Dart Mining (ASX:DTM) has begun a diamond drilling program at the Growlers Hill prospect, as part of its Rushworth Gold tenement package in central Victoria.
The company says up to 1,200m of drilling is planned for phase one, which will be centred around diamond drilling targets situated within the historic Growlers Hill area.
Chairman James Chirnside says Growlers Hill is only one of many drill targets that the company intends to test across the goldfield overtime.
“The company is very excited to commence diamond drilling at the highly prospective Rushworth Gold tenement package. We have deployed our own diamond drilling rig, drill crew, and field camp to support drill testing activities.
Utilising the company’s own equipment and personnel allows us to continue exploration activities efficiently and cheaply in what is a challenging time for junior exploration companies.”
Drilling will comprise 7 holes over 3 drill sites to test about 120m of strike of the Growlers Hill Vein. All drillholes are designed to intersect Growlers Hill Reef below the levels of reported historic production, with 2 sections to include an upper and lower hole about 30m apart to test dip extensions and variability.
According to the company, it is currently designing the next drilling target programs alongside ongoing interpretation work.
Future work will focus on further target generation across the goldfield targeting down plunge extension of ‘significant’ centres of historic production before extending into the surrounding regions.
Growlers Hill is a ‘prime’ target with ‘significant’ gold production from a northerly striking quartz vein mined to over 100m depth and the adjacent east-west striking West Growlers reef, mined to a similar depth.
The Rushworth tenements comprise 4 exploration licences (3 granted and one under application) covering up to 683km-square about 140km north of Melbourne and 65km east of Bendigo.
Dart Mining is focused on evaluating and developing several historic goldfields, as well as substantiating a new porphyry province in northeast Victoria. The area is considered prospective for precious, base, and strategic metals, including lithium, gold, silver, and copper, among others.
