Royal Road Minerals Limited (CVE:RYR) has decided on the initial locations of drillholes at its La Golondrina property in Colombia.
Drilling had been earmarked to start at the end of July but the firm is now awaiting for specialised equipment, which will allow bigger core samples to be drilled out.
"Given the coarse nature of high-grade gold mineralization at La Golondrina, it is important to maximize sample size in order to attain representative results. PQ-sized drill core returns 56% more sample volume than the more commonly used “HQ”-sized drill core," the firm told shareholders.
A logistics logistics team preparing access, drill pads and other infrastructure, the firm added.
Elsewhere, at the La Maria project, legal due diligence and reconnaissance exploration work has begun, after a binding Letter of Intent was struck last month over the Mina La Maria gold project, which lies around four km west of the group's La Golondrina and La Redención gold projects in the La Llanada gold district.
"We would like to amplify that we consider the La Llanada area a rare and extraordinarily prospective region with potential for the discovery of world-class high-grade intrusion-related gold systems. Strategically, the La Llanada area remains the company's principal focus," the firm said.