AUAU: Spinning out Bolo & Planning Deep Drilling at McIntosh
What you need to know:
• Allegiant announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with CopAur Minerals Inc. to spin out the Bolo Project into a new company.
• AUAU plans to drill the High-Grade Zone at the McIntosh Zone (within its flagship Eastside Property) by way of a 2,000-3,000m diamond drill program.
• 2021 highlights in this area include 39 g/t Au over 3m & 2.6 g/t Au over 148m.
This morning, Allegiant Gold Ltd. (AUAU:TSXV, AUXXF:OTC) announced that Allegiant and CopAur Minerals Inc. (CPAU:TSXV) have together signed a binding agreement to spin out the Bolo Project into a new company that has been identified. AUAU currently owns 50.01% with CopAur owning the remaining. The project is located in Nye County, ~1hr from the town of Tonopah, Nevada, and has yielded strong results from exploration and drilling over the years.
On April 8th, Allegiant announced plans to drill the High-Grade Zone (HGZ) at the McIntosh Zone. We are maintaining our BUY rating and $0.50/share target price on Allegiant Gold.
Upcoming Drill Program
On April 8th, AUAU announced its plans to complete a 2,000-3,000m diamond drill program at the McIntosh Zone within its flagship Eastside Project, targeting the high-grade zone (HGZ) at depth which was previously intersected in 2021. As a reminder, Allegiant intersected this zone with three drill holes in 2021, please refer to the highlights below. Read our initiation report which highlights the Eastside Project in more detail here.
• Hole 239: 39.0 g/t Au over 3.0m and 113.35 g/t Ag over 6.1m
• Hole 243: 2.6 g/t Au over 148.0m, including 21.9 g/t Au over 14.0m, and including 173.8 g/t Ag over 20.0m
o Hole 243 ended in gold mineralization, with the bottom of the hole running 2.24 g/t Au over 12.2m, within an interval of 0.92 g/t Au over 50m