Astral Resources Drills More High-Grade Gold at Kamperman
THE DRILL SERGEANT: Astral Resources (ASX: AAR) recently completed a three-hole reverse circulation (RC) drilling program at the company’s 100 per cent-owned Feysville gold project located between Kalgoorlie and Menzies in Western Australia.
Astral Resources drilled the three RC holes at the Kamperman discovery, achieving high-grade assay results, grading up to 12.6 grams per tonne gold, which the company declared to further confirm the high-grade potential of this new discovery.
Best results received from the RC drilling completed in the March Quarter included:
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7 metres at 5.81 grams per tonne gold from 19m, including 2m at 12.3g/t gold from 19m and 1m at 10.4g/t gold from 24m;
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8m at 2.04g/t gold from 32m, including 1m at 12.6g/t gold from 39m; and
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12m at 2.12g/t gold from 69m to end-of-hole (EOH).
Astral has drilled 16 holes drilled at Kamperman since January 2023, from ten of which high-grade results have been returned.
Five lines of air-core (AC) drilling were also completed across the western portion of the Feysville tenement package.
A follow-up 19-hole RC in-fill and extensional drill program has also recently been completed for which assays are pending.
“The recent Kamperman discovery within our Feysville project continues to deliver,” Astral Resources managing director Marc Ducler said in the company’s ASX announcement.
“On 15 January, we mobilised an air-core rig to site to complete a five-line regional air-core program targeting potential structures in the untested north-western portion of our tenement holding.
“Following completion of the program the same drill rig was converted to an RC configuration to complete 217 metres of drilling in three holes to assist with our interpretation and modelling of the recent high-grade Kamperman discovery.
“This three-hole program yielded high-grade assay results in every hole, further reinforcing the exceptional high-grade potential at Kamperman.
“A follow-up 2,459 metre RC program was immediately completed at Kamperman with assay results expected later this quarter as we continue to unlock the potential of this growing prospect which we have increasing confidence can contribute potential future high-grade satellite ore feed to our broader Mandilla gold project development.”
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