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- West Wits Mining (WWI) reports “significant” gold hits in the first drilling program completed by farm-in partner Rio Tinto (RTX) at the Mt Cecelia project in WA
- WWI says the reverse circulation drilling struck up to 0.95 grams per tonne (g/t) gold over a 24-metre interval from 150 metres deep
- WWI and RTX are now planning to complete downhole electromagnetic surveys to define second-stage drill targets in the second quarter of 2023
- A diamond drilling program is scheduled for the late 2023 field season
- WWI shares are trading grey at 1.1 cents at 1:18 pm AEDT
West Wits (WWI) has reported “significant” gold hits in the first drilling program completed by farm-in partner Rio Tinto (RTX) at the Mt Cecelia project in Western Australia.
Rio completed four reverse circulation (RC) holes for 1036 metres, targeting a moderately-strong electromagnetic (EM) conductivity anomaly.
WWI said the drilling work struck gold mineralisation at depths of less than 200 metres.
The company reported an intercept of 0.95 grams per tonne (g/t) gold over 24 metres, with another 0.93 g/t gold struck across a 20-metre stretch.
The primary source of the EM anomaly remains unidentified, although the observed space indicates fluid movement and possible structural dislocation.
West Wits said this pointed to the potential for a range of different styles of mineralisation systems.
West Wits Chief Executive Officer Jac van Heerden said the results motivated further ground exploration in 2023 with RTX.
“We are encouraged by the positive results of Mt Cecelia’s maiden drilling campaign, which show significant intervals of gold mineralisation. The exploration team’s view that the source of the EM anomaly is potentially yet to be located and leaves the prospect open for discovery of further mineralisation,” Mr Van Heerden said.
WWI and RTX are now planning to complete downhole electromagnetic surveys to define second-stage drill targets in the second quarter of 2023
“The downhole EM surveys planned for Q2 2023 will provide new localised EM modelling to better target the anomaly for the diamond drilling campaign scheduled for late 2023.”
WWI shares were trading grey at 1.1 cents at 1:18 pm AEDT.
