Horseshoe commences eponymous drilling campaign

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Horseshoe Metals has commenced a diamond drilling program at the company’s 100 per cent-owned Horseshoe Lights volcanic-hosted massive sulphide (VHMS) copper gold project located in the Bryah Basin in Western Australia.

The drilling kicks off a major drilling campaign being undertaken by Horseshoe Metals over the coming months to test a variety of targets at the Horseshoe Lights project.

 

Project location plan. Source: Company announcement

“The diamond drilling program consists of a minimum of four deep drill holes for approximately 1,500 metres, with hole depths of up to 450 metres planned,” Horseshoe Metals said in its ASX announcement.

“Additional holes have been planned and will be drilled, subject to the results of the initial four holes and ground conditions intersected at depth.

“The additional holes may be drilled using the diamond drill rig, a Reverse Circulation Percussion drill rig or a combination of both.”

The company said its aims throughout the drilling program are to drill test a major anomaly it identified by a Dipole-Dipole Induced Polarisation survey located on Line 2 immediately south east of the existing open pit.

Horseshoe also aims to drill test a coinciding South East Shear Zone, where it said historical drilling had intersected zones of running sandy quartz hematite, which was also observed in the Main Zone during previous mining operations.