Aim-listed gold explorer and producer GoldStone Resources has received assay results from a diamond drilling programme at the Akrokeri underground mine (AUM), in Ghana, confirming the company’s belief that the mineralisation occupies a significant structural corridor that extends to both the south and north of the historical mine.

Drilling and soil and auger geochemical programmes were recently undertaken at the AUM within the Akrokeri and Homase prospecting licences.

Twenty diamond drillholes have now been drilled, 14 probing the southern extension of the South shaft and the remaining six around the North shaft.

Significant intercepts of mineralisation include a 6.5 m zone grading 1.63 g/t, including 3.5 m at 2.35 g/t in drillhole 22AKDD001 and 4.1 m grading 11.01 g/t, including 1 m at 41.04 g/t in drillhole 22AKDD002.

Drillhole 22AKDD003 revealed a notable mineralised zone of 3.6 m grading 5.77 g/t, including 1 m at 12.06 g/t, while drillhole 22AKDD006 hosted a 5.74 m zone grading 3.43 g/t, including 1.1 m at 15.25 g/t.

Drillhole 22AKDD015 revealed a zone of 1.1 m grading 11.23 g/t, including 0.5 m at 20.01 g/t.

GoldStone reports that these latest exploration results provide “strong grounds” for continued exploration and further core drilling at Akrokeri.

CEO Emma Priestley says the results on Akrokeri “spur us forward” to discovering further deposits to secure a long-term pipeline of resources.

“While more investigation is needed, these initial findings from our latest exploration activity in both our diamond drilling programme at Akrokeri and from the auger programme at the west of the Homase mine provide us with renewed confidence as we seek to extend our operations in the prospective area and extend the mine life at the Homase mine,” she says.

Results at Homase confirm anomalies that demonstrate a new mineralised zone to the west of the main Homase orebody, as well as a further extension along strike to the north and south of the known Homase Trend.

“In addition to these positive exploration results, we look forward to announcing an operational update for the Homase mine in the coming weeks,” says Priestley.