Kin Mining (ASX: KIN) has announced further ‘high-grade’ gold mineralisation following an RC drilling campaign at the Cardinia Hill prospect within its Cardinia Gold Project in Western Australia.
These recently-generated results are coincident with a structurally-controlled, high-grade quartz and sulphide-rich zone which demonstrates mineralisation extending 1,100m to the north of the deposit.
Significant intercepts include:
- Hole CH22RC192: 2m @ 14.5g/t Au from 120m
- Hole CH22RC185: 4m @ 2.79g/t Au from 96m
- Hole CH22RC188: 1m @ 6.11g/t Au from 63m
- Hole CH22RC203: 1m @ 7.17g/t Au from 50m (open to the north)
Speaking on the results, KIN Mining Managing Director Andrew Munckton said: “These results from the northern extension drilling of the Cardinia Hill deposit provide confirmation that Cardinia Hill high-grade gold lodes can be traced for over 1.1km and remain open to the north and at depth. The next significant drilling along the Cardinia Hill structure is at East Lynne approximately 600m north where previous Aircore drilling intersected exceptional grades (5m at 35g/t Au). The exploration team are now assessing, with a small additional RC drilling program at East Lynne, if the two deposits lie on the same mineralised structure and may be continuous.
“These results from the northern extension drilling of the Cardinia Hill deposit provide confirmation that Cardinia Hill high-grade gold lodes can be traced for over 1.1km and remain open to the north and at depth”
These Cardinia Hill results combined with recent high grade results from Rangoon, Fiona and historical drilling at the nearby Helens deposit demonstrate that the Easter Corridor area is strongly endowed with multiple structurally controlled ore positions, all of which contain high grade sulphide and quartz vein mineralisation that has a common source.
The company has only drilled the near surface environment at the Eastern Corridor and believe with further drilling supported by our advanced geological understanding and aided by our detailed gravity model that further significant mineralised positions in this exciting area will be revealed.
Given the widespread nature of the ore grade intercepts and the near-by location of this exciting area to the Cardinia plant site, we have prioritised for deeper RC drilling the Eastern Corridor which has already commenced at Rangoon and East Lynne.”
The company also notes that these results reinforce their view that gravity lows highlighted in a recently-completed geophysical survey over the Cardinia area mark the locations of associated mafic host rocks.
In addition, these results highlight that mineralisation within these holes is also associated with anomalous silver, copper, antimony, molybdenum, selenium and tellurium.
Location of the Cardinia Hill RC drilling results over gravity dataThe Cardinia Gold project is located northeast of Leonora within Western Australia’s north eastern goldfields, with 100% of all tenements owned by Kin Mining.
The project boasts a JORC compliant 1.28Moz gold Mineral Resource Estimate, which is defined in both oxide and deeper primary mineralisation.
With the recent RC drilling campaign now complete, the company reports that it will move forward with follow-up drilling campaigns at priority low-gravity targets while it awaits results from drilling at the Rangoon and East Lynne deposits.
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