White Cliff Minerals (ASX:WCN) has drilled five holes at the Ironstone Gold prospect in Western Australia which intersected zones of quartz veining and shearing as exploration at its Australian projects heats up.
Five holes for 910 metres of drilling were completed at Ironstone with drill samples sent to a laboratory in Perth.
Results are expected in mid February.
The Ironstone Gold prospect contains sparsely defined mineralised shear zones where historical drilling registered significant hits including 8 metres grading 24 g/t gold consisting of sheared basalts and quartz veining.
Adjacent holes also encountered significant mineralisation including 4 metres at 5 g/t and 4m at 2 g/t gold.
Drilling ahead at McKenna Nickel prospect
Drilling has commenced at the McKenna Nickel prospect where three holes will test strong EM conductors coincident with the basal contact of ultramafic units and on the basal contact of the Diorite Hill layered mafic intrusion.
About 800 metres of RC drilling will be conducted targeting three compelling massive nickel sulphide targets that have been identified by consultants Newexco based on a moving-loop electromagnetic (MLEM) survey completed at the McKenna and Coglia nickel prospects East of Laverton.
Of significant interest, the position of the McKenna bedrock conductors and geological setting is "strikingly similar to the setting at the Nova-Bollinger nickel-copper deposit."
Hence the exploration has progressed targets for concentration of massive nickel sulphides.
The McKenna drilling will be partially offset by a $150,000 grant from the Western Australian government to drill several nickel sulphide targets at the Company’s Merolia project.
Coglia Nickel
One hole for 250 metres of drilling has been completed at the Coglia nickel prospect. The hole tested below a strong nickel-copper-platinum-palladium anomaly in shallow historical drilling. Trace sulphides were identified in the fresh ultramafic unit.
Samples will be sent to a laboratory for assaying.
A second hole at Coglia is planned to test a strong EM conductor.
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