Minerals Inc.，私家车，美国犹他州（12% 的利息）
- CSE上市公司Pampa Metals Corp（5.5％的利息）
JAGUELITO EXPLORATION PROJECT
JORC Code, 2012 Edition - Table 2 Report
Section 1 Sampling Techniques and Data
(Criteria in this section apply to all succeeding sections.)
JAGUELITO 勘探项目
JORC Code，2012 年版-表 2 报告
第 1 节采样技术和数据
（本节中的标准适用于所有后续部分。）
| Criteria |
Commentary |
| Sampling techniques |
- Industry-standard practices were used for sampling diamond drilling.
- The diamond drilling core was recovered from drill rods and stored in core's wooden boxes, where it was geologically logged, then half core samples were taken using an automatic core splitter, bagged, and sent to the laboratory.
- Samples were assayed for gold, mercury (cold vapor), and ICP-Mass (39 elements package) at a certified external laboratory, Asi (Argentina).
- Rock chip sampling of outcropping rocks.
- The outcrop geologic logging is performed by an experienced geologist who records the alteration and other specifics geological features.
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| Drilling techniques |
- Drilling techniques used were surface core drilling rig producing core at HQ size.
- Positioning of the drilling machine using Brunton compass and clinometer.
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| Drill sample recovery |
- Sample recovery is generally >95%.
- The mineralised zone appeared to be quite competent and core recoveries were excellent.
- All core was carefully placed in HQ sized core wooden boxes and transported a short distance to a core processing-sampling area where core recovery, depth markup and photography could be completed.
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| Logging |
- The diamond drill core was geologically logged using predefined logging codes for lithological, mineralogical, and physical characteristics.
- Structural and geotechnical measurements and the estimation of recoveries were quantified in nature.
- The drill cores are photographed and digitally stored for visual reference.
- All holes are logged from the beginning to the end.
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| Sub- sampling techniques and sample preparation |
- For the diamond drill holes, sample intervals are marked, and the core was cut in half by an automatic splitter. One of the core halves is placed in a plastic bag and tagged with a unique sample number or a code number. The other half of the core is returned to the core wooden box for securely storing.
- If assays need to be checked by a second lab (internal or external) the second core half stored is cut in half (1/4) using one half for assays check and the other half (1/4) is returned to the core wooden box for securely storing.
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| Quality of assay data and laboratory tests |
- Drill samples are collected, bagged, coded, and sent to Asi laboratory. At the Laboratory facility, the samples are crushed and prepared. Gold assays are done using FA-AAS procedure on a 50g sample weight.
- ICP-OES radial method with Aqua Regia 0.2 gr digestion with a total determination of 39 elements (Accredited Method by ISO 9001:2015; ISO 17025:2017).
- Mercury analysis of 0.2 gr in Aqua Regia, total determination by AAS cold vapor.
- Internal laboratory checks were made regarding sample preparation and assaying procedures.
- QA/QC procedures include the definition of a "Geochemical Check List" where all parameters are set to ensure adequate control over the stages of preparation and chemical analysis of diamond core samples. Blanks, standard and field duplicate are inserted with a frequency of 5%, coarse duplicates 2.25% and pulp duplicates 1.25%.
A new quality control configuration has been proposed which inserts 5 control samples in a batch of 40 samples. The 5 controls configuration is defined as 2 standard control samples, 1 blank sample, 1 fine coarse rejected sample (pulp) and 1 very coarse rejected sample.
Levels of acceptancy for standard samples are to 3sd.
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| Verification of sampling and assaying |
- Samples data type manually into electronic spreadsheets.
- The spreadsheets are stored on servers whose hardware is securely housed in the mine.
- The data is loaded in software such as Target for ArcGIS and Leapfrog to identify possible errors in manual data loading.
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| Location of data points |
- The drilling collar survey used Trimble TSC3 Differential GPS, +- 1cm precision.
- The datum used was Campus Inchauspe and Gauss Kruger Argentina coordinate system.
- Downhole surveys are completed by downhole methods (Reflex EZ-TRAC) at regular intervals (50 m and total hole).
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| Data spacing and distribution |
- Exploration drilling per target is in sections and drill hole spacing is irregular to confirm extensions of mineralisation, according to lithological and structural criteria.
- No sample compositing is applied during the sampling process.
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| Orientation of data in relation to geological structure |
- Drilling sections are designed to intercept structures as perpendicular as possible with available surface and underground data.
- Continuous saw blade channel samples trenches were transformed to sub-horizontal drill hole traces and then incorporated into the drill hole database. Such channels were done in outcrops across mineralized quartz vein, and sampling included low grade or barren material taken from wall rock in both sides of the mineralized vein.
- Overall, there is considered to be no sampling bias from the orientation of the drilling.
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| Sample security |
- Samples are transported from the sampling area to the certified external lab via laboratory transport. The laboratory received sample dispatch documents for every sample batch.
- Laboratory returns pulp samples and excess material.
