Hi Ho, Hi Ho, it’s off to work we go
THE DRILL SERGEANT: Each week any number of junior exploration plays set out to drill their ground. Here’s a small selection of what’s been happening this week.
Drilling Commences at Giro gold project
Burey Gold (ASX: BYR) has commenced drilling at the Giro prospect in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with early results expected in late November 2014.
The initial Reverse Circulation drilling program will take four to six weeks and is testing the continuity of high-grade mineralisation intersected at Kebigada Shear Zone, within the Giro prospect, down to 100m as well as continuity of mineralisation.
The drilling program will consist of 2,800 metres at Giro and 200m at Peteku to test for mineralisation under previous Belgian high grade quartz vein mining.
Drilling to commence
Energia Minerals (ASX: EMX) is to commence a limited regional rotary mud drilling program at the company’s 100 per cent-owned Carley Bore In Situ Leach (ISR) uranium project in the Carnarvon Basin region of Western Australia.
This program, jointly funded by the Western Australian Department of Mines and Petroleum and Energia is expected to be completed within two weeks.
Additionally, a trial geophysical program comprising Sub Audio Magnetics and Dipole-Dipole Induced Polarisation will be carried out over two areas containing the Indicated Resources at Carley Bore.
On completion of the geophysical program and weather permitting, a pre-development rotary mud drilling program, comprising 23 holes on a 20m by 50m pattern for an expenditure of approximately $150,000, will be carried out in November.
Drilling program commences at Sefaatli
Anatolia Energy (ASX: AEK) has mobilised two rigs to the company’s Deliler uranium prospect where drilling has commenced.
Stage 1 drilling will be a combination of diamond core and rotary methods on an approximate 100 metre by 100 metre grid as both in-fill and step-out drilling.
It will also target high-grade uranium mineralisation intercepts, particularly at Deliler via a 56 hole program advancing over 6,000m.
Drilling is expected to take eight weeks, and results from the Stage 1 program are expected in late December 2014.
The Phase 1 results will be assessed to determine a follow on Phase 2 program, likely to commence in Q1 2015.
Second drill rig mobilised to Maronan
Red Metal (ASX: RDM) has mobilised a second drill rig to commenced drilling the first of two proposed deep holes designed to test the vertical continuity and zonation of the mineralisation below MRN13002 and MRN14002.
Drilling on Maronan has identified multiple horizons of strong lead and silver mineralisation within a 60 metre true thickness of banded carbonate-sulphide rock and iron formation.
About one third of the prospective carbonate sequence at Maronan is mineralised with lead and silver and it is speculated the whole sequence could become mineralised as drilling transitions.
Red Metal’s new geological model predicts that the Maronan mineralisation should zone with depth towards semi-massive lead mineralisation typical of the high-grade mineralisation at the core of the Cannington deposit located ninety kilometres to the south.
The first deep hole MRN14004 is designed to intersect the target horizons about 500m below recently reported mineralisation.
This hole is expected to take about six weeks to complete.
Drilling underway at Massigui
Birimian Gold (ASX: BGS) has commenced the next phase of an exploration drilling program at the company’s Massigui gold project in southern Mali.
This drilling will focus on the Viper prospect and the newly-identified Koble, Koting and Koura prospects.
An Aircore rig has commenced drilling and a reverse circulation (RC) rig will mobilize to the project area within the month.
At Viper prospect the drilling will; test for vertical extensions to recently defined shallow high-grade gold zones; and increase drill density and test along strike of recent ore-grade drill intersections.
Previous wide spaced AC drilling at Viper returned multiple shallow ore-grade drill intersections over down-hole widths.
The strike extensive, stacked gold trends within the broader Viper prospect provide considerable scope for delineating multiple gold lenses potentially accessible to a shallow open-pit mine operation.
At Koble, Koting and Koura prospects, drilling will evaluate high potential gold targets identified in previous wide spaced AC and auger drilling.
The company anticipates analytical results from the initial AC drilling program will be available in early November, which it intends using to plan further targeted RC drill testing at priority prospects.