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Empire Metals says further drilling needed at Eclipse gold project

Published: 10:11 15 Sep 2021 BST

Empire Metals Ltd - Empire Metals says further drilling need at Eclipse gold project

Empire Metals Ltd (AIM:EEE) (AIM:EEE) said further drilling is required at the Eclipse gold project in Western Australia to gain a better understanding of the project’s gold mineralised system.

Announcing the result of a technical review of Eclipse, Empire said drilling to date has confirmed gold mineralisation in a northwest-striking and steeply southwest-dipping shear zone, with significant gold mineralisation extending over a strike length of more than 200 metres.

It also said the mineralised system at Eclipse is much larger than first thought, with mineralisation at Eclipse Shaft possibly connecting to the Jack's Dream area further to the northwest, giving a total known strike length of the Eclipse system of 500m.

In addition, there are multiple parallel mineralised structures, Empire said.

Drilling results also indicate that gold mineralisation continues to greater depths, which means that further exploration is needed to test the strike and depth extensions of multiple gold structures at Eclipse, it added. 

Empire said the technical review revealed the need for detailed analysis of available structural data as well as detailed surface geochemistry on northeast-southwest oriented lines to define gold-arsenic anomalies on the projected position of the Eclipse Shear and on any as yet unrecognised parallel structures.

It said additional drilling will target extensions of the Eclipse Shear, while deeper drilling will test the plunge continuity of high-grade gold shoots.

Commenting on the review, managing director Shaun Bunn said: "In considering how best to approach the next phase of exploration at the Eclipse gold project it has become apparent that we need to determine what controls the gold mineralisation and in doing so where the high-grade mineralisation might persist.

“Whilst our initial focus was on a near-surface, laterite-hosted deposit we now believe the high-grade targets will most likely be found slightly deeper at the fresh rock interface, both down dip and along strike of the current workings.

”We are also focusing on the wider potential that is offered by combinations of the Eclipse lode with the Jack's Dream extension and the recently discovered Twin Shaft lode to see if a larger mineralised inventory can be established prior to commencing further mine optimisation studies."

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