Augustus Minerals (ASX:AUG) is expecting assays from five holes imminently as reverse circulation (RC) drilling resumes at its Music Well Gold Project in Western Australia.
The company restarted the RC program on 26 September after wet weather halted access, though heavy overnight rain suspended operations again soon after.
One RC hole remains at the Clifton East prospect before the rig moves to St Patrick’s Well to drill five maiden RC holes.
Rock chip sampling at St Patrick’s Well returned multiple ‘high-grade’ gold assays over 600m of strike, including 30.4 grams per tonne gold (Au), 20.4g/t Au, and 21.7g/t Au.
The prospect lies adjacent to the major shear zone hosting Clifton East mineralisation and the Celtic Gold Mine, located west of Augustus’ tenure.
The three completed Clifton East holes target the mineralisation dip. Structural measurements from diamond hole MWD0001 indicated some veins dip steeply southeast, prompting the new holes to be drilled northwest.
General Manager for Exploration Andrew Ford says heavy rain prevented vehicle movement on unformed station tracks.
“We had 228mm over August and September at Music Well; that much rain on unformed station tracks prevents any movement of heavy vehicles,” Ford explains.
The 1,242km2 Music Well Project lies 35km north of Leonora in the Leonora-Laverton Greenstone Belt, near the Darlot, King of the Hills, and Thunderbox gold mines.
Augustus Minerals is an Australian multi-mineral explorer advancing a portfolio of gold and critical minerals projects across Western Australia and Papua New Guinea.
Write to JC Villarba at Mining.com.au
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