Western Gold Resources (ASX:WGR) has received the final assay results from 77 reverse circulation (RC) drillholes for 4,958m recently completed at the Gold King and Wren prospects at its Gold Duke Project in Western Australia.
The company reports that the drilling demonstrates continuity of ‘high-grade’ mineralisation within sub-parallel northerly-striking BIF units with mineralisation remains open to the south and north.
Applications for mining approvals are now underway at Gold King and if successful will add to current mining approvals at Golden Monarch, Eagle, and Emu that are located within 6km of each other.
Key intercepts include:
Gold King
- 6m @ 8.89 g/t Au from 56m (including 2m @ 18.48 g/t Au) (WGRC0402)
- 2m @ 10.82 g/t Au from 47m (including 1m @ 18.05 g/t Au) (WGRC0416)
- 2m @ 9.55 g/t Au from 52m (including 1m @ 16.77 g/t Au) (WGRC0439)
Wren
- 2m @ 2.40 g/t Au from 7m (WGRC0385)
- 2m @ 3.26 g/t Au from 14m (WGRC0385)
- 2m @ 2.26 g/t Au from 49m (WGRC0389)
Commenting on the results, WGR Managing Director Warren Thorne stated: “The exceptional results from Gold King have demonstrated the continuity of BIF-hosted mineralisation within the Joyners Find Shear Zone.
“The exceptional results from Gold King have demonstrated the continuity of BIF-hosted mineralisation within the Joyners Find Shear Zone”
The Gold King deposit is located 800m to the south of the Golden Monarch and this round of drilling will be included in an updated Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE).
In addition, with the application for mining approvals underway at Gold King, success will add to current mining approvals at Golden Monarch, Eagle and Emu that are located within 6km of each other.
Encouraging results at the Wren prospect indicate mineralisation is hosted within ultramafics and follow up exploration is warranted.”
The company is in the process of finalising its planning for exploration in the third and fourth quarter. This involves a targeted AC drill program over coincident structural-geochemical targets at the prospective Kingfisher North and the Brilliant North and Top Knot Prospects generated from UFF soil sampling programs and Sub-audio magnetic geophysical survey interpretation.
Western Gold will also undertake a moving-loop ground EM survey of Ni targets identified from soil sampling rehabilitation of 2021/2022 drill programs, as well as reconnaissance mapping of the newly granted E53/2202 that has potential for Au, Ni, and Li-REE mineralisation.
Images: Western Gold Resources Ltd