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| Audits or reviews |
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| 标准 |
评论 |
| 采样技术 |
- 钻石钻探取样采用了行业标准做法。
- 钻石钻芯是从钻杆中回收的，存放在岩芯的木箱中，在那里进行地质记录，然后使用自动岩心分离器采集半个岩心样本，装袋后送到实验室。
- 在经过认证的外部实验室Asi（阿根廷）对样品进行了金、汞（冷蒸气）和ICP质量（39种元素包装）的检测。
- 露出岩石的岩屑采样。
- 露头地质测井由经验丰富的地质学家进行，他记录了变化和其他具体的地质特征。
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| 钻探技术 |
- 使用的钻探技术是露天岩心钻机，生产总部规模的岩心。
- 使用 Brunton 指南针和测斜仪对钻机进行定位。
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| 钻孔样本回收 |
- 样本回收率通常大于 95%。
- 矿化区似乎非常有能力，岩心回收率也非常好。
- 所有岩心都小心翼翼地放置在总部大小的核心木箱中，然后短距离运送到核心处理采样区域，在那里可以完成核心恢复、深度标记和摄影。
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| 记录 |
- 金刚石钻芯是使用预定义的岩性、矿物学和物理特征记录代码进行地质记录的。
- 自然界对结构和岩土工程测量以及回收率的估计进行了量化。
- 钻芯经过拍照并以数字方式存储，以供视觉参考。
- 所有漏洞从头到尾都记录在案。
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| 子采样技术和样品制备 |
- 对于金刚石钻孔，会标出样品间隔，钻芯由自动分离器切成两半。其中一半的核心放入塑料袋中，并用唯一的样本号或代码进行标记。核心的另一半被送回核心木箱中以便安全存放。
- 如果需要由第二个实验室（内部或外部）检查化验结果，则将存储的第二半核心切成两半（1/4），使用一半进行化验检查，另一半（1/4）返回核心木箱以便安全存放。
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| 化验数据和实验室测试的质量 |
- 钻探样本被收集、装袋、编码并送到 Asi 实验室。在实验室设施中，样品被粉碎和制备。使用FA-AAS程序对重量为50g的样品进行金检测。
- ICP-OES 径向法，使用 Aqua Regia 0.2 gr 消化，总共测定 39 种元素（ISO 9001:2015 认证方法；ISO 17025:2017）。
- 在 Aqua Regia 中对 0.2 克的汞进行分析，使用 AAS 冷蒸气进行总量测定。
- 对样本制备和化验程序进行了内部实验室检查。
- 质量保证/质量控制程序包括 “地球化学检查清单” 的定义，其中设置了所有参数，以确保充分控制钻石岩芯样品的制备和化学分析阶段。空白、标准和字段副本的插入频率为 5%，粗略重复项的插入频率为 2.25%，纸浆重复项的插入频率为 1.25%。
已经提出了一种新的质量控制配置，该配置在一批40个样本中插入了5个控制样本。5 种对照组配置定义为 2 个标准对照样品、1 个空白样品、1 个精细粗糙不合格样品（纸浆）和 1 个极粗糙不合格样品。
标准样本的接受程度为3sd。
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| 取样和化验的验证 |
- 在电子表格中手动对数据类型进行采样。
- 电子表格存储在服务器上，服务器的硬件安全地存放在矿山中。
- 数据加载到 Target for ArcGIS 和 Leapfrog 等软件中，以识别手动数据加载中可能出现的错误。
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| 数据点的位置 |
- 钻环测量使用了 Trimble TSC3 差分 GPS，精度为 +-1 厘米。
- 使用的基准是 Campus Inchauspe 和 Gauss Kruger 阿根廷坐标系。
- 井下测量通过井下方法（Reflex EZ-TRAC）定期完成（50 米和总钻孔）。
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| 数据间距和分布 |
- 根据岩性学和结构标准，每个目标的勘探钻探是分段进行的，钻孔间距不规则，以确认矿化的延伸。
- 在采样过程中不应用任何样本合成。
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| 与地质结构相关的数据方向 |
- 钻探部分的设计目的是利用现有的地表和地下数据尽可能垂直地截取结构。
- 连续的锯片通道样本将沟槽转换为水平以下的钻孔痕迹，然后纳入钻孔数据库。此类通道是在矿化石英脉的露头中进行的，采样包括从矿化矿脉两侧壁岩中采集的低品位或贫沃的物质。
- 总体而言，人们认为钻探方向不存在抽样偏差。
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| 安全性示例 |
- 样本通过实验室运输从采样区运送到经过认证的外部实验室。实验室收到了每批样品的样本发货文件。
- 实验室返回纸浆样本和多余材料。
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| 审计或审查 |
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Section 2 Reporting of Exploration Results
(Criteria listed in the preceding section also apply to this section)
第 2 节勘探结果报告
（上一节中列出的标准也适用于本节）
| Criteria |
Commentary |
| Mineral tenement and land tenure status |
- Mexplort, together with Austral Gold, have an agreement with Provincial Institute of Explorations and Mining Exploitations (IPEEM ) for the exploration of the Jaguelito project.
- The mining property includes 8 "Discovery manifestation", covering an area of 11,700 hectares.
