Crusader Resources announced the commencement of its initial 2018 exploration program over its highly prospective and high grade Juruena and Novo Astro Gold Projects situated within the Alta Floresta belt in western Brazil. Diamond drill rigs are mobilising to Crusader's Juruena site this week where drilling will focus on new targets. Novo Astro initiating programme to define maiden drill targets. Alta Floresta mineral belt attracting significant interest by major mining companies. Crusader's Juruena Project represents 24 tenements over 770km2 and has returned some of the high gold results across the belt, with diamond drilling delivering several extremely highgrade intercepts, including two in excess of 1,000 g/t. The current indicated resource at Juruena has an average grade >18g/t with the 2018 program focused on developing a larger scale resource. Novo Astro is Crusader's second project area on the Alta Floresta gold belt, ~25km south east of Juruena. The project is highlighted by a 5km wide circular soil anomaly that remains untested with rock chip samples returning significant grades, including 264 g/t Au and 101.7 g/t Au. The project had previously been mined for its high grade alluvial gold for over 40 years.