E79 Gold Mines (ASX:E79) reports it has commenced a ‘major’ geochemical sampling program at the Jungar Flats Gold Project, located within the Murchison region of Western Australia.
The company says soil sampling trialling the Ultrafine analytical technique was successful in identifying gold anomalism in 3 of the 4 locations tested which all lie on the interpreted Big Bell Shear.
A 3,000 plus sample auger program has now commenced with the aim of testing around 40km of strike of this greenstone belt, and samples will undergo Ultrafine analysis which was developed by CSIRO to be able to identify geochemical anomalism potentially associated with gold mineralisation through the hardpan, which the company says is extensive in the Murchison region and renders many traditional soil sampling and analytical techniques ineffective.
The company also reports it will complete this auger program this year, with results expected in the first quarter of 2023.
“historic drilling has identified anomalous gold in early-stage drilling in 2 locations which has not been followed up”
E79 Gold Mines CEO Ned Summerhayes said “We are excited to commence testing of this largely unexplored greenstone belt, where our earlier trial soil sample program produced anomalous gold in 3 of the 4 locations tested.
Additionally, historic drilling has identified anomalous gold in early-stage drilling in 2 locations which has not been followed up. This greenstone belt is a high priority target where the potential host greenstone sequences lies in close proximity to the highly prospective Big Bell Shear which hosts the Big Bell Mine, the largest gold mine in the region.
The Jungar Flats Project is located 70km west of Meekatharra and 45km north-northeast of the Big Bell gold deposit in the North Murchison region of Western Australia.
The project covers an area of 541km-square and contains approximately 90km of strike of the Big Bell Shear, and straddles a narrow north-south trending greenstone belt.
E79 reports this greenstone belt was targeted by the company’s ground gravity survey in early 2022, which was successful in outlining the scale and location of the belt as it traversed the project.
E79 Gold Mines is a gold exploration company focused on it’s 2 flagship projects, the Laverton South Project and the Jungar Flats Project.
The Laverton South Project covers an area of 355km-square in the southern portion of the Laverton Tectonic Zone around 130km east-northeast of Kalgoorlie and consists of the Lake Yindana and Pinjin tenements.
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