Viking Project

Norseman, W.A.

Project Highlights

Gold Exploration in Norseman, Western Australia

The Viking Gold Project is an exciting high-grade gold opportunity located 30km east of Norseman.

Drillhole intersections at Viking include:

  • 6m @ 64 g/t Au from 50m
  • 4m @ 15.4 g/t Au from 40m
  • 3m @ 8.2 g/t Au from 43m
  • 6m @ 5.1 g/t from 141m

Project Location & Background

The Viking Gold Project comprises 66km2 of granted tenure situated within the Albany–Fraser Province, a highgrade metamorphic terrane dominated by gneisses and reworked granitoids. The province is well-endowed, hosting tier-one mineral deposits such as the Nova–Bollinger Nickel Mine and Tropicana Gold Mine.

Tropicana’s discovery in 2005 led AngloGold Ashanti to intensify regional exploration, resulting in the identification of the Viking Project in 2011 via surface auger sampling. Four discrete gold prospects (Beaker 14) were defined. AngloGold Ashanti drilled 513 aircore holes, 14 RC holes, and 20 diamond drill holes before divesting the project to Genesis Minerals in order to focus on the Tropicana Project. Genesis conducted further drilling (87 aircore and 29 RC holes) between 2014 and 2017, before exiting the project to focus on their core northeastern goldfield projects.

Viking Gold Mineralisation

Primary Gold Mineralisation at Viking

Primary gold mineralisation intersected at Viking is associated with moderately east dipping quartz veins within discrete shear zones in a granite host.

The Beaker 2 prospect is the highest priority target and hosts a significant high-grade supergene zone which the Company plans to further test with shallow RC drilling.

The Company will investigate the potential for a shallow high grade oxide gold resource at Beaker 2 in addition to deeper bedrock testing at Beaker Prospects 1, 2 and 4.

Significant previous high-grade supergene gold mineralisation at the Beaker 2 prospect included: 

  • 16VKAC044
    • 6m @ 64.0g/t Au from 50m
  • 17VKAC075
    • 2m @ 9.0g/t Au from 29m,
    • 4m @ 15.4g/t Au from 40m
  • 14VKRC017
    • 3m @ 8.2g/t from 40m