Anglesey Mining PLC (AIM:AYM), the UK minerals development company, has announced that the drilling rig for the upcoming Northern Copper Zone infill program has been mobilised and has arrived at the company’s Parys Mountain Cu-Zn-Pb-Ag-Au project, located on the Isle of Anglesey.
The new drilling program is set to commence on October 27, consisting of six drillholes spanning approximately 3,700 meters, with the aim to fill gaps in certain resource zones and to verify historical drilling data.
Anglesey Mining expects the project to last up to 25 weeks.
The drilling will also be testing for extensions of the nearby, high-grade Garth Daniel and Central Zones.
Jo Battershill, chief executive of Anglesey Mining, commented: “We are very excited to see what the Northern Copper Zone drilling will deliver. The potential to upgrade portions of the resource into the Indicated category will provide significantly higher confidence going into the next round of mine designs and study work”.
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“The delayed mobilisation of the drilling rig has enabled us to reschedule the overall work program, including a review of the proposed muon tomography survey.
“Our technical partner, Central Alliance, will now conduct the initial survey utilising the first 600-metre drill hole to be completed in the upcoming program.”
By using the deeper drill hole, the survey will ultimately provide significant additional coverage over and above the original plan of using the shallower Morris Shaft and will include the large disseminated Northern Copper Zone and the Garth Daniel and Central Zones, both of which consist of higher-grade massive sulphide zones.