Junior ASX gold share Yandal Resources Ltd (ASX: YRL) is off to the races today.
Yandal shares closed on Friday trading for 16 cents. In early morning trade on Monday, shares rocketed to 28 cents each, up 75.0%. After some likely profit-taking, in later morning trade, shares are changing hands for 26 cents apiece, up 62.5%.
For some context, the All Ordinaries Index (ASX: XAO) is up 0.5% at this same time.
Here's what's stoking investor interest in the microcap Aussie gold miner.
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ASX gold share surges on exploration results
The Yandal share price is flying higher after the miner reported on some very promising exploratory drilling results.
The ASX gold share has been conducting a reverse circulation (RC) drilling program across its Arrakis Prospect in Western Australia. The program included seven RC holes totalling 1,374 metres.
Yandal highlighted a number of significant results. Among those, one hole returned 54 metres at 1.2 grams of gold per tonne from 108 metres, including 24m at 2.1g/t Au from 138 metres.
The company said the drilling results suggest the presence of a significant mineralised system and confirm Arrakis as a new gold discovery within its Ironstone Well-Barwidgee Gold Project.
What did management say?
Commenting on the results sending the ASX gold share flying higher today, Yandal Resources managing director Chris Oorschot said, "In a region where gold remobilisation within the regolith profile is common and complex, fresh rock tests represent a significant milestone in de-risking and progressing exploration targets."
Oorschot added:
These first results demonstrate significant primary fresh rock mineralisation, confirming the discovery of a new mineralised system at Arrakis and the capacity for this system to be large in scale…
The Arrakis trend has been defined over more than 2.2 kilometres based on 400 metres and 800 metres spaced air-core lines.
Looking ahead, Oorschot said
Our priority going forward is simple: to confirm the extent of primary fresh rock mineralisation across the 2.2km of strike. With one heritage survey complete and a second scheduled for the end of September, Yandal will soon have a significant amount of drilling positions available from which to progress the Arrakis discovery.
The ASX gold share expects to receive the results from five more RC holes around the Arrakis trend in the coming weeks.
With today's big intraday boost factored in, the Yandal Resources share price is up 140% since this time last year.
