DiscovEx Resources (ASX:DCX) is beginning its maiden gold exploration activities at the Prairie Downs Fault, within the Sylvania Project in Western Australia.
The gold exploration company says multiple anomalous gold zones were identified with many targets located on structures sub-parallel to the Prairie Downs Fault Zone (PDFZ). This potentially indicates a structural splay network is interconnected at depth, the company says.
All gold and base metal anomalies will be subject to an infill soil sampling program and induced polarisation (IP) geophysical survey, scheduled to begin in late August 2023.
The additional sampling will provide further detail to the nature, orientation, and alteration of each individual target. Prospect scale mapping will also be completed together with the sampling, to complement existing regional datasets.
Further, this announcement follows after the company completed a systematic broad-spaced soil sampling program, which represented as the first gold exploration ever completed proximal to the PDFZ.
The PDFZ is a ‘significant’ mineralised structure which is host to multiple base metal targets, including the Prairie Downs indicated and inferred zinc-lead-silver resource of 2.98 million tonnes @ 4.94% Zn, 1.59% Pb, and 15g/t Ag.
Commenting on the exploration activities, DiscovEx Resources Managing Director Toby Wellman says: “The prospect pipeline at Sylvania continues to grow, with the identification of additional gold and base metal targets proximal to the Prairie Downs Fault Zone.
Infill sampling will commence later in the month together with a comprehensive geophysical survey, to complement the already existing quality targets defined within the project.”
The Sylvania Project is located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia and encompasses 7 granted exploration licences and 12 exploration licence applications.
DiscovEx Resources is an ASX-listed modern gold exploration company, focused on its gold assets in Western Australia, which are viewed as under-explored, under-appreciated, and remain ‘highly prospective’.
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