Kalamazoo Resources locks in project lead for WA gold prefeasibility study
- Doug Bright
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Kalamazoo Resources (ASX: KZR) has pushed the company’s 1.44-million-ounce Ashburton gold project in Western Australia’s Pilbara region forward with two key developments.
The first and most important of these milestones has been the appointment of project delivery specialist Mr Adam Garczynski of Project Delivery International as pre-feasibility study (PFS) manager for the company’s Mt Olympus study.
Kalamazoo has also notched up another key step, successfully completing the first hole of its new diamond drilling campaign.
With more than 25 years’ experience delivering major mining projects across Australia and Papua New Guinea, Mr Garczynski brings specialist expertise in pre-feasibility and feasibility studies for both open pit and underground operations.
He has led major studies in the Pilbara region for over 20 years for leading mining and mining services companies. His appointment bookends a bevy of key PFS consultants and partners now engaged ahead of the official study launch date, slated for the second week of January.
Supporting consultancies include Snowden Optiro, focusing on resource geology, BHM Process Consultants for its metallurgical nous and NewPro Consulting and Engineering Services, which specialises in processing, power and infrastructure.
Three further recruits include Entech Mining Consultants for mining and geotechnical studies, Green Values Australia, with an eye for the environmentals and permitting, and DDH1, which will be given responsibility for drilling.
Against this backdrop, Kalamazoo has also made strong early progress on its planned 2600m diamond drilling program at the company’s 100%-owned Ashburton gold project.
Kalamazoo is pleased to welcome the appointment of Adam Garczynski as the Mt Olympus PFS Manager, whose specialist study expertise is a great boost to ensure the successful delivery of the PFS during 2026. Adam will be leading a quality team of key PFS consultants and partners recently appointed which has the PFS scheduled to formally commence in early January 2026. Kalamazoo Resources chief executive officer Dr Luke Mortimer
The diamond drill rig has now completed its first drillhole at site, successfully intersecting the target zone about 230m down-plunge from the base of the current pit shell design. The hole reached a final depth of 558.5m, with assays now pending.
The program has been designed to test and infill down-plunge extensions of indicated and inferred resources beneath the Mt Olympus open pit. It will deliver critical data for mine development and optimisation work that will directly inform the PFS.
The drilling campaign is the first phase of a broader program across the Ashburton gold project and is scheduled to be completed early next year, after a short Christmas shutdown break.
Armed with a fully formed PFS team and early drilling success at its 1.07-million-ounce Mt Olympus deposit, Kalamazoo looks well positioned to drive its pre-feasibility study forward and chase additional value across the company’s wider 1.44-million-ounce Ashburton gold system.
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