Barys Resources (ASX:BRY) has sent 825 soil samples from its wholly owned Dalnee Gold Project and Karakul Gold Project in Kazakhstan for laboratory analysis.
The samples were collected across 14.6km² in the country’s Balkhash region as part of a wider program designed to generate targets for future drilling.
Field crews collected minus-80-mesh B-horizon samples at 100m intervals along north–south lines spaced 200m apart. The batch, which includes quality assurance and quality control samples, has been delivered to ALS (ASX:ALQ) Laboratory in Karaganda for gold and multi-element analysis.
Barys says results could take up to six weeks because laboratories are handling increased workloads during Kazakhstan’s peak exploration season.
The sampling covered seven areas where company geologists mapped alteration and mineralisation overlapping anomalies previously interpreted from ASTER and Sentinel-2 satellite data.
According to Barys, the observed alteration resembles the upper levels of porphyry copper systems, where trace elements associated with epithermal gold mineralisation may occur. Assay results are required to determine whether the areas contain meaningful geochemical anomalism.
Managing Director Paul Ingram expressed the company’s satisfaction over its project’s progress.
“Barys has used the services of a Kazakhstan geological services company Aurora Minerals Group, whose professional work has been excellent. Barys geologists have just returned from visiting the site to monitor the work and will return to site to assist with additional sampling before weeks end,” Ingram says.
The soil campaign forms part of a broader exploration program comprising ground magnetic surveys, geological mapping, rock chip sampling, and further soil collection.
Barys says it plans to integrate the geochemical results with its geological and geophysical datasets to refine areas for potential drill testing.
The company holds two gold exploration licences in Kazakhstan’s North Balkhash region. Its wider portfolio includes the wholly owned Agadez Uranium Project in Niger and minority interests in copper–silver projects within Botswana’s Kalahari Copper Belt.
Write to France Pinzon at Mining.com.au
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