Location: Southern extent of the Norseman Greenstone Belt within the Yilgarn Craton, in WA’s Eastern Goldfields
Tenements: EL63/2037, EL63/2122 – total area of 222km2
Ownership: 100% Aruma Resources Ltd (ASX: AAJ)
High-grade gold exploration project in an underexplored portion of the Norseman Greenstone Belt. Multiple drilling programs have been completed by Aruma testing for a Norseman-style gold analogue.
PROJECT OVERVIEW
The Salmon Gums Project is located 300km south of Kalgoorlie, and 80km south of the mining town of Norseman. It is situated 30km south and directly along strike, in the same stratigraphy, as Pantoro Limited’s (ASX: PNR) high grade Scotia Gold Project.
Geological Setting and Historical Work / Opportunity
The Salmon Gums Project is interpreted to host Norseman-style, structurally controlled gold mineralisation within the Norsman Greenstone Belt, and has been the subject of multiple drilling program by Aruma;
RC Drilling, 2022
6,243m in 72 holes returned bonanza-grade gold mineralisation across a 4.3km strike, including 5m @ 50.2g/t Au (including 1m @ 224g/t).
Diamond Core Drilling, 2022
Two-hole, 701m program delivered geological insights, identifying structurally porous sedimentary units, not granitic intrusions which expanded the interpreted greenstone corridor and refined the exploration scope.
Follow-up Diamond Drilling, 2023
Seven diamond holes at the Thistle Prospect extended the bonanza-grade zone. Highlights included:
5.9m @ 10.5g/t Au, incl. 0.85 m @ 40.9 g/t
3.65m @ 1.25g/t Au, incl. 0.95 m @ 3.66 g/t
Aircore Drilling, 2024–2025
REE-focused drilling at Circle Valley North Prospect delivered strong results: 11m @ 904ppm TREO, 18m @ 638ppm TREO, and surface sampling up to 8,700ppm TREO (22.5% NdPr)
A 64 hole for 1,338m shallow air core drilling program was completed in 2025 at the Sage, Poppy and Rose prospects and identified three new geochemical anomalies. Further drilling is planned to infill this wide spaced program to confirm the width and strike extent of the mineralised gold zones.
