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Big Hits: Caprice, Stavely and Patriot Battery Metals
Bulls N' Bears Big Hits looks at notable drill intercepts recently reported to the ASX. Caprice Resources' Island gold project south of Cue in Western Australia hit 11 metres grading 17.3 grams per tonne (g/t) gold, including 9m at 21g/t gold from 170m. Other interesting drill hits were reported at Stavely Minerals' Fairview prospect in Victoria, while Patriot Battery Metals made a big caesium discovery in Quebec, Canada. Caprice Resources (ASX: CRS) Project: Island gold project, WA's Mid West region Hit: 11m at 17.3g/t gold, including 9m at 21g/t from 170m Caprice Resources struck gold with its standout 11m at 17.3g/t gold intercept, including 9m at 21g/t from 170m downhole at the company's Vadrian's target within its Island gold project in the Meekatharra–Cue–Mt Magnet greenstone belt in WA's Murchison region. The high-grade hit from the company's first batch of samples from its phase three reverse circulation (RC) drilling program confirms the Evening Star lode as a significant discovery, doubling its strike length to 350m and extending mineralisation at depth, where it remains open. Supporting this top result, additional high-grade gold intercepts from the final batch of phase three assays at Vadrian's include 9m at 14.8g/t from 154m, including 1m at 33.1g/t from 159m; 5m at 18.3g/t from 180m, including 1m at 62.6g/t; and 10m at 10.9g/t from 123m, including 1m at 63.9g/t. Earlier phase three gold results also romped home with 10m at 11.7g/t from 175m, including 8m assaying 14.4g/t from 176m downhole and 9m at 8.3g/t from 94m. Further potential is shown at the company's New Orient prospect, 1 kilometre south, in a notable intercept of 21m at 1.3g/t from 29m, including 2m going 9.2g/t gold from 46m. The mineralisation remains open to the north and down dip. Caprice holds more than 1800 square kilometres of prospective WA ground, with 240 square kilometres across its Murchison gold projects, including the Island, New Orient and Cuddingwarra. Island spans a 5km-long, 700m–1000m-wide corridor, which hosts gold in units of banded iron formation up to 30m thick, a key host rock in the Murchison Goldfields. High-grade gold is associated with north-northwest / south-southeast trending en echelon vein sets and major crosscutting structures, mirroring the region's more-than-15-million-ounce total gold endowment in deposits. The company has also discovered two new mineralised zones - West Star, with 2m at 3.2g/t gold from 132m and at Condenser, with 2m at 1.1g/t from 90m which reinforce the potential for other stacked lodes across the corridor. Drilling to date has been limited to 170m below surface, leaving significant depth potential unexplored. The company's phase three drilling program comprised 43 RC holes for 7024m and was completed in June. All assays have been received and the results confirm increasing gold grades at depth, satisfyingly validating the geological model. Additionally, laboratory analysis confirms free gold in the intercepts, which will facilitate processing and refining. Island's structural and geological setting, with banded iron formation units and crosscutting structures, is in keeping with other high-grade deposits in the Murchison. Caprice is steadily moving towards a maiden mineral resource estimate with a fully funded phase four program of 20,000m of air core, RC and diamond drilling planned for September. The company anticipates the work will extend high-grade zones and provide structural data. An air core program slated for the last quarter of the year will target an undrilled 1000m-long banded iron formation trending beneath Lake Austin's sediment cover, between New Orient and Vadrian's, as well as high-titanium basalt stratigraphy on Island's western edge, which is similar to the Break of Day deposits. The Island project contains many of the historic mines in the Lake Austin gold mining centre and comprises two granted mining leases and one exploration licence. It sits between Ramelius Resources and Westgold Resources' processing infrastructure in the heart of the Murchison gold district. Meanwhile, Caprice's 1500-square-kilometre West Arunta project, targeting gold, copper and niobium/rare earths, is capitalising on its multiple high-priority targets. These include analogues of WA1's Luni discovery and its 200Mt at 1 per cent niobium pentoxide mineral resource. With high-grade hits at Vadrian's, new zones at West Star and Condenser, and a strategic mix of RC, diamond and air core drilling planned, Caprice is well-positioned to unlock further value at its Island project, potentially defining a significant gold resource in the Murchison. Stavely Minerals (ASX: SVY) Project: Fairview North and South prospects in the Stavely copper-gold project , Western Victoria Hit: 1m at 49.2g/t gold from 10m Stavely Minerals has uncovered high-grade gold at its Stavely copper-gold project in western Victoria, with significant