Pilbara Gold (ASX:PGL) is ramping up drilling at the Mt York Project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, with 5,680m of diamond drilling completed across the Main Hill, Main Hill Extension, Gossan Hill, and Gilt Dragon areas.
The company began drilling across these areas in early April. The first batch of results from completed diamond drilling are expected next month.
Pilbara has three diamond drill rigs currently operating double-shift, with two additional reverse circulation rigs expected to start this month.
The total drilling campaign is expected to cover more than 50,000m across the Mt York Project, marking the company’s largest drilling campaign yet.
Drilling is focused on testing extensions at depth of the ‘large’ gold system ahead of a resource estimate update.
The Gilt Dragon prospect has intercepted zones of ‘strong veining and alteration’ from four drill holes. Results for the prospect are expected soon, which is located 3km southeast of Mt York.
Pilbara Gold has planned a regional airborne electro-magnetic survey over the prospective greater Mt York area.
The survey will target the discovery of new sulphide-bearing gold systems.
Managing Director Peter Turner says the company is excited to be back at the Mt York Project for drilling, with a focus on “increasing and upgrading resources at this quality asset”.
“The technical team has already started to see interesting core, and we anticipate to have initial results flowing in a matter of weeks,” Turner says.
“We are busy planning an airborne electro-magnetic (AEM) survey at Mt York.
“The foundation dataset that this cost-effective survey generates will be used to directly target buried gold deposits over a large portion of our prospective land package surrounding Mt York.”
The Mt York Project currently hosts 2.1 million ounces of gold in a continuous 4.2km-long banded iron formation.
Pilbara Gold is formerly known as Kairos Minerals, undergoing a strategic shift in both name and operational focus as the company targets development of its Mt York Gold Project in Western Australia, as reported by Mining.com.au.
Pilbara Gold is focused on advancing its flagship Mt York Project, along with its portfolio of gold projects in the Pilbara and Eastern Goldfields.
Write to Maddison Elliott at Mining.com.au
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