Doray Minerals Extends Wilbur and Judy Lodes at Andy Well

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THE DRILL SERGEANT: Doray Minerals (ASX: DRM) announced underground diamond drilling at the company’s Andy Well gold project in Western Australia has extended and enhanced high-grade gold mineralisation within both the Wilber and Judy Lodes.

Doray Minerals has had underground drilling at Andy Well in progress with up to three diamond drill rigs in operation.

This drilling has focussed on exploring for immediate extensions to high-grade gold mineralisation adjacent to the active mining areas within the Wilber and Judy Lodes.

The drilling completed at Wilber aimed to test three main areas – the main Wilber Lode directly below the bulk of current mine workings, potential for small zones of mineralisation immediately north of the northern dyke, and continuity of the ‘Middle Pod’ high-grade plunging shoot.

Doray explained that drilling below the current Wilber Lode Ore Reserve has intersected high-grade gold mineralisation in several holes at depths between 750mRL and 800mRL, approximately 680m to 730m below surface.

Assays received from the Wilber Lode extensional drilling program to date include:

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2.6 metres at 70.1 grams per tonne gold from 219.7 metres downhole (mdh) (True Width ~1m);

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2m at 25.2g/t gold from 187.9mdh (True Width ~1m);

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1.2m at 19.8g/t gold from 263.1mdh (True Width ~0.7m); and

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2.8m at 9.5g/t gold from 198.9mdh (True Width ~0.9m).

“The recent drilling at Wilber has been particularly successful in further delineating a zone of higher grade gold mineralisation below the current Ore Reserve, which could have a significant impact on the grade and cost profile at Andy Well in the medium term,” Doray Minerals managing director Allan Kelly said in the company’s announcement to the Australian Securities Exchange.

“We are currently mining through a more variable and narrower part of the Wilber Lode orebody, which is having a negative effect on the grade and cost profile at present.

“These drilling results have highlighted that, below the current mine design, the tenor and consistency of mineralisation at Wilber appears to increase back towards that which was seen higher in the mine.

“The area directly below the current mine plan has the best potential for immediate extensions to the Wilber Lode and we will continue to test this higher grade zone which remains open at depth.”

Website: www.dorayminerals.com.au