results from RC drilling at its Fairview North and South prospects. The standout assay from Fairview South revealed 1m at 49.2g/t gold from 10m within a broader 40m at 1.96g/t from surface, including 17m at 4.18g/t from 9m and 9m at 7.15g/t from 9m. Other Fairview South results include 42m at 1.14g/t from a previous RC hole, with 9m at 3g/t, and an air core hole assaying 29m at 1.42g/t from surface. Geological mapping and rock-chip sampling at Fairview South extended the mineralised zone 600m south, with high-grade assays from brecciated, quartz-veined and gossanous samples yielding up to 25.6g/t, 8.79g/t, and 4.49g/t gold. Eight float samples showed anomalous gold above 0.1g/t, including 0.41g/t in massive gossan with quartz crystals. The prospect features intermediate and felsic intrusive dykes near a gravity low tied to rhyolite intrusions at the intersection of a north-south gold trend and a west-northwest structure. At Fairview North, 4.3km north, RC drilling yielded 59m at 1.31g/t from surface, including 27m at 2.33g/t with 3m at 10.81g/t from 19m, alongside 42m at 1.57g/t from 23m, including 8m at 4.76g/t, and 29m at 0.96g/t from surface, with 6m at 3.46g/t gold. Fairview North's RC drilling confirmed well-developed, shallow, potentially heap-leachable gold mineralisation. Bottle-roll cyanide leach tests from 2017 indicate 72.6 per cent to 98.4 per cent gold recovery after 120 hours, and column leach tests showing 81.9 per cent to 95.8 per cent recovery. The mineralisation aligns within a northwest-trending corridor with three sinusoidal structural zones, guiding further RC drilling to expand the footprint. The Fairview prospects suggest a significant mineralised structure potentially spans 10km. Stavely's forward program includes additional RC drilling to test structural geometries and composite metallurgical testwork to assess low-cost heap leach recovery options. The company's high-grade gold hits and promising leach test results at both of its Fairview prospects signal a growing mineralised system, with ongoing drilling poised to unlock further potential in this emerging gold-copper play. P atriot Battery Minerals (ASX: PMT) Project: Shaakichiuwaanaan, Eeyou Istchee James Bay, Quebec, Canada. Hits: 156.9m at 2.12 per cent lithium oxide; 1.1m at 26.61 per cent caesium oxide Patriot Battery Metals has confirmed the world's largest pollucite-hosted caesium resource at its Shaakichiuwaanaan project in Quebec's Eeyou Istchee James Bay region, complementing its globally significant lithium and tantalum pegmatites. The project, featuring CV5 and CV13 pegmatites, ranks as the largest lithium resource in the Americas and a top-tier critical minerals hub. The standout lithium intercept is 156.9m at 2.12 per cent lithium oxide, including 25m at 5.04 per cent lithium oxide and 5m at 6.36 per cent lithium oxide from the CV5 pegmatite. CV5 hosts the bulk of the project's lithium, with an indicated resource of 108 million tonnes at 1.40 per cent lithium oxide and 166 parts per million (ppm) tantalum pentoxide, plus an inferred 33.4Mt at 1.33 per cent lithium oxide and 155ppm tantalum pentoxide. The top tantalum pentoxide intercept is 5.4m at 356ppm within 31.6m at 0.95 per cent lithium oxide. The caesium discovery shines in the Rigel and Vega zones in the CV13 pegmatite. The top caesium intercept is 1.1m at 26.61 per cent caesium oxide from the Rigel zone, with another notable hit of 5m at 13.2 per cent caesium oxide, including 2m at 22.9 per cent caesium oxide. CV13's resource includes Rigel's indicated 163,000t at 10.25 per cent caesium oxide and 1.78 per cent lithium oxide, and Vega's indicated 530,000t at 2.61 per cent caesium oxide and 2.23 per cent lithium oxide. It has an inferred 1,698,000t at 2.40 per cent caesium oxide and 1.81 per cent lithium oxide for a total 30,599t indicated and 40,800t inferred caesium oxide. Caesium is exclusive to CV13, with no significant occurrences in CV5. Caesium is supply constrained and is used in drilling fluids, optical glass and atomic clocks for internet and mobile networks. Historically, only a few mines have produced caesium, often as a lithium by-product, including Sinomine's Tanco mine in Canada, the Bikita mine in Zimbabwe and Pioneer Resources' Sinclair mine in the WA Goldfields. Power Metals' Case Lake project in Ontario recently reported a 13,000t inferred resource at 2.4 per cent caesium oxide, but Shaakichiuwaanaan's scale – with 30,599t indicated and 40,800t inferred caesium oxide - positions it as the global leader. The project's lithium resource, the eighth largest globally, as well as a potential further tantalum resource enhance its strategic value. Patriot is advancing a scoping metallurgical program using X-ray ore sorting to optimise pollucite recovery from the Vega zone drill core, alongside lithium and tantalum co-recovery. Further drilling aims to upgrade inferred resources and support geo-mechanical studies and the company is planning a lithium-focused feasibility study this quarter. Shaakichiuwaanaan's world-class caesium, lithium and tantalum resources position Patriot as a key player in North American and European critical mineral supply chains, with ongoing work set to unlock its multi-commodity potential. Is your ASX-listed company doing something interesting? Contact:
