Westar Resources (ASX:WSR) has progressed with target definition and ranking of priority prospects to usher in a scheduled maiden aircore (AC) drilling program at its Gidgee North Project in Western Australia.
The company says target definition focused on prospects south of the rabbit proof fence (SRPF) in order to generate targets for an upcoming maiden 6,000m AC drilling program at the project.
Westar notes numerous gold and copper-zinc drilling targets have been generated within the southern portion of the tenure. These targets were generated both in-house and with the assistance of specialist consultants using the company’s ‘extensive’ geochemical, geophysical, spectral, and mapping datasets.
The company also notes other targets expected to be tested include historic supergene copper-zinc targets at the Vela and Geo prospects.
Meanwhile, Westar reports a contractor has been secured and all approvals are in place for drilling to begin in mid-March. Drilling is expected to focus on defining the continuity and extent of the supergene copper-zinc within the Vela and Geo prospects, as well as multiple gold targets hosted within the Gum Creek Greenstone Belt (GCGB).
Addressing the maiden AC program, Westar Resources Managing Director Karl Jupp says: “Given the historical production plus the current Mineral Resource inventory in the GCGB, this is a rare opportunity to drill test an extensive strike of prospective greenstone terrain that has never seen a drillhole.
“…this is a rare opportunity to drill test an extensive strike of prospective greenstone terrain that has never seen a drillhole”
We know the lithologies are right, the structures are permissive and the targets have never been systematically worked up using best-practice geoscience and an extensive knowledge of the GCGB minerals systems architecture.”
The company also says it is progressing with geochemical sampling and mapping on northern targets to progress a pipeline of targets for drill testing in conjunction with drilling at the recently acquired Fairy Well prospect in H2 2023.
In addition, the starting of drilling comes following an expansion of the company’s Olga Rocks Lithium-Gold Project as announced by Westar Resources yesterday (1 March).
This acquisition of the new tenement was reported by the company to compliment its existing tenement holding and is located along strike of the north-northwest trending interpreted central and western pegmatite zone within the southern tenure.
With the beginning of drilling nearing, Westar Resources announces it will analyse AC and soil sample results in order to plan follow-up drilling, as well as conduct filed traverses, rock chip sampling, and structural mapping of working at its Fairy Well tenement in order to determine priority drilling areas for a maiden reverse circulation (RC) drilling program.
Westar Resources is an ASX-listed Perth-based mineral exploration company focused on developing its ‘high quality’ precious and future metal assets in Western Australia. The company’s Gidgee North project is located about 640km northeast of the city of Perth in Western Australia and comprises 6 tenements, including the Geoff Well farm-in project, which cover a total land area of 430km-square.
The project is situated within the GCGB of the Youanmi Terrane, which has historically produced over 1 million ounce (Moz) of gold and hosts over 2.3Moz of gold mineral resources.
Other assets included in Westar Resources’ exploration portfolio include the Coolaloo, Winjangoo, Mt Finnerty, and Parker Dome projects all scattered throughout Western Australia.
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