Western Gold Resources (ASX: WGR) has identified an extensive anomaly at the Top Knot Shear in exploration activities at the Gold Duke Project in Western Australia.
Gold Duke contains a combined Mineral Resource estimate JORC-2012 Mineral Resource estimate of 4,570,000t at 2.0g/t Au for 293,000oz Au.
Assays have been received from the ongoing Ultra Fine Fraction (UFF+) soil programme at the Gold Duke Project located within the Youanmi Greenstone Terrain.
WGR completed 1624 UFF+ soil samples over the Prince Ivan project area with samples spaced 25m apart on lines 200m apart (25m x 200m). Samples were analysed using the UltraFine+ method to fully assess the soil properties and relationships (to the geochemistry) to improve the chances of future discovery. The soil sampling programme is par tof WGR’s industry partnership with the CSIRO ‘UltraFine+ research project. The project calls upon CSIRO’s world-leading expertise to analyse the soil sample geochemical assay data and provide new data analytics and targeting for mineral exploration.
The 1600m north to northeast trending UFF+ gold anomaly feature parallels the northerly- trending stratigraphy. The 1600m gold anomaly is outlined by the 8ppb contour with peak value of 21ppb and associated As anomaly defined by 20ppb As with a peak of 69ppb. Field work has confirmed the anomaly is hosted predominantly within a sub-cropping package of shale, minor siltstone, sandstone, and thin BIF layers.
“The discovery of the gold anomaly at Prince Ivan is extremely exciting for the exploration team as it confirms the target generation approach being used at the project,” Managing Director, Warren Thorne, said.
“Prior to WGR, no exploration had been completed on the western margin of the Joyner Find Shear zone so to discover an anomaly of this size and tenor provides continued belief in the project to deliver additional mineral resources.
“Its location adjacent and along strike to Great Western Exploration’s Firebird Prospect that is currently being drilled indicates we could be dealing with a newly discovered regional mineralized corridor. WGR has prioritised exploration at this exciting project, which will include geological and structural modelling plus drill testing of these gold anomalous zones once approvals are in place.”
Next Steps
WGR plans to follow up prospective geochemical anomalies at the Prince Ivan Prospect with extensional UFF soil sampling to the south. Geological mapping will be conducted to further refine areas for drilling planned for Q2 2023.
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