Star Metro - 2,200m Follow-up Drilling Complete at Tolmer Au-Ag Discovery

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA / ACCESS Newswire / February 5, 2025 / Barton Gold Holdings Limited

HIGHLIGHTS

• Significant gold and silver assays from May - July 2024 RC drilling include assays of 4m @ 24.6 g/t Au and 82.8 g/t Ag from 95m depth (incl. 1m @ 83.6 g/t Au and 312 g/t Ag from 97m) [1]

• Silver assays also remain outstanding for ~2,000m aircore (AC) drilling during November 2024 ¹

Barton Gold Holdings Limited (ASX:BGD)(FRA:BGD3)(OTCQB:BGDFF) (Barton or Company) is pleased to confirm that further RC drilling has been completed at the Tarcoola Gold Project's (Tarcoola) Tolmer prospect in South Australia. 17 RC holes were drilled for a total of 2,230 metres completed. ¹ Drilling targeted potential extensions of higher-grade quartz sulphide veining, and below November 2024 aircore (AC ) drilling which intersected gold but was unable to penetrate the underlying harder quartzite rock. ¹

Figure 1 - Tolmer plan map with 2024 RC and AC drill collars, new RC drill collars, and key assays ¹

Commenting on recent drilling at the Tolmer prospect, Barton MD Alexander Scanlon said:

"We are excited to quickly follow up drilling at the Tolmer prospect, having recently identified high-grade silver alongside the previously reported high-grade gold intercepts. We are also looking forward to receiving the results of further silver assays from our November 2024 aircore drilling, which are now underway."

Authorised by the Managing Director of Barton Gold Holdings Limited.

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About Barton Gold
Barton Gold is an ASX, OTCQB and Frankfurt Stock Exchange listed Australian gold developer targeting future gold production of 150,000oz annually, with ~1.6Moz Au JORC Mineral Resources (52.3Mt @ 0.94 g/t Au), multiple advanced exploration projects and brownfield mines, and 100% ownership of the only regional gold mill in the renowned central Gawler Craton of South Australia. *

Competent Persons Statement & Previously Reported Information
The information in this announcement that relates to the historic Exploration Results and Mineral Resources as listed in the table below is based on, and fairly represents, information and supporting documentation prepared by the Competent Person whose name appears in the same row, who is an employee of or independent consultant to the Company and is a Member or Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM), Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG) or a Recognised Professional Organisation (RPO). Each person named in the table below has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and types of deposits under consideration and to the activity which he has undertaken to quality as a Competent Person as defined in the JORC Code 2012 (JORC).

The information relating to historic Exploration Results and Mineral Resources in this announcement is extracted from the Company's Prospectus dated 14 May 2021 or as otherwise noted in this announcement, available from the Company's website at www.bartongold.com.au or on the ASX website www.asx.com.au. The Company confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the Exploration Results and Mineral Resource information included in previous announcements and, in the case of estimates of Mineral Resources, that all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimates, and any production targets and forecast financial information derived from the production targets, continue to apply and have not materially changed. The Company confirms that the form and context in which the applicable Competent Persons' findings are presented have not been materially modified from the previous announcements.

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SOURCE: Barton Gold Holdings Limited

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