Great Western Mining Corporation PLC announced further results from its 2024 geological field work with positive developments at several prospects. M2 Resource: An analysed soil samples reveal a surface anomaly continuing 500 m to northeast of the Company's existing inferred copper resource. One grab sample from this area recorded 1,470 g/t Ag, a new peak for M2.
West Huntoon Porphyry Prospect: Further infill soil sampling has better defined strong copper and gold targets at the heart of the anomaly, following the recently reported expansion of the area of interest from 2 km2 to approximately 3 km2. West Huntoon Gold Prospect: A new grab sample confirms elevated gold values (2.01 g/t Au) 65 m along strike from high-grade samples reported in late 2024 (16.17 g/t Au, 207 g/t Ag); Smith Mine: reconnaissance soil samples have confirmed an area in the south of the grid as anomalous for copper, with peak value of 341 ppm Cu, and an isolated sample returning a gold value of 29 ppb Au. The company reported lab results several times during 2024, and this release covers lab results recently received and not previously reported.
Some 2024 results remain pending and will be announced when available. The precise locations of the samples taken are set out in map form at the end of this release. M2 Resource New soil samples taken northeast of M2 indicate the continuity of the M2 trend in this direction.
124 samples were collected in a 50 x 50 m grid, of which 27 were anomalous (>75 ppm Cu) for copper (peak 969 ppm Cu, median 117 ppm Cu). Notably, one portion of the anomaly is above a granite body - the Fletcher's Camp Granite. Surface showings of copper have been found relating to late-stage intrusions above the granite contact.
Grabs from this area have returned positive grades for copper one returning a grade of 1,470 g/tAg. Crucially, this is an area where Great Western has open drill permission under an ongoing agreement with a private landowner. While recent focus has been on the copper prospectivity at West Huntoon, these results again highlight the widespread gold prospectivity.
Of the 56 new samples, 23 have gold grades >5 ppb, with median value of 10 ppb, and outliers at 231 and 100 ppb Au. Reviewing a wider group of 333 samples taken to date over the core areas of West Huntoon (including both new and previously released samples, with those collected cover sequences excluded), 271 are = 5 ppb Au, 26 are =50 ppb Au and 13 are = 100 ppb Au with outliers at 1,940 and 320 ppb Au. In 2024 GWM announced a high-grade vein grab of 16.17 g/t Ag, 207 g/t Ag and 2.37% Cu.
A follow-up sample has since been taken 65 m to the southeast on another outcrop of the same structure which returned 2.04 g/t Au and 0.1% Cu, indicating that this mineralised vein may have lateral continuity. Further detailed mapping of the area in search for more outcrops of this structure is planned.