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
On This Day, May 7: U-boat sinks British liner Lusitania killing 1,200
May 7 (UPI) -- On this date in history: In 1718, the French established the city of New Orleans on land inhabited by the Chitimacha tribe. The actual date of the city's founding is unknown, but the anniversary is traditionally observed May 7. In 1789, the first U.S. presidential inaugural ball, celebrating the inauguration of George Washington, was conducted in New York City. In 1824, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony was performed for the first time. In 1913, homemade bombs found under the bishop's throne in St. Paul's Cathedral and opposite the offices of Evening Star in Bouverie Street, were deemed by police to have been the work of suffragettes. A stone bust of Ludwig van Beethoven stands near the Old Playground Pavilion in Tower Grove Park in St. Louis on March 3, 2021. On May 7, 1824, Beethoven's "Ninth Symphony" was performed for the first time. File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI In 1915, a German U-boat sank the British liner Lusitania off the coast of Ireland, killing nearly 1,200 people. In 1921, in an exclusive interview with the United Press, Sun Yat Sen, president of the Canton Chinese government, outlined his policy proposals as he sought recognition for his fledgling government. The St. Anne Parade marches down Royal St in New Orleans on Fat Tuesday, February 21. On May 7, 1718, the French established the city of New Orleans on land inhabited by the Chitimacha tribe. File Photo by AJ Sisco/UPI File Photo by Stephen Shaver/UPI In 1945, U.S. Army Gen. Dwight Eisenhower accepted the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany from Gen. Alfred Jodl. Germany's Gen. Gustav Jodl (C) signs the unconditional surrender documents on May 7, 1945, in Reims, France, ending the war in Europe. He is flanked by Col. Wilhelm Oxenius (L), his aide, and German Adm. Hans Georg von Friedeburg. UPI File Photo In 1954, rebel Viet Minh forces overran the French stronghold of Dien Bien Phu, bringing about the end of French control in Indochina and creating the division of Vietnam. In 1987, Rep. Stewart McKinney, R-Conn., died at age 56, the first member of Congress identified as a victim of AIDS. McKinney contracted the virus following a tainted blood transfusion. On May 7, 1994, "The Scream," Edvard Munch's famed expressionist painting, was found in a hotel room south of the Norwegian capital of Oslo three months after it was stolen. File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI In 1994, The Scream, Edvard Munch's famed expressionist painting, was found in a hotel room south of the Norwegian capital of Oslo three months after it was stolen. Thieves stole the painting again in 2004 and it was recovered a second time in 2006. In 2000, Vladimir Putin was sworn in as Russia's second president in the first democratic transfer of executive power in the nation's 1,000-year history. France's newly elected president, Emmanuel Macron, addresses a crowd of well-wishers at the Louvre in Paris on May 7, 2017. Macron won the presidency over nationalist leader Marine. File Photo by Clement Martin/UPI In 2007, officials reported no survivors in the crash of a Kenyan Airlines plane that went down in a Cameroon mangrove swamp with 114 people aboard. In 2014, a Thai court, in an abuse-of-power ruling, removed Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra from office. File Photo by Stephen Shaver/UPI In 2017, France elected Emmanuel Macron, of La République En Marche! Party, president over Marine Le Pen of the National Front. In 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin was inaugurated to his fifth term in office despite much of the Western world boycotting the ceremony because of the ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
Times
03-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Times
The Times Saturday Quiz: May 3, 2025
1 The next leap year will be in which year? 2 Which two-digit number describes a cone of ice cream with a chocolate flake in it? 3 In 2024, who became the first London mayor to win a third term? 4 The Borders Railway runs between which capital city and Tweedbank? 5 In 1945, which Casablanca star bought the yacht Santana for $50,000? 6 Begun in 1833, the Oxford Movement was a conservative movement within which church? 7 What number is half a gross? 8 The watercolours in Georgia O'Keeffe's Evening Star series likely depict which planet? 9 Which premium supermarket's long partnership with the online food retailer Ocado ended in 2020? 10 Which English singer released the chart-topping 2014 debut album In the Lonely
