Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) representatives have arrived at Legacy Minerals’ (ASX:LGM) Mt Carrington Gold and Silver Project, located 5km north of Drake in New South Wales’ New England region.
The CSIRO team will spend several weeks on field activity work at the EL6273, EL9616, EL9727, and ALA75 mining tenements.
On-site tasks include oriented drill core structural logging and drill core selection and collection.
Fault, vein, and fabric data captured will support the development of 2D and pseudo-3D structural models.
For the next nine months, reverse circulation drill core and chip samples will be sent to CSIRO for subsequent automated analysis.
‘High-grade’ ore samples will also be sent for Maia Mapper scanning throughout the period.
The effort hopes to refine targeting, vectoring, and extensional drilling priorities at the project, which contains an existing 115 million ounces of silver-equivalent mineral resource.
These works are funded through a CSIRO Kick-Start Program worth a combined $196,000.
“Previous drilling and results indicate that this system has the potential for a tier-one gold-silver and copper deposit, and the program is designed to improve our understanding of alteration and structural controls on mineralisation,” CEO and Managing Director Christopher Byrne says.
“This will sharpen targeting confidence for the next phase of extensional and discovery drilling at Mt Carrington, with results flowing progressively over the coming months.”
Legacy Minerals is a gold, copper, and base metals exploration company, with assets predominantly in New South Wales’ New England region.
Write to Richard Szabo at Mining.com.au
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