Cavalier Resources (ASX:CVR) is conducting coarse bottle roll testing on samples as part of the initial phase one of metallurgical coarse crush leach testwork program at the Crawford Gold Project in Western Australia.
A subsequent second reverse circulation (RC) drill program was completed at the project with the aim of providing samples for metallurgical coarse heap leach testwork, which has now been sent for assaying.
The company reports it delivered samples to ALS Laboratories for assaying and coarse crush leach testwork, under the supervision of heap leach experts Kappes, Cassiday and Associates Australia (KCAA). Additionally, this initial phase is the first step in investigating the potential to mine and mill the Crawford Gold Project as an owner-operated heap leach operation.
Cavalier Resources Executive Technical Director, Daniel Tuffin says: “Cavalier has now completed its second drill campaign of 28 holes for a total of 2,381m at the Crawford Gold Project.
The program was planned to further investigate the southern sub-vertical and northern fresh rock mineralised structures discovered in our maiden campaign and test near-resource exploration targets resulting from the drone magnetics survey over the extended Crawford corridor.
“Excitingly, drilling also provided metallurgical samples to allow the company to begin coarse crush leach testwork as part of our ongoing investigation into the potential to mill oxide material at Crawford via heap leaching methods”
Excitingly, drilling also provided metallurgical samples to allow the company to begin coarse crush leach testwork as part of our ongoing investigation into the potential to mill oxide material at Crawford via heap leaching methods.
All samples have been submitted for assay. The company will update the market on any material results. Updated geological modelling of the Crawford resource will commence once all assay results have been received.”
Cavalier also reports that drone magnetic surveys were carried out over specific corridors of the Crawford and Gambier Lass North Gold projects, in order to identify additional areas worthy of drill-testing along strike of known mineralisation.
The company says the analysis of the high-definition drone surveys specifically highlighted the northern fresh rock ‘Miranda’ target, which suggests a deeper source of mineralisation in the form of a ‘major’ structure.
Additionally, Cavalier notes that exploration continues to focus on historic areas of gold anomalism defined in previous work and across 2 broad styles of gold mineralisation represented in the area.
Cavalier Resources is an ASX-listed company which has interests in tenements in Western Australia, collectively known as the Leonora Gold, Hidden Jewel Gold, and Ella’s Rock Nickel-Gold projects, which are prospective for gold and nickel mineralisation.
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