Doray identifies new gold zone at Andy Well

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THE DRILL SERGEANT: Doray Minerals has claimed recent drilling conducted at the company’s 80 per cent-owned Andy Well gold project north of Meekatharra in Western Australia has confirmed potential for a second high-grade gold deposit within the “Judy Zone”, south of the high-grade Wilber Lode deposit.

The drilling was undertaken to follow up on previously recorded intersections with a single diamond hole and a number of RC holes drilled to test the potential for a second high grade quartz lode approximately 300 metres south of and parallel to the Wilber Lode.

 

Drill status plan for part of Andy Well gold project showing
location of Judy Zone drilling in comparison to Wilber Lode deposit.
Source: Company announcement

 

Doray said the drilling had intersected the Judy Zone mineralisation on three drill sections that confirmed dip and strike continuity of the mineralised quartz lode.

The company has encountered visible gold observed in all but one of the holes drilled at Judy so far.

“We have always thought that the Andy Well project had the potential for a substantial new gold camp with multiple deposits,” Doray minerals managing director Allan Kelly said in the company’s announcement to the Australian Securities Exchange.

“These new results from Judy, in close proximity to the soon to be developed Wilber Lode deposit, appear to indicate the presence of a second, very high grade quartz lode.

“Our initial interpretation that this zone trended north-south has proven to be incorrect and we now believe the Judy Zone is instead parallel to the Wilber Lode.

“The apparently simple geometry and very high grade gold mineralisation highlight the significant potential of this rapidly developing new target.”
 
Latest drilling results from the Judy Zone include:

–    1 metre at 98 grams per tonne gold from 149 metres to 150 metres;

–    2m at 8.96g/t gold from 102m to 104m, including 1m at 16.6g/t gold;

–    1m at 300g/t gold from 88m to 89m;

–    1m at 10.8g/t gold from 87m to 88m; and

–    1m at 33.8g/t gold from 156m to 157m.

Doray said the latest results had encouraged it to plan a series of follow up RC holes to test for further depth and strike extensions to the high-grade Judy Zone.