26
February 2024
Lexington
Gold Ltd
("Lexington Gold" or the "Company")
Drilling
Update
Lexington Gold (AIM: LEX), the gold
exploration and development company with projects in South Africa
and the USA, is pleased to provide a further update on its 2023/24
drilling programme at the Bothaville Project located in the
Witwatersrand Gold Basin, South Africa, which commenced in early
December 2023.
Highlights:
·
Successful completion of the first two diamond
drill holes and four associated deflections.
·
Both drill holes and their deflections
successfully intersected the targeted Kimberley Formation,
including the A-Reef, aligning with the programme's
objectives.
·
Preliminary visual inspection of the core has
revealed signs of mineralisation in both holes, indicating the
potential presence of gold.
·
The drill core is currently being logged, split
and prepared for submission to SGS Laboratory Services, for
primarily gold and uranium assay analysis.
Ed Nealon, Lexington Gold's
Chairman, commented:
"These latest developments
from our Bothaville Project drilling campaign are highly
encouraging. The completion of two diamond drill holes intersecting
the A-Reef and showcasing signs of mineralisation, brings us closer
to realising the potential of this project.
"These preliminary findings also serve to validate our
strategic approach to exploring the Kimberley Formation and
highlight the untapped opportunities within our South African
portfolio. We remain committed to advancing our exploration efforts
and look forward to providing further updates as our ongoing
programme progresses."
Additional Information
The drilling programme comprises a
minimum of 2,000m of combined percussion and diamond drilling
(including deflections). This initial drill campaign at Bothaville
is aimed, in particular, at investigating the area around a
historical drill hole (CC2) in which the A-Reef
yielded an average gold grade over five intersections of
approximately 5.1g/t Au over a corrected interval of 77cm.
The ongoing programme is seeking to investigate
both the downdip-channel and cross-channel gold mineralisation
potential at an estimated depth of approximately 250m to 450m below
the surface.
Figure 1: Diamond drill core with A-Reef
intersection
Competent Person's Statement
The information contained in this
announcement that relates to exploration activities is based upon
information compiled by Edward Nealon, Chairman of Lexington Gold.
Mr Nealon is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and
Metallurgy (AusIMM) and has sufficient experience which 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 December 2012 edition of the
"Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral
Resources and Ore Reserves" (JORC Code). Mr Nealon consents to the
inclusion in this announcement of the matters based upon the
information in the form and context in which it appears.
For further information, please
contact:
Lexington Gold Ltd
Bernard Olivier (Chief Executive
Officer)
Edward Nealon (Chairman)
Mike Allardice (Group Company
Secretary)
|
www.lexingtongold.co.uk
via Yellow
Jersey
|
Strand Hanson Limited (Nominated
Adviser)
Matthew Chandler / James Bellman /
Abigail Wennington
|
www.strandhanson.co.uk
T: +44 207
409 3494
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WH Ireland Limited (Joint
Broker)
|
www.whirelandplc.com
|
Katy Mitchell
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T: +44 207
220 1666
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Peterhouse Capital Limited (Joint
Broker)
Duncan Vasey / Lucy Williams
(Broking)
Eran Zucker (Corporate
Finance)
|
www.peterhousecap.com
T: +44 207
469 0930
|
Yellow Jersey PR Limited (Financial
Public Relations)
Charles Goodwin / Annabelle Wills /
Soraya Jackson
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www.yellowjerseypr.com
T: +44
7747 788 221
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The information contained within this announcement is deemed
by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under
the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 as it forms part of
United Kingdom domestic law by virtue of the European Union
(Withdrawal) Act 2018 as amended by virtue of the Market Abuse
(Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.
Note to Editors:
Lexington Gold (AIM: LEX) is a gold
exploration and development company currently holding interests in
four diverse gold projects, covering a combined area of
approximately 1,675 acres in North and South Carolina, USA and in
five gold projects covering approximately 89,505 hectares in South
Africa.
Further information is available on
the Company's website: www.lexingtongold.co.uk. Neither
the contents of the Company's website nor the contents of any
website accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website (or any
other website) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this
announcement.