QMines Limited (ASX: QML) has announced that the company has completed several of the initial reverse circulation (RC) drillholes planned at the Develin Creek project. The initial programme is designed to infill the shallow and high-grade Scorpion and Window copper deposits.
Importantly, all holes drilled to date have intersected mineralization where expected, providing confidence in a resource update. Samples from the completed RC holes have been dispatched to ALS laboratory in Brisbane for assay, with results expected in the coming weeks. Sample submissions will be made at regular intervals throughout the programme.
Chairman, Andrew Sparke, commented, “QMines is now focusing on drilling at Develin Creek to increase the potential scale and mine life of the Mount Chalmers project. Develin Creek hosts two high-grade copper deposits at Scorpion and Sulphide City which fall outside of the current Mt Chalmers mine plan. These deposits provide potential to increase the scale of a potential mining operation at the nearby Mt Chalmers project.”
The Develin Creek project consists of several volcanic hosted massive sulphide (VHMS) copper-zinc deposits within the Rookwood Volcanics. Mineralization styles reported from the main prospect areas include massive and banded sulphide deposits; reworked, polymictic breccia deposits; distal, graded sedimentary sulphide deposits; massive, replacement deposits, and stringer zone quartz-sulphide vein deposits.
Mineralization at Scorpion, Window, and Sulphide City was discovered by Queensland Metals Corporation (QMC) in the early 1990s, with subsequent work completed by Fitzroy Resources and Zenith Minerals Ltd (Zenith). The Sulphide City and Scorpion deposits at Develin Creek contain combined resources of 3.2Mt @ 1.05% Cu, 1.22% Zn, 0.17g/t Au, and 5.9g/t Ag.
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