{"id":137930,"title":"Rockfire Reports Germanium Grades of Up to 52.3g/t at Molaoi","publisher":"Share Talk","author":"sharetalk","published":"2026-07-01T09:08:36+00:00","modified":"2026-07-01T09:08:36+00:00","canonical_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/rockfire-reports-germanium-grades-of-up-to-52-3g-t-at-molaoi/","markdown_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/rockfire-reports-germanium-grades-of-up-to-52-3g-t-at-molaoi.md","json_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/rockfire-reports-germanium-grades-of-up-to-52-3g-t-at-molaoi.json","category":"Mining","categories":["Mining"],"tags":["Australia","David Price","Emirates Gold DMCC","Gold","gold system","Greece","JORC","Lighthouse","maiden","mineral","Molaoi","North Queensland","resource","Rock","Rockfire Resources"],"featured_image":"https://i0.wp.com/www.share-talk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/19248764-d7d0-491f-be56-ea4aed2a9cbb.png?fit=1498%2C1050&ssl=1","format":"news","language":"en-GB","content":"**Molaoi Drilling Update: Germanium Intersected at Over 50g/t**\n\n[Rockfire Resources PLC  (LON: ROCK)](https://www.investegate.co.uk/announcement/rns/rockfire-resources--rock/molaoi-drilling-update/9645664) said drilling at its wholly owned Molaoi zinc deposit in Greece has continued to intersect high-grade germanium, with results from hole HMO-017 returning grades of up to 52.3 grams per tonne.\n\nThe base metal, critical mineral and precious metal exploration company said diamond drilling is continuing as part of a programme designed to upgrade the project’s inferred resource to indicated status. Hole HMO-020 is currently in progress.\n\nLaboratory results from HMO-017 included 2.20 metres at 4.5% zinc, 38.8 grams per tonne silver, 1.2% lead and 35.7 grams per tonne germanium from 254.45 metres downhole.\n\nThe same hole also returned 1.00 metre at 16.1% zinc, 33.8 grams per tonne silver, 0.7% lead and 21 grams per tonne germanium from 288.00 metres, as well as 5.9 metres at 5.0% zinc, 20.5 grams per tonne silver, 1.4% lead and 16 grams per tonne germanium from 309.50 metres.\n\nRockfire said results from drill holes HMO-018 and HMO-019 are still awaited.\n\nPortable XRF readings from hole HMO-019 included peak individual values of 50.0% zinc, 18.8% lead, silver readings of 179 grams per tonne and 163 grams per tonne, and a highest individual copper reading of 2.50%. The company noted that the portable XRF does not measure germanium.\n\nChief executive David Price said results from HMO-017 continued to confirm the widths and grades of the deposit and would feed into the company’s planned indicated resource upgrade.\n\nHe added that high-grade zinc, silver, germanium and lead values continue to be intersected, while the geological model is holding up under ongoing drilling.\n\nPrice said an interval of 16% zinc over 1.0 metre could potentially be captured in an underground mine plan using a minimum mechanised mining width of 2.0 metres, which would still result in an average grade of 8% zinc over that mining width before the contribution of silver and germanium by-products.\n\nRockfire said it will continue to update the market as further laboratory results are received."}