Golden Mile Resources (ASX:G88) reports follow-up rock chip sampling has confirmed ‘high-grade’ gold potential at its Aurora prospect within the Pearl Project in Arizona, with results up to 38.70 grams per tonne gold.
The company’s latest 35-sample program returned gold values above 0.10g/t in 28 samples across an 800m strike length and 200m width at Aurora.
Golden Mile says the next step in the exploration of Aurora is to complete a number of lines of shallow channel sampling across the Prospect to gain an understanding of the width of the vein sets and the Au values in the sheared granodiorite.
This is important knowledge towards the potential of the prospect as a bulk tonnage target. Following this program drilling targets should be generated for drill testing which, based on positive results, is targeted for the September 2026 quarter.
The company says winter conditions are all extreme in that part of Arizona where Aurora is situated – therefore the channel sampling is likely to be carried out in the June 2026 quarter
The Aurora prospect, discovered during field reconnaissance in late 2024, appears to comprise multiple sub-parallel quartz vein sets trending north-northwest within sheared granodiorite host rocks.
Golden Mile says the low temperature porphyry-style mineralisation and large areal extent suggests potential for a bulk tonnage target.
The Pearl project is located in Arizona’s San Manuel mining district, approximately 40km northeast of Tucson near the town of Mammoth. The project sits within the world-class Laramide Porphyry Copper Province, which accounted for about 70% of US copper production in 2023.
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