Toronto-listed Royal Road Minerals (CVE:RYR), formerly Tigris Resources, said the first three holes of its programme at the Gömeç gold project in Turkey have hit encouraging results.
They include 118 metres at 1 grams per tonne (g/t) gold, including 22 metres at 3.9 grams per tonne gold and 21 g/t silver, and highlight bulk tonnage potential, it said.
The three holes follow a mineralised fault zone, which was identified in previous drilling and is obvious in IP geophysics and ground magnetics.
Gömeç has five contiguous licences and is an early-stage gold project immediately adjacent to Koza Gold’s Kubaşlar gold project and 5km north of Bilfer’s Ayazmant copper-iron skarn deposit.
The current drilling, which kicked off last month, is expected to total around 3,000 metres and consists of infill holes, step out holes along and across strike of the previous drilling, and exploratory holes on newly identified and previously undrilled targets.
It follows exploratory reverse circulation (RC) drilling late last year, where notable results included 76 metres at 1.0 g/t, including an intersection of 24 metres at 2.0 g/t gold and 18.7 g/t silver.
Tim Coughlin, Royal Road's president and chief executive, said: "These initial drill results are of course encouraging and highlight the obvious bulk tonnage potential at Gömeç."
He added the firm was "very much" interested in testing the potential where gold mineralised fault zones extend below volcanic rocks into underlying rocks.
Drilling at Gömeç will take a brief break over the Bajram holiday in Turkey, the firm noted, from July 16 to 20.