Okapi Resources Ltd (ASX:OKR) has started a drilling program at two priority targets within the Enmore Gold Project in north-eastern New South Wales.
This initial drill program consists of 8-10 holes for a minimum of 1,000 metres of reverse circulation (RC) drilling to evaluate the targets identified at the Sunnyside and Bora prospects.
The majority of the initial holes are being drilled at Sunnyside with two holes planned for Bora prospect.
Okapi expects drilling to be completed within two weeks with assays expected in the following weeks.
Enmore Gold Project has a potentially analogous geological setting to the nearby operating Hillgrove Antimony-Gold Mine of Red River Resources Ltd (ASX:RVR).
Approvals in place
Okapi executive director David Nour said: “Within six months of acquiring Enmore, we are already on the ground drilling with approvals in place.
“This first drill program is expected to show the potential of the project, given historical deeper drilling was wide-spaced and has not adequately accounted for the expected limited strike extent of high-grade shoots or their oblique orientation to the host lode structure.
“We look forward to the results and will advise shareholders as soon as they become available.”
Primary aim of drilling
One of the primary aims of the first pass drilling is to test the depth extent of shallow mineralisation reported from historic drilling at the two priority prospects.
Despite extensive historic drilling at Enmore, there is limited deeper drilling with high gold grades associated with quartz veins and breccias previously returned in several deeper holes.
The new drilling will follow up on some of the historic high-grade drill intercepts at the Sunnyside Prospect.
Of the approximately 140 historic holes drilled at Sunnyside, only 16 wide-spaced holes were drilled below the oxide mineralisation.
These holes did not adequately explain the distribution of the shallow oxide gold.
The structural preparation, potential for dilation and abundance of supergene gold provide a high-quality target for further drilling advancement.
Initial drlll program
Okapi’s initial drill program aims to achieve several goals including:
Test volumes below shallow gold mineralisation intersected by historic shallow percussion drilling (20-30 metres) and the mineralisation intersected in deeper historic drill holes (120-160 metres);
Planned drilling at Sunnyside aims to test extensions to anomalous gold mineralisation intersected at the end of historic drill holes; and
Drill untested structures at high angles (oblique and orthogonal) to the known trend of mineralisation.