Boab Metals (ASX: BML) has received the first lot of assay results from its phase VI drilling program at its 75% owned Sorby Hills Lead-Silver-Zinc Project located in the Kimberley Region of Western Australia.
The company reports ‘encouraging’ drilling results from the Beta Deposit confirm the current mineralisation model and open the prospect for mineralisation extensions.
Positive drilling results include:
- SHRC_157 (Beta): 7m @ 16.23% Pb & 82g/t Ag from 72m including 3m @ 35.26% Pb & 174g/t Ag from 72m.
- SHRC_136 (Beta): 20m @ 5.58% Pb & 52g/t Ag from 65m including 8m @ 6.93 %Pb & 90g/t Ag from 57m.
Further assay results from phase VI drilling expected early in the New Year.
Boab Managing Director and CEO Simon Noon says: “The phase IV drilling program was designed to enhance value within the later stages of the current Sorby Hills mine plan.
The program has been completed and the results to date are very encouraging
The program has been completed and the results to date are very encouraging. We look forward to providing updates from the remaining samples.”
During the phase VI drilling program, a total +3,020m were drilled across 28 RC holes including some that were pre-collared by mud rotary drilling and completed with RC drilling.
The primary objective of the Phase VI drilling program was to facilitate an increase in the portion of the Beta and the Norton Deposits classified as an Ore Reserves.
A total of about 1,700 drill samples were submitted to Intertek Laboratories in Darwin of which about 65% have been analysed for a broad spectrum of element analysis including lead, silver, and zinc.
The Beta Deposit was drilled for the first time by Boab during the Phase V drilling campaign.
The results from Boab’s initial drilling conformed with the revised interpretation of the mineralisation geometry.
The phase VI program at Beta included 18 drill holes for a combined total of 1,800m of mud rotary and RC drilling.
Geological logging backed by hand-held p-XRF testing confirmed that mineralisation intervals were intersected in the targeted stratigraphic interval lending strong support to the resource model for future Resource estimation.
Some of the anticipated broad zone of mineralisation observed in drill chips did not reach the cut off grades for reporting and may indicate the western limits of the mineralisation. However, infill drilling and drilling on the eastern periphery of the deposit delivered highly encouraging results.
Write to Adam Orlando at Mining.com.au
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