King River Copper Ltd (ASX:KRC) will start appraisal drilling this week at the Mt Remarkable Gold Project in Western Australia.
A drill rig mechanical issue has caused a slight delay to the work, which is now expected to begin on or about May 4.
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The company has designed a drilling pattern of close-spaced holes to test the vertical extent of intercepts at the Trudi vein.
A scissor hole previously intersected 11 metres at 27.9 g/t gold.
Down hole surveys completed
King River completed down hole surveys of previous high-grade intersections last week to better constrain the location of the gold mineralisation.
Drilling in 2017 extended the main Trudi vein system to a potential strike length of nearly 1 kilometre.
Mineralised intersections were obtained 600 metres to the east and 100 metres to the west of the original historical drilling.
Numerous exploration holes will be drilled along that structure in the next six weeks.
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The company recently applied for three large exploration licences measuring more than 1,500 square kilometres around the Mt Remarkable project in the East Kimberley region.
This decision was triggered by the high-grade discovery at the Trudi vein along with further knowledge gained in recent months by detailed analysis of historical work.