Forbes
21-03-2025
- Science
- Forbes
Where Did Brilliant Venus Go? The Science Behind Its Vanishing Act
UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 30: This set of images taken from Northampton in May 2004 show Venus as a ... More slowly shrinking crescent. The images were taken with a 180-cm Maksutov-Newtonian telescope. Photograph by Jamie Cooper. (Photo) Every night for the last five months, a bright "star" has been blazing away in the western sky just after sunset. Now it's gone. What's going on? Venus has been slowly getting closer to the sun and will pass roughly between Earth and our star this weekend — something astronomers call "inferior conjunction." On Saturday, March 22, Venus will be completely lost in the sun's glare and impossible to observe — but it's going out with a bang. For the past month, Venus has been sinking lower to the horizon in the post-sunset western sky, appearing closer to the sun with each passing day and rapidly losing latitude — sunlight, from our point of view. As it has done so, the views of Venus have been spectacular, with some even seeing it as a 'rainbow planet.' Since it's an inner planet as seen from Earth (its orbit around the sun takes just 225 days, compared with Earth's 365 days), we've been seeing the phases of Venus as it approached Earth, and it is now undertaking it on the inside. For the last few months, it has become a crescent and, in recent weeks, has become a thin sliver. Something similar happened with the far dimmer Mercury, which was shining with Venus at the beginning of March. Both have now dropped from the night sky, ending the planet parade that caught the attention of many sky-watchers. From Earth's perspective, Venus — for so long earning its nickname the "Evening Star" — will pass into the sun's glare. In the weeks after, it will emerge into the pre-dawn eastern sky and shine brightly as the "Morning Star." It will quickly rise higher into the twilight. Here are a few highlights for Venus-gazing over the next few months: While Venus transits to the morning sky, only two naked-eye planets remain of the "planet parade" — Jupiter and Mars. These two outer planets, which lie farther from the sun than Earth so can't undertake us like Venus and Mercury, are called superior planets by astronomers. Now high in the southern sky after dark, as seen from the Northern hemisphere, Jupiter is in the constellation Taurus, and Mars is in Gemini. The latter will align perfectly with Gemini's two bright stars, Castor and Pollux, on April 10 The next planetary parade — this time featuring six planets, excluding Mars — will be seen before sunrise on August 29, 2025. The moment the inferior conjunction of Venus can, on rare occasions, mean we see it appear to pass across the disk of the sun. That's a transit of Venus, which last happened on June 5 to 6, 2012, and won't happen again until Dec. 10/11, 2117. According to The Planetary Society, the orbits of Venus and Earth are in an 8:13 resonance, so Venus appears to loop around the sun 13 times every eight years from Earth's point of view. Wishing you clear skies and wide eyes.
Yahoo
14-03-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
When's the next eclipse? Will next week's solar eclipse be visible in Texas?
Missed last night's lunar eclipse? Unfortunately, you'll have to wait nearly a year for the next one — and for much of Texas and the Eastern U.S., visibility may not be as clear as it was early this morning. On the bright side, several other astronomical events are coming up this year, including two this month: dual visibility of Venus and a partial solar eclipse. Plus, as Solar Cycle 25 reaches its peak, the chances of seeing the northern lights are higher than usual. Those who missed the solar eclipse that took place last night into early this morning will have more opportunities as astronomical alignments are set to improve in the next few years. From 2025 to 2030, there will be 14 lunar eclipses, and of those, nine will be visible in the U.S., according to NASA. The next lunar eclipse will be visible in the United States on March 3, 2026. The first partial solar eclipse of 2025 will occur on March 29. However, it will not be visible in Texas, reaching only the northeastern portion of the United States. The second partial eclipse of the year will come on Sept. 21, but according to NASA, will not cover any of the United States. Venus, the brightest planet in the Solar System, will put on a rare and enchanting display early next week. From March 18-21, skywatchers in select locations will have the unique opportunity to see Venus twice in a single night — once as the 'Morning Star' before sunrise and again as the 'Evening Star' after sunset. This phenomenon occurs due to Venus's position relative to the Sun and Earth, making it visible on both sides of the horizon within the same 24-hour period. This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: When's the next eclipse? See when the next solar, lunar eclipses are
