Great Western Exploration kicks-off drilling of Diorama copper-gold target

• AC drilling underway at large copper-gold target.
• Highly prospective DeGrussa-style prospect.
• Prospectivity supported by the gossanous rocks from limited outcrop.
• Total of 3,000m of AC drilling planned to test copper anomalism.

Great Western Exploration (ASX:GTE) has this week commenced a 3,000-metre air core drilling program at the Diorama copper-gold project within its Yerrida North Project in Western Australia.

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Yerrida North is within the Yerrida Basin and adjacent to the Bryah Basin, which hosts the DeGrussa and Monty copper-gold volcanic-hosted massive sulphide deposits.

Diorama is a DeGrussa-style copper-gold target located immediately north of Great Western’s Juggernaut copper-gold targets.

It was initially defined as a lag copper anomaly, with field mapping defining gossanous quartz from the limited surface outcrop at this location, which was mapped in some areas with extents greater than 100m.

Shallow cover was defined throughout the target’s area, which could potentially obscure copper mineralisation just below surface. The gossanous quartz potentially represents highly weathered sulphides, which may be significantly developed below surface, and potential host to copper-gold mineralisation.

Great Western’s MD, Shane Pike, said the explorer has interpreted Diorama to represent a compelling volcanic-hosted massive sulphide style mineralisation target, similar to the nearby DeGrussa copper-gold deposit.

No drilling has previously been completed at the location.

The 3,000-metre AC drilling program aims to advance the target for future targeted drilling of discrete and obscured zones for copper-gold enrichment.

Reverse circulation drilling of the six Juggernaut copper-gold targets will follow the Diorama program and is set to commence next month, with drilling of the Baroo copper-gold target after Juggernaut.

The six copper-gold targets, Juggernaut, Seymour, Falconer, Howard, Palmer, Smith and Archer, were defined by each’s stratigraphic, structural, and geochemical attributes.

Concurrently with that drilling, regional exploration will be undertaken on several prospective copper-gold targets within the Yerrida North project, with the aim of advancing these targets to drill-ready status.

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