Purchase of Alto Metals Limited Shares
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19 July 2023
Purchase of Alto Metals Limited Shares
Horizon Gold Limited (ASX:HRN) (Horizon or Company) is pleased to announce it has acquired
60,759,746 shares in Alto Metals Limited (ASX:AME) representing 9.91% of AME’s issued capital.
The shares were acquired for a total consideration of $3.17 million with funding provided by a loan
facility from a subsidiary company of Horizon’s major shareholder Zeta Resources Limited. The loan
facility is unsecured, has an interest rate of 8.0% per annum, and is repayable by no earlier than 31
December 2023.
Managing Director Leigh Ryan said:
“This strategic investment in Alto Metals is part of our broader aim to enhance the value of Horizon’s
Gum Creek Gold Project.”
This ASX announcement was authorised for release by the Horizon Board.
For further information contact:
Leigh Ryan
Managing Director
+61 8 6331 6092
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HORIZON GOLD LIMITED ACN: 614 175 923
Suite 8 / 47 Havelock Street, West Perth, WA 6005 | PO Box 39, West Perth, WA 6872
Telephone: +61 8 6331 6092 | Email: info@horizongold.com.au | Website: www.horizongold.com.au
About the Company
Horizon Gold Limited (ASX:HRN) is an exploration company focused on its 100% owned Gum Creek
Project in Western Australia (Figure 1). The Gum Creek Gold Project represents an exciting gold
exploration and potential development opportunity that currently hosts JORC 2012 Mineral Resources
of 2.14 million ounces of gold 1. The free milling portion of the MRE is 32.97Mt @ 1.22g/t Au for
1.30Moz, representing over 61% of the total resource ounces. A global MRE increase of 777,000oz
(57%) over the past 2 years has highlighted the outstanding potential for Horizon to grow its Gum
Creek Project gold resource and achieve its goal of developing a stand-alone gold operation.
Horizon has also recently announced a Maiden Inferred Zn-Cu-Ag Mineral Resource Estimate of 7.0Mt
@ 1.8% Zn, 0.5% Cu, 5.0g/t Ag (2.9% ZnEq) at a 2.0% ZnEq cut-off for 200,000 ZnEq tonnes (130,000t
Zn, 30,000t Cu, 1.1Moz Ag) 2 for the Altair VMS deposit also located within the Gum Creek Project.
Figure 1: Horizon’s Gum Creek Project, Alto’s Sandstone Gold Project 3, and surrounding
mines over simplified geology.
1 Refer to Horizon Gold Limited ASX Announcement dated 15 May 2023 titled “19% Increase in Gold Resources at Gum Creek Project” to
which the Company confirms there has been no changes.
2 Refer to Horizon Gold Limited ASX Announcement dated 14 March 2023 titled “Maiden Altair Base Metal Resource and Drilling Results
from Altair and Mensa Targets” to which the Company confirms there has been no changes.
3 Refer to Alto Metals Limited ASX Announcement dated 3 April 2023 titled “Significant increase in shallow gold resources at
Sandstone Gold Project”.
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