Sandstorm Gold Royalties Reports Portfolio Drilling and Exploration Activity

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VANCOUVER, Sept. 12, 2024 /CNW/ - Sandstorm Gold Ltd. ("Sandstorm Gold Royalties", "Sandstorm" or the "Company") (NYSE: SAND) (TSX: SSL) is pleased to provide various drilling and exploration updates from its diversified portfolio of streaming and royalty assets.

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Lundin Gold Provides Bonza Sur Gold Discovery Updates; Expands Near-Mine Drill Program

Lundin Gold Inc. ("Lundin Gold") announced additional results from its 2024 near-mine drilling program, with recent intercepts continuing to delineate the new Bonza Sur gold deposit at the Fruta del Norte mine ("FDN"). The Bonza Sur gold deposit, discovered in 2023, is located 1 kilometre south of FDN. The deposit features a large mineralized envelope extending over 1.8 kilometres along strike, 100 metres wide, and at least 500 metres deep. More than 50 drill holes have been completed, revealing a higher-grade core with hydrothermal alteration and quartz veins. Lundin Gold's 2024 near-mine drilling program has been expanded by 10,000 metres to a total of 56,000 metres to further assess the deposit's full potential. As of August, the program had completed approximately 26,056 metres of drilling, the vast majority of which has been at Bonza Sur. The expanded program will increase costs by US$2 million, which combined with the regional program, results in an estimated program cost of US$44 million.

Lundin Gold is focused on expanding Bonza Sur's potential with a metallurgical study planned for 2024 and a maiden Mineral Resource Estimate is expected by mid-2025. As part of its recent Investor Day, the company highlighted the opportunity for Bonza Sur to be its second producing deposit within the La Zarza mining concession. A Preliminary Economic Assessment on Bonza Sur is expected prior to the end of 2025, which will outline the potential to develop a new 10,000–15,000 tonnes per day open pit mine at Bonza Sur.

Bonza Sur exploration highlights include (not true widths):

  • BLP-2024-107: 2.01 grams per tonne ("g/t") gold over 113.3 metres from 6.5 metres, including:

    • 3.10 g/t gold over 54.8 metres from 6.5 metres, with 8.59 g/t gold over 9.0 metres;

  • BLP-2024-128: 1.96 g/t gold over 102.6 metres from 57.3 metres, including:

    • 3.84 g/t gold over 41.4 metres from 111.3 metres with 7.24 g/t gold over 11.6 metres;

  • BLP-2024-123: 1.54 g/t gold over 126.7 metres from 77.1 metres including:

    • 4.11 g/t gold over 31.4 metres from 77.1 metres, with 13.75 g/t gold over 9.0 metres; and

  • BLP-2024-133: 1.01 g/t gold over 125.7 metres from 0.0 metres including:

    • 3.32 g/t gold over 22.1 metres from 86.8 metres, with 7.81 g/t gold over 6.4 metres.