Rumble Resources (ASX:RTR) has started a 20,000m drill program at the Western Queen gold-tungsten project.
It is anticipated that the drilling will form the basis for a further mineral resource upgrade in 2025 off the back of the recently announced MRE of 4.42Mt @ 2.02g/t gold for 286,600 ounces, which represents a 76% increase in the total resources within the Western Queen Project.
Drilling will target areas containing multiple ‘high-grade’ zones and unexplored areas beneath the Western Queen South, Marquis, Duke, Princess, and Western Queen Central deposits and is designed to target both high-grade gold and the recently discovered tungsten mineralisation.
The total drill program will include up to 15,000m of reverse circulation and 5,000m of diamond core drilling, and will be separated into two phases.
The first phase consists of 7,500m of RC and 1,250m of diamond drilling and is expected to be completed this calendar year.
The second phase will start early in the new year and is expected to be completed during the first quarter of 2025 and will have the benefit of the results of the first phase of drilling to further assist with targeting extensions to high-grade mineralisation.
The key focus of this drill program is to target high-grade down plunge extensions to previously intercepted mineralisation along the main 2.7km project area within the granted mining leases.
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