West Wits Mining Limited (ASX:WWI) has received significant results from 73 selective rock-chip samples collected from its Tambina Project in the Pilbara, Western Australia.
Notably, the results include 50 samples with assays above 0.5 g/t gold, while 12 returned above 6 g/t gold with the highest 185 g/t gold.
West Wits observed coarse visible gold in pan concentrates for 17 of the 73 samples with the observed gold nuggets up to 3 millimetres thick.
Evaluating the prospects for trial mining operation
West Wits chairman Michael Quinert said: “Progress with exploration work on our Tambina Project continues to move forward at a steady pace, the board is pleased to see promising results from the two field trips through the extension of the mineralised outcrop and extensiveness of assay results, though the company’s efforts remain clearly focused on our high-priority Witwatersrand Basin Project.”
The next stage of work is in evaluating the prospects for trial mining operation on the conglomerates at Tambina.
This will involve an assessment of the mining equipment on site from a previous operation and assessment of mining and treatment options.
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West Wits recently added another 428,000 ounces to its gold bounty at the Witwatersrand Basin Project (WBP) in the world’s largest goldfield in South Africa.
It is worth noting that the updated resource estimate for the K9B conglomerate band within the broader Kimberley Reef has taken overall WBP resources to 3.67 million ounces of gold.