Aruma Resources (ASX:AAJ) expects to complete its reverse circulation (RC) and auger drilling programs this month at its Salmon Gums Gold Project in Western Australia.
The auger drilling program, which started in early April, will provide more effective testing for gold mineralisation (and other elements) at depth below that of a standard soil sampling program.
in addition to gold, the auger program will sample for a multi-element suite of 48 different elements
The company says in addition to gold, the auger program will sample for a multi-element suite of 48 different elements. It will also seek to extend the project’s mineralised footprint, particularly in the southern extent of the project.
Aruma Managing Director Glenn Grayson notes the 2023 drilling campaign will follow up previous ‘bonanza-grade’ gold intersections and seeks to extend the ‘high-grade’ mineralised area at the Iris and Thistle prospects.
Previous drilling at Salmon Gums intersected gold grades including 5m at 50.2g/t Au in drillhole SCRC39, with grades as high as 228g/t Au. This was followed by a diamond core drilling program, which returned anomalous zones of gold, and expanded the interpreted greenstone footprint at the project to more than 75km-square.
Salmon Gums is about 200km south of the major regional centre of Kalgoorlie, and 60km south of the mining town of Norseman. It is situated 30km south and along strike, in the same stratigraphy, as Pantoro’s (ASX: PNR) ‘high-grade’ Scotia Gold Project.
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