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- Auris Minerals (AUR) has completed aircore (AC) drilling at the Feather Cap Project in Western Australia
- 63 holes were drilled with aims to evaluate priority gold targets at the Durack East and Feather Cap prospects
- Of those holes, 27 were drilled at Durack East to test for strike extensions to the high-grade gold mineralisation identified via Sandfire Resources
- A further 27 holes were then drilled at Feather Cap to better evaluate anomalous gold mineralisation that was identified from previous drilling
- The remaining nine holes were drilled across three tenements to evaluate low priority gold targets
- All of the samples have been sent for analysis with initial results expected in late December to early January
- Auris has ended the day 1.18 per cent in the red with shares trading at 8.4 cents
Auris Minerals (AUR) has completed aircore (AC) drilling at the Feather Cap Project in Western Australia.
Feather Cap lies 95 kilometres north of Meekatharra in the Bryah Basin and the area has been historically explored for gold.
63 AC holes, for 6572 metres, were drilled with aims to evaluate priority gold targets at the Durack East and Feather Cap prospects.
Of the 63 AC holes, 27 were drilled at the Durack East Prospect to test for strike extensions to the high-grade gold mineralisation identified via Sandfire Resources (SFR).
Work from Sandfire returned a maximum result of five metres at 4.76g/t gold from 70 metres.
A further 27 AC holes were then drilled at Feather Cap to better evaluate anomalous gold mineralisation identified from previous drilling.
The remaining nine holes were drilled across the E52/3275, E52/3350, and E52/3351 tenements to evaluate low priority gold targets.
All of the samples have been sent for analysis with initial results expected in late December to early January.
“We are pleased to have completed this latest round of drilling at Feather Cap and some of the initial geological indications – such as the locations of the intersections and prospective contacts at Durack East appear very encouraging,” Managing Director Mike Hendriks commented.
“Durack East is of particular interest given it is approximately three kilometres along strike from the previous high grade gold results reported by Sandfire at Morck Well,” he said.
“The two holes at Feather Cap Prospect that intersect chert and quartz veining also look very promising, so we eagerly await assay results which we will update the market once received,” he added.
Auris has ended the day 1.18 per cent in the red with shares trading at 8.4 cents in a $37.87 million market cap.
