Ballard Mining (ASX:BM1) has reported new assay results from its ongoing infill drill program at the Baldock gold deposit, part of the Mt Ida Gold Project in Western Australia’s Goldfields region.
The first phase of the program is now complete, with the Ballard team having covered over 86,000m of geological logging, sampling, and data interpretation.
The release of the latest batch of results includes 65 drill holes for 16,903m of drilling at the northern, central, and southern parts of the Baldock zone. Results demonstrate the presence of multiple high grade gold lodes within the system, with mineralisation intersected over a broad range of depths and positions across the deposit. The results also support the conversion of inferred resources to indicated.
Key results include 8m at 11.0g/t gold from 251m in DFS138 and 6m at 11.3g/t gold from 222m in DFS137.
Managing Director Paul Brennon notes that these results confirm the quality of the Baldock deposit, saying, “the consistent high grades and widths across multiple lodes provides confidence in the current Mineral Resource Estimate and its planned upgrade to indicated status.”
“The 86,000m Phase 1 infill drilling program at Baldock is now complete to a depth of 350m. Baldock extensional drilling is planned for CY2026, targeting depths of 350-750m where significant resource growth is anticipated, underpinning the company’s strategy to build visibility towards an 8-10 year mine life at Mt Ida.”
Ballard Mining is an exploration company focused on advancing the Mt Ida asset towards production.
Write to Amy Rotman at Mining.com.au
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