Gold project option exercised ahead of non-core asset divestment

Our lithium exploration Investment Latin Resources Ltd (ASX: LRS) has exercised its option to secure 100% ownership over a gold prospect in the southern Lachlan Fold Belt in NSW.

The decision followed the completion of extensive regional exploration including reprocessing and interpretation of the available airborne geophysical data, on-ground reconnaissance mapping, and outcrop sampling and systematic soil sampling.

This prospect — the Peep O’Day prospect — is the southern portion of the original Yarara Tenement and the most prospective area, returning high-grade gold in outcrops over a strike length of 1.3 kilometres.

This all bodes well for LRS, which is currently in discussion with a number of third-party groups in relation to the divestment of Peep O’Day and other non-core assets.

Our primary reason for holding LRS remains its South American Lithium project, so we like to see that the company is making decisions to centre its focus on its lithium business.