De Grey Mining Ltd (ASX:DEG) has received initial positive results from trial bulk sampling at Loudens Patch, within the Pilbara Gold Project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
Coarse gold and nuggets in heavy-mineral concentrates have been recovered from the trial processing of 250-kilogram bulk samples of in-situ conglomerate at Loudens West.
Sampling is planned to continue from the trench which has exposed 20 metres of strike along the conglomerate horizon.
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De Grey’s technical director Andy Beckwith said: “We are extremely pleased with the initial positive gold results together with the simplicity and speed of the sampling, for which we thank geologist in charge, Michael Jackson, who has designed and driven the program from the first nugget discovery.”
To date, six 250-kilogram bulk samples (LB250_001 to 006) have been collected and processed by De Grey from 6 metres of trench at the Loudens West prospect.
The continuity of coarse gold along the conglomerate horizon is encouraging for De Grey.
The successful sampling procedure allows De Grey to progress systematic sampling and quantitative assessment of the Loudens prospect during the December quarter.
Sampling to continue along trench
Sampling is planned to continue along the remaining 6 to 20 metres of the trench.
Additional trenching will continue along the current creek line, southwest and northeast targets at Loudens West and then move to test the Loudens South Target at the southern end of the Loudens Range.
Similar sampling is planned to be implemented at Jarret and Steel Wells prospects.