Almadex Minerals Ltd (TSXV: DEX) has received strong results from the first two of five holes drilled to date at the Davis/Paradise project in Nevada.
This drill programme has now been paused for assays, and a second phase programme is planned for September when the company drill is expected to return from third party contract work.
Almadex holds the rights to earn 100% of the Davis/Paradise property, which covers multiple targets, and is located approximately eight miles southeast of Gabbs, Nevada and five miles northeast of the Paradise Peak gold mine, which was active from 1984 to 1994.
“We are very happy to get the first results back from this phase one program. These results confirm the prospectivity of the northern Davis portion of the project. We look forward to follow-up drilling there as well as first pass drilling on the southern Paradise area later this year,” Chairman, Duane Poliquin, said.
The latest drilling results are from the Davis vein zone and help to demonstrate the important widths and grades of the mineralised structure identified previously in historic work and drilling for which the company has limited information. The two holes were drilled on the same section and indicate that mineralisation continues to depth and should be further explored down dip. Significant core intervals from the first two holes include:
Hole DP-22-001 From 62.70 to 63.50 (0.80 metres) @ 17.1 g/t gold and 10.3 g/t silver | ||
And | From 65.50 to 67.20 (1.70 metres) @ 11.8 g/t gold and 68.2 g/t silver | |
And | From 119.00 to 132.70 (13.70 metres) @ 2.3 g/t gold and 24.1 g/t silver | |
Including From 119.50 to 122.90 (3.40 metres) @ 3.0 g/t gold and 41.2 g/t silver | ||
And | From 130.0 to 130.80 (0.80 metres) @ 18.1 g/t gold and 39.4 g/t silver | |
Note: Estimated true widths are approximately 73% of the core intersections above. | ||
Hole DP-22-002 From 19.40 to 21.50 (2.10 metres) @ 5.7 g/t gold and 22.3 g/t silver | ||
And | From 135.20 to 153.00 (17.80 metres) @ 1.2 g/t gold and 12.3 g/t silver | |
Including from 135.20 to 139.55 (4.35 metres) @ 1.9 g/t gold and 25.9 g/t silver | ||
And | From 146.35 to 153.00 (6.65 metres @ 1.9 g/t gold and 11.9 g/t silver | |
And | From 152.00 to 153.00 (1.00 metre) @ 5.8 g/t gold and 3.5 g/t silver |
The other three holes of this phase one program were located on different targets on the northern half of the property. Two holes were drilled in an area of alteration interpreted to represent a sinter and breccia system, extending over 1.5 km in length running parallel to the Davis zone and the fifth hole targeted another separate vein with historic mine workings in the Northern area called Butler. Outstanding assays from these three remaining holes will be reported once received and analysed.
The Southern Paradise portion of the property, where Almadex anticipates a phase two drilling program to be focussed in September, covers high level acid sulphate quartz alunite alteration as well as a zone of phyllic alteration identified by past alteration mapping and a recent Worldview remote sensing study.
Recent mapping performed by the Almadex team confirms the presence of multiple generations of porphyric intermediate intrusive with important alteration zones, especially in the historical mining excavations.
This new data suggests that the Paradise area represents a large lithocap with potential for both gold-silver high sulphidation mineralisation and porphyry mineralisation at depth, similar to that seen at the adjacent Paradise Peak gold deposit where both styles of mineralisation were observed.
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