St George Mining (ASX:SGQ) has completed new electromagnetic (EM) surveys at the Cathedrals East Prospect located within the Mt Alexander Project in Western Australia.
The first drill hole ever at the Cathedrals East Prospect was recently completed yet it was unable to produce evidence of the highly conductive EM target.
Further drilling at Cathedrals East will be planned once all new EM data is interpreted and modelled.
John Prineas, chairman, commented: “The drill program at Mt Alexander has been successful in confirming extensions to known mineralisation in the Cathedrals Belt and in discovering new zones of mineralisation in areas with no previous drilling.
“Follow-up drilling will be prioritised once results are assessed from the DHEM surveys.
“The surface EM surveys over the new target areas are also very important and could deliver more strong drill targets."
Mt Alexander
St George recently commenced a major drilling campaign at the Mt Alexander nickel sulphide project testing the Cathedrals prospect, the Stricklands prospect and the Investigators prospect.
Drill results from Mt Alexander during 2016 suggest it could be an emerging new nickel camp with potential for multiple deposits.
Multiple new discoveries in 2016 have established recurrent mineralisation over 3.5 kilometres of strike.
The program is testing new conductors and targets as well as targeting extensions to mineralised zones to establish a resource base.
Survey exploration update
Fixed loop EM (FLEM) and fixed receiver EM (FREM) surveys have been carried out at The Cathedrals East target to plan follow-up drilling.
Meanwhile, downhole and ground EM surveys continue across the project.
Downhole EM (DHEM) surveys were carried out on all recently completed drill holes at Stricklands, Cathedrals and Investigators prospects.
A moving loop EM (MLEM) survey over the structural corridor parallel to and one kilometre south of the Cathedrals Belt is continuing.
Finally, a deep search SAMSON EM survey is planned for the area around the intersection of the Ida Fault and Cathedrals Belt.