Astro confirms additional HM mineralisation at Governor Broome
THE DRILL SERGEANT: Astro Resources (ASX:ARO) has received the first batch of results from a recently completed aircore drilling program carried out at the company’s Governor Broome mineral sands project, located in the south-west of Western Australia.
The drill programs consisted of:
– Infill drilling of the Governor Broome East targeting high-grade strandlines to elevate the company’s confidence in the resource to promote it to an Indicated JORC status;
– Extending historic drill lines south of Governor Broome East targeting an expansion of the existing JORC resource; and
– Testing the potentially significant strandline extensions to the east of the existing defined resource area.
“We’re very excited to have identified further high-grade mineralisation extending from the Governor Broome Resource, which has the potential to significantly increase the resource tonnage,” Astro Resources executive director Robert Hyndes said in the company’s announcement to the Australian Securities Exchange.
“We are increasingly confident of the capacity for the project to deliver a commercially viable mineral sands operation, and anticipate further positive outcomes from further analysis of the drill samples and results.”
Astro said the extension drilling of historic drill lines has confirmed mineralisation exists south of Governor Broome East.
Results from the extensional drilling include:
– 10 metres at 8.56 per cent heavy minerals (HM) from 10 metres to 20metres;
– 15m at 5.08 per cent HM from 8m to 23m; and
– 5m at 9.29 per cent HM from 13m to 18m.
This mineralisation is open for some two kilometres to the northwest where the company has established visual continuity a line of holes drilled in a southwest-northeast direction.
Mineralisation extending south of Governor Broome East remains
open for approximately two kilometres. Source: Company announcement
Astro said it has identified a number of priority samples for additional metallurgical studies to identify the mineral assemblage of this new area.
It will then undertake further review to determine a comprehensive data package, which will be required to add potential tonnage to the existing JORC resource.
The infill drilling at Governor Broome East was completed with initial results confirming continuity of mineralisation.
Results from infill drilling include:
– 5m at 5.48 per cent HM from 5m to 10m;
– 4m at 6.58 per cent HM from 6m to 10m; and
– 3m at 7.21 per cent HM from 11m to 14m.
Further samples will undergo laboratory analysis prior to review of results for a JORC classification upgrade.
Astro said drilling carried out to the east of the known resource area has confirmed potential strandline extensions in that direction, heading toward the rehabilitated Jangardup mine site.
