Albion’s surveying and soil sampling reveals potential May Queen scale

• Albion Resources discovers 5km gold-bearing corridor at May Queen prospect in WA
• Data outlines several felsic intrusives, a rock type associated with other major gold deposits.
• Work underway to lay groundwork for mid-November drilling of highest-priority zones

Special Report: Gravity surveying and soil sampling by Albion Resources has defined a 5km-long gold-bearing structural corridor at May Queen prospect within the Yandal West project in WA.

Interpretation of the data has outlined several felsic intrusives, a rock type associated with other major gold deposits.

Notably for Albion Resources (ASX:ALB), the results enhance the overall scale of May Queen by outlining the 5km of gold-bearing structures and a more defined felsic intrusive complex of 1km by 600m at May Queen South along with a separate 1km-long intrusive at May Queen West.

The integration of tungsten-bismuth pathfinder trends supports a possible fertile intrusion-related gold system with geochemical similarities to the nearby Bronzewing deposit.

High-grade intersections such as 4m grading 25.7g/t gold and 4m at 5.7g/t remain open and untested along strike. They are also supported by gravity and soils interpretation.

“The integration of our new gravity and soil datasets marks a genuine step-change in our understanding of May Queen,” chief executive officer Peter Goh said.

“We now have a clearly defined structural corridor and multiple felsic intrusives that mirror the Bronzewing and Arrakis settings.

“These results confirm May Queen as a fertile, large-scale system with multiple high-priority, walk-up drill targets.

“With fieldwork and heritage clearances progressing, we’re entering an exciting phase as we prepare to drill what we believe could be a highly prospective opportunity within the Yandal Belt.”

Results and interpretation

The detailed ground gravity survey at May Queen refined the geological model and delineated several felsic intrusions within mafic greenstones.

This revealed a major north-northwest trending structure that is likely a northern extension of the Bronzewing structural corridor which extends for about 5km with multiple splays hosting strong gold mineralisation.

Notably, the gravity results define a larger felsic intrusive complex at May Queen South that is interpreted to split into eastern and western apophyses.

A second ~1km long felsic intrusive body has also been identified to the north, covering the May Queen West area.

This is interpreted as the northern continuation of the Bronzewing structural corridor, with multiple splays hosting high-grade gold mineralisation.

Integration with historical and new soil-geochemistry datasets has demonstrated a strong association between gold, tungsten and bismuth, which is often a hallmark of intrusion-related systems and large orogenic gold deposits such as Bronzewing.

Key anomalies align closely with the gravity-defined intrusives and structural splays, extending over several kilometres of strike.

At Bronzewing, highly elevated tungsten and bismuth concentrations are closely associated with gold anomalies, which define the alteration footprint of a gold deposit system.

A very similar set of gold and pathfinder metal anomalies may be possibly observed in the company’s reinterpreted dataset where coincident gold-tungsten-bismuth trends extend for several kilometres along the newly defined structural corridor.

New target areas

The integrated dataset defined eight key targets across the May Queen area, several of which remain completely untested by drilling.

These include the May Queen Extensions, May Queen South Extensions, May Queen East/Bronzewing North Structure, Nugget Patch and May Queen Far East targets.

At the May Queen Extensions, drilling intercepts such as 4m at 25.7g/t Au occur along a northwest-trending splay. A strong coincident gold-tungsten and moderate bismuth anomaly has been noted over 400m of strike.

Drilling at the May Queen South Extensions returned 4m at 5.7g/t Au while new pathfinder tungsten-bismuth trends highlight untested extensions north and south.

The May Queen East/Bronzewing North structure is a 4km long corridor with limited historical drilling that is characterised by elevated tungsten, gold and variable bismuth.

Meanwhile, Nugget Patch is the intersection of major structures within a felsic intrusive and features surface nuggets and strong gold-tungsten anomalism response with very little prior drilling.

This area is renowned for extensive nuggets recovered at surface though the bedrock source remains undiscovered.

May Queen Far East is a newly defined target where a northwest splay meets the granite-greenstone contact; elevated bismuth and tungsten coincident with moderate gold anomalism.

It may represent the southern extension of the Ives Granite and warrants further field investigation to assess its full potential.

Next steps

ALB plans to carry out further work to prepare May Queen for the next phase of drilling.

A gradient array induced polarisation survey is in progress to map sulphide-rich zones and refine additional targets for reverse circulation drilling.

The company is also awaiting surveys from a recently completed soil survey to extend coverage into the northern Ives Find area where previous gravity data highlighted strong anomalies.

Results will help to define further drill targets.

Heritage fieldwork is underway with a focus on cleared ground suitable for near-term access while mobilisation of the rig is planned for mid-November 2025 to drill the highest-priority zones along the newly defined May Queen corridor.

This article was developed in collaboration with Albion Resources, a Stockhead advertiser at the time of publishing.

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