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| Exploration done by other parties |
- Between 1995 and 2002, the project was explored by Peñoles, who developed the project in an advanced manner, with more than 24,000 m of drilling (approx. 100 drill holes), extensive geophysical coverage (Mag-Rad, IP, CSAMT) and defined a Resource of 17.2 Mt @ 0.59 gpt Au and 52.2 gpt Ag.
- Between 1999 and 2000, the project was explored by Minera IRL, who concentrated their activities only in Jaguelito Norte, with more than 5700 m of drilling (52 holes) and re-defined resources of 282,000 Oz Au.
- As of 2011 Mexplort, through an agreement with IPEEM, began work on the project, consolidating historical information, with metallurgy studies and modeling and performing a new calculation of resources.
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| Geology |
- Jagüelito is a high sulfidation epithermal deposit related to a Miocene volcanism hosted in basement of Permo-Triassic age. Its mineralisation is related to a hydrothermal system controlled by northeast-southwest oriented faults and hosted in porous-permeable volcaniclastic units. These rocks allowed the circulation of precursor acidic hydrothermal fluids that strongly altered the rocks through which they circulated, generating a secondary porosity or vuggy silica, in the alteration cores. The high porosity product of the alteration served as a conduit for the posthumous hydrothermal fluids responsible for the mineralisation of gold and silver.
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| Drill hole Information |
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| Data aggregation methods |
- Sum product Weighted averaging was used to report gold and silver grades over sample intervals that contained more than one sample. Significant intercepts were reported at 0.2 g/t Au cutoff.
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| Relationship between mineralisation widths and intercept lengths |
- The orientation of the veins is generally north, and the dip of the mineralisation is sub-vertical.
- The majority of drilling is oriented close to perpendicular to a new concept of gold ore control related to northwest direction. The intersection length is measured down the hole trace and may not be the true width.
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| Diagrams |
- Sections are included in the report above this.
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| Balanced reporting |
- All assay results that are considered anomalous are reported, and in diagrams where low grades were encountered where the structures were intersected the assay results are reported as from the laboratory.
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| Other substantive exploration data |
- No metallurgical samples or bulk density sampling has currently been undertaken with the reported drilling results. Eventually, if the samples are used, they will be reported at such time.
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| Further work |
- Commence the design of the next drilling campaign.
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| 标准 |
评论 |
| 矿产权和土地保有权状况 |
- Mexplort与Austral Gold一起与省勘探和矿业开发研究所（IPEEM）签订了勘探雅格利托项目的协议。
- 该采矿物业包括8个 “发现示意图”，占地面积11,700公顷。
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| 其他各方进行的探索 |
- 1995年至2002年间，佩尼奥莱斯对该项目进行了勘探，他以先进的方式开发了该项目，钻探了超过24,000米（约100个钻孔），广泛的地球物理覆盖面（Mag-Rad、IP、CSAMT），并定义了17.2万吨 @ 0.59 gpt Au和52.2 gpt Ag的资源。
- 在1999年至2000年之间，该项目由Minera IRL勘探，该公司仅将活动集中在北雅格利托，钻探了超过5700米（52个孔），重新定义了28.2万盎司金的资源。
- 从2011年起，通过与IPEEM的协议，Mexplort开始了该项目的工作，整合了历史信息，进行了冶金研究和建模，并对资源进行了新的计算。
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| 地质学 |
- Jagüelito是一种高硫化度的超热液矿床，与二叠纪-三叠纪时代基底中的中新世火山活动有关。它的矿化与热液系统有关，该热液系统由东北-西南方向的断层控制，位于多孔可渗透的火山碎屑单元中。这些岩石允许前体酸性热液流体循环，这些流体强烈改变了岩石的循环，从而在蚀变岩心中产生二次孔隙或气泡状二氧化硅。这种变化产生的高孔隙率产物是导致金和银矿化的死后热液体的管道。
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| 钻孔信息 |
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| 数据聚合方法 |
- 总和产品加权平均值用于报告包含多个样本的样本间隔内的黄金和白银品位。据报道，在0.2 g/t Au的临界值下，有显著的截获量。
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| 矿化宽度与截距长度之间的关系 |
- 矿脉的方向通常是北方，矿化的倾角是亚垂直的。
- 大多数钻探的方向接近于与西北方向有关的新金矿控制概念垂直。交叉长度是沿着孔迹测量的，可能不是真实的宽度。
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| 图表 |
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| 平衡的报告 |
- 报告了所有被认为是异常的化验结果，在结构交叉处遇到低等级的图表中，化验结果是实验室报告的。
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| 其他实质性勘探数据 |
- 目前尚未对报告的钻探结果进行任何冶金样本或堆积密度采样。最终，如果使用样本，将在此时报告。
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| 进一步的工作 |
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[1] Refer Media Release dated 2 December 2022 Austral Gold begins drilling at Jaguelito in Argentina and Media Release dated 24 April 2023 Diamond drilling returns gold and silver intercepts at Jaguelito Project, Argentina.
[1] 参考2022年12月2日的新闻稿澳大利亚黄金开始在阿根廷的杰格利托进行钻探，以及2023年4月24日的新闻稿钻石钻探返回了阿根廷杰格利托项目的黄金和白银截获量。
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