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.
RC drilling commenced on the Birsok bauxite project, Cameroon
Canyon Resources (ASX: CAY) has commenced RC drilling on the company’s Birsok bauxite project in Cameroon.
The drilling is planned to test the width and extent of bauxite mineralisation across priority target areas and will initially target the highest priority prospects of Djombi, Fedal and Baoua.
The drilling has been designed based on results from extensive rock chip sampling and geological mapping completed by Canyon and its Joint Venture partner.
Ongoing mapping across the project continues to identify further mineralised zones and target areas.
“We are very pleased to have commenced the first ever drilling program on the Birsok project so soon after announcing the transaction and following the recent announcement of outstanding high-grade rock chip assay results,” Canyon Resources managing director Phillip Gallagher said.
“The extensive rock chip and mapping program that has been completed prior to the commencement of this inaugural drilling program has confirmed the presence of high-grade gibbsite bauxite across a large proportion of the project area, and identified high priority areas for drilling.
“Based on results to date, we are confident of positive results from this program.”
Drilling underway at Blueys
Core Exploration (ASX: CXO) has commenced its first reverse circulation (RC) drill program in the Northern Territory at the company’s Blueys project.
The drilling is testing prospective drill targets at both the Blueys and Inkheart prospects within the company’s Albarta project.
Core said the drilling has been designed to confirm the source of anomalous silver in soils and high-grade mineralisation the company has previously identified at surface.
The company said IP geophysical surveys have identified chargeable and structural targets at depth below these surface indicators.
These targets have never been drill tested as the deepest prior drilling was to a depth of 52 metres.
Drilling is expected to take three to four weeks to complete with assay results expected over the next eight weeks.
Drilling commences at Overflow project
TriAusMin Limited (ASX: TRO) has commenced a four hole, 400 metre drill program on the company’s Overflow project, located within the Western Lachlan Fold Belt, of Central News South Wales.
The drill program is to comprise 200 metres of Reverse Circulation (RC) drilling at the Spooky Hill gold prospect and a single 200 metre diamond (DD) hole at the historic Overflow mine.
Work kicks off at Fraser Range East
Mining Projects Group (ASX: MPJ) announced that Newexco has commenced the first stage of a Moving Loop Electro Magnetic (MLEM) Survey at the company’s 100 per cent-owned Fraser Range East project.
The MLEM program has been designed to test for the presence of bedrock conductors which may be associated with nickel mineralisation.
Soil samples will also be taken at all stations to conduct Mobile Metal Ion (MMI) analysis, a form of low detection soil sampling.
This form of sampling analyses the loosely bound ions attached to soil particles and allows for the detection of geochemical signals through cover and transported overburden.
The survey is expected to take approximately a week with analysis and reporting to follow.
Air Core drilling commenced at Spargoville
Tychean Resources (ASX: TYK) has commenced an Air Core drilling program at the Core Farm and Golden Orb East prospects at the company’s wholly-owned Spargoville gold project in the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia.
The program at the Core Farm prospect is to comprise shallow close spaced Air Core drilling planned to evaluate the size and potential extent of interpreted paleochannel mineralisation Tychean has intersected within previous drilling.
A smaller program of Air Core drilling is planned at Golden Orb East to infill and further evaluate previously identified gold mineralised trends within previous drilling.
The company anticipates all results from this drilling to be received by early June 2014.
Drilling commenced at Mt Eureka project
Cullen Resources (ASX: CUL) has commenced an RC drilling program at the company’s Mt Eureka project in Western Australia.
The drilling has been planned to include follow-up RC drilling of nickel geochemical anomalies at the Doyles nickel prospect.
It will also involve RC drilling to the west of the recently completed RC drill hole MERC 107, and to test a target ultramafic horizon for nickel mineralisation further to the west at the Silverbark North nickel prospect.
Cullen said it anticipates drilling will be completed within two weeks with assays to follow by mid-June.