Essential Metals (ASX: ESS) has reported further gold anomalism following Reverse Circulation (RC) drilling at the Gards Prospect, within its Juglah Dome Project in Western Australia.
The results, generated via 22 RC drill holes for 1,915m, have successfully identified additional gold anomalism and have extended the known mineralisation of the Gards Prospect to a total length of 1.5km.
Key intercepts include:
- Hole 22GSRC014: 8m @ 1.49g/t Au from 75m, incl. 1m @ 7.30g/t Au
- Hole 22GSRC002: 5m @ 1.08g/t Au from 35m
- Hole 22GSRC003: 3m @ 0.73g/t Au from 57m
- Hole 22GSRC013: 12m @ 0.95g/t Au from 30m
Addressing the results, Essential Metals’ Managing Director, Tim Spencer, said: “These latest drill results confirm the prospectivity of the Gards Prospect, which has now been delineated over a strike length of over 1.5km and is still open to the south.
“These latest drill results confirm the prospectivity of the Gards ProspecT”
We are keen to build on these results and will start planning the next round of drilling. The Gards prospect is starting to show potential to host mineralisation which could form a satellite deposit to nearby processing plants.”
The company also notes that the newfound mineralisation was discovered on every drill line and remains open along strike to the south-east and at depth.
In addition, one metre splits from anomalous three metre composites samples will be resubmitted for further gold analysis.
The Juglah Dome Project is located approximately 60km east-southeast of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia and is ‘highly prospective’ for gold mineralisation and boasts potential for VHMS style polymetallic deposits.
The project displays a similar geological setting to those associated with the Majestic and Imperial Deposits, located 10km to the northwest of the project and forms part of the Silver Lake Resources Mt Monger Operations.
With the three metre composite samples with anomalous gold results re-sent for further gold analysis, Essential Metals reports that follow up work will be planned once all results are finalised and returned.
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