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Au Gold Corp Enters Agreement to Acquire Havelock Gold-Antimony Project in the Heart of the Victorian Gold Fields, Australia
(TheNewswire) Vancouver, British Columbia – January 15, 2026 – TheNewswire - ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Au Gold Corp Enters Agreement to Acquire Havelock Gold-Antimony Project in the Heart of the Victorian Gold Fields, Australia\n(TheNewswire)\n\n\nVancouver, British Columbia\n– January 15, 2026 – TheNewswire\n- Au Gold Corp (TSXV:\nAUGC) (“AUGC” or the\n“Company”) is pleased to\nannounce that it has entered into an agreement (the “Agreement”) with Leviathan Gold\nAustralia (“LGA”), a\nwholly owned subsidiary of Leviathan Metals Corp (TSX.V: LVX), dated\nJanuary 12, 2026, to acquire (the “Acquisition”) a 100% interest in the 11,663 hectare\nHavelock Gold-Antimony Project (“Havelock”, or the “Project”), located in the heart of the Victorian gold\nfields in Australia, half-way between Bendigo and Ballarat.\n\n\nHighlights of Havelock:\n\n\n\n\nShallow, undrilled epizonal and mesozonal gold +/- antimony targets \n\n\n\nHistorical production from multiple small-scale underground workings\nwith recorded gold grades between 1 – 10 ounces per ton \n\n\n\nAntimony reported in historic underground workings \n\n\n\nHistory of coarse alluvial gold (nuggets) on the property \n\n\n\nExcellent access with year-round exploration potential \n\n\n\n\nMarc Blythe, AUGC’s President and CEO stated, “Recent success at Fosterville (Agnico\nEagle), Sunday Creek (Southern Cross Gold) and Costerfield (Alkane\nResources) has highlighted the potential of Victoria’s epizonal\ngold-antimony deposits.  At Havelock, mining in the 1880’s\nrecovered high-grade gold-bearing quartz reef with abundant stibnite\n(antimony sulphide) at one of at least seven workings along a 9 km\ntrend within the project area.  This historic mining has never been\nfollowed up with modern exploration programs or drilling.  We are\nvery excited to start exploration, including testing high priority\ngold-antimony targets at Havelock”.\n\n\nEpizonal gold systems, such as those mentioned above, have created\nhigh-grade gold deposits that are now a focus for modern exploration.\n Significant antimony with gold in this part of Victoria is regarded\nas a reasonable proxy for epizonal gold mineralization4.  \n\n\nThe Company has agreed to pay LGA, an arms length party, C$75,000 and\nissue 5 mi...