Aruma hits new mineralised zones

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Western Australia-based gold exploration company Aruma Resources has identified two new mineralised zones on its tenements.

The company has returned anomalous gold intercepts from its Jundee South project located 60 kilometres east of Wiluna on the Jundee-Gourdis-Bronzewing trend in the Eastern Goldfields region.

It has also reported anomalous nickel and copper results at its Steeple Hill prospect at the Kurnalpi South project, situated within the Glandore Hub.

 

Aruma Resources project locations. Source: Company announcement

“The Jundee South project assays show two carbonate quartz alteration systems with the southern area over 1.6 kilometres long with mineralisation up to 16 metres thick,” Aruma resources managing director Peter Schwann said in the company’s announcement to the Australian Securities Exchange.

“The northern area is over 200 metres long and up to 12 metres thick.

“The anomalous intersections included 4 metres at 2.06 grams per tonne gold in Hole JS22 from 16 metres.
 
“The anomalous drilling results will be followed up after the four metre composites are re-assayed for one metre splits to better define the mineralisation.”

Assays from the Steeple Hill prospect returned:

–    3m at 0.21 per cent copper and 0.21 per cent nickel from 11m.

Aruma said the high copper values suggest Steeple Hill is a gossan rather than a lateritic nickel anomaly.

However, the results of the Steeple Hill drilling with respect to gold have resulted in Aruma designating the tenement to be of lower priority in the short term.