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- Great Western Exploration (GTE) begins the next round of drilling at the Yandal West project in Western Australia
- Six drill holes are planned in the second phase of drilling at Harris’ Find, to test extensions to shallow, high-grade mineralisation intercepted during phase one
- Of the holes, one will be diamond drilled to provide a better understanding of controls on the mineralisation for future drill targeting, the rest will be reverse circulation drilled
- Any significant results returned for this program will give GTE confidence to test north along the Barwidgee Structure which hosts the Harris’ Find mineralisation
- Company shares last traded at 5.5 cents at 10:32 am AEDT
Great Western Exploration (GTE) has begun the next round of drilling at the Yandal West project in Western Australia.
Six drill holes are planned in the second phase of drilling at Harris’ Find, to test extensions to shallow, high-grade mineralisation intercepted during phase one.
Of the holes, one will be diamond drilled to provide a better understanding of controls on the mineralisation for future drill targeting.
The remainder of the holes will be completed via reverse circulation drilling.
In August, the company’s initial drilling work at Harris’ Find returned 12 metres at 2.09 grams per tonne (g/t) gold from 35 metres downhole and three metres at 3.1 g/t gold from 53 metres.
Great Western labelled the first campaign successful as it extended the gold mineralisation at the prospect and validated shallow, high-grade historical drill results from the mid-1990s.
Now, the company is hoping to further extend the mineralisation. Moreover, any significant results returned would give confidence to test north along the Barwidgee Structure which hosts the Harris’ Find mineralisation.
This structure extends for three kilometres to the north of Harris find, previously returned anomalous results and is largely untested.
Great Western holds an 80 per cent interest in the Yandal West project in the Yandal Greenstone Belt of WA.
Company shares last traded at 5.5 cents at 10:32 am AEDT.
