Australian Silica Quartz (ASX:ASQ) has reported what it described as shallow high-grade gold hits in its latest assays from Golden Wishbone. Golden Wishbone is a prospect part of the larger Koolyanobbing Metals Project (KMP) landholding. That project sits nearby a MinRes mine of the same name. The company on Friday explained its geotechnical belief recent assays firm up a theory the company’s KMP has a “significant near surface high-grade gold” on-site. The company backed this up relying on a reverse circulation 2m drill hit from 11m depth – “near surface” – grading at 14.2g/t gold. Downhole t…