Daura Gold (TSX-V:DGC) has commenced diamond drilling at the La Flora Gold-Silver Project in Argentina’s Santa Cruz province.
The company starts its 1,600m phase-two program with approximately 900m across 12 holes at La Flora, marking the first drill test of the ‘high-grade’ vein array.
The program then moves to Cerro Bayo to follow up phase-one discoveries at Elena and Ingrid targets, plus an initial test of the Gabriela target.
Surface exploration at La Flora has defined a four-vein array across approximately 100m within a 1km outcropping vein system.
Historical surface samples returned up to 82.19 grams per tonne gold (Au) and 1,239.28g/t silver (Ag). Meanwhile, a 2026 sample with visible gold graded 63.88g/t Au and 175.34g/t Ag.
“Commencing drilling at La Flora is an important step for Daura and the first opportunity to test this high-grade system below surface,” CEO Mark Sumner says.
“We have a compelling surface expression across multiple veins, and this program will begin to tell us how that mineralisation behaves at depth.”
The Cerro Bayo follow-up includes two 100m holes at Elena testing the extent of near-surface gold zones, and four step-out holes at Ingrid testing silver-gold zone continuity.
Two further holes will test the new Gabriela target, where 2026 sampling returned up to 269g/t Ag.
Daura holds an earn-in agreement with Latin Metals (TSX-V:LMS) to acquire up to 80% interest in the Cerro Bayo-La Flora projects in the Deseado massif.
Daura Gold is a Canadian explorer advancing gold and silver projects across South America.
Write to JC Villarba at Mining.com.au
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