Heritage Mining completes drilling

Drilling was carried out on the New Millennium target area on two mineralised vein systems. These are located in close proximity to the prospect where the highest-grade grab sample to date, grading 2330 g/t gold, was taken last year.

The plan was to drill seven holes totaling 370 m. However, during the work, Heritage geologists realised that they had encountered a favorable mineralised section. The programme was therefore expanded at short notice, so that a total of nine holes totalling 556 m could be completed.

Drilling is currently complete and the logging of the drill cores, their division into two halves, and the subsequent shipment of the samples to the evaluating laboratory is in progress. Based on the visual inspection of the cores, Heritage Mining is eagerly awaiting the laboratory evaluations, as several occurrences were identified in seven of the nine holes drilled.

The mineralised core length range up to 51.40 m and is interpreted to be a variably mineralised shear zone. It hosts granitic and felsic intrusives, as well as massive to semi-massive quartz veining. The presence of chalcopyrite with pyrite in chlorite-carbonate alteration, with patchy potash feldspar alteration in quartz veins and wall rock, is reminiscent of some of the best gold-bearing intercepts in the nearby 3 Zone prospect, which were drilled in 2024.

Heritage Mining has thus got off to a very good start in 2025. Drilling at the Drayton Black Lake project progressed well and was expanded beyond existing plans as the company encountered favorably mineralised structures over core lengths of up to 51.40 m. The similarities to the best drilling results from other parts of the project are also encouraging.

Another important point is the length of the drill holes, because drilling new holes and only reaching a total length of 556 m can only be achieved by testing very shallow deposits. With an average length of less than 62 m, the individual drill holes do not reach very deep, and yet mineralised structures were recognised over core lengths of up to 51.40 m.

In view of this, it quickly becomes clear to the layman why Heritage Mining is now eagerly awaiting the exact analysis results from the laboratory, and at the same time is vigorously pursuing its plans for the next round of drilling. The focus is on Zone 3 of the Drayton Black Lake project, but further holes are also planned at the Rognan deposit of the Contact Bay project in 1H25.

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