Krakatoa Resources (ASX:KTA) has implemented drones to conduct surveys at the Zopkhito Antimony-Gold Project in Georgia, streamlining the project to return JORC-compliant samples.
Samples will be pulled from antimony veins and gold-bearing alteration halo, found in the footwall and hanging wall zones, following the underground drone LiDAR and gas survey program, which is nearing completion.
The company will generate data for a maiden resource estimate before furthering resource growth across the greater project area.
CEO Mark Major says the program will allow the company to safely and efficiently review the old adits for upcoming exploration activities, including further mapping and core sampling.
“It will also allow us to re-orientate the historical data, especially the channel samples as the cut channels can be seen within the high-resolution LiDAR images,” Major says.
“This will provide more confidence in the technical profile of the project and support future exploration planning.”
A 3D model will be used to refine geological interpretation of the project, while also guiding future drilling programs and supporting target identification.
The area hosts a historical foreign estimate of 225,000 tonnes @ 11.6% antimony and 7.1 million tonnes @ 3.7 grams per tonne gold.
Krakatoa also intends to expand ongoing drilling programs to identify the geometry of the area and also extend the quartz-stibnite vein systems and relevant gold zones.
The company is currently progressing between 7,000-10,000m of drilling with dual active diamond rigs targeting high-priority areas between historical adits.
Assays are expected to be returned in late Q4 2025.
Krakatoa Resources is an antimony and gold explorer focused on advancing its Zopkhito Project in Georgia, while also exploring other critical and precious metals in Western Australia and New South Wales.
Write to Maddison Elliott at Mining.com.au
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