Galileo Mining Ltd (ASX:GAL) has the diamond drill spinning at Delta Blues prospect in WA’s Fraser Range Nickel Belt to test for mineralisation beneath encouraging results received in initial reverse circulation (RC) intercepts.
A minimum program of two diamond core holes for around 1,000 metres is planned.
Completed by Christmas
This program is expected to take three to four weeks to complete with assay results to follow.
Galileo’s managing director Brad Underwood said: “We are very happy to have started diamond drilling at the Delta Blues DB2 target in the Fraser Range which aims to build on the encouraging assay results we received from the first round of RC drilling where we identified mineralised sulphides.
"The downhole EM results also indicated that we had not passed through the major part of the conductive anomaly.”
Galileo Mining has joint ventures with the Creasy Group over tenements in the Fraser Range which are highly prospective for nickel-copper sulphide deposits similar to the operating Nova mine.
Galileo prospect locations in the Fraser Range Nickel Belt.
Encouraging RC results
The deeper diamond holes will follow-up RC drilling that returned:
- 4 metres at 0.29 g/t gold and 0.29% copper from 188 metres including 1-metre @ 0.61 g/t gold and 0.66% copper from 190 metres;
- 5 metres at 0.10 g/t gold and 0.25% copper from 167 metres; and
- 4 metres at 0.21 g/t gold and 0.27% copper from 154 metres.
"This current drilling program will be testing the conductive anomaly for additional mineralisation at
depth with a minimum program of two drill holes for approximately 1,000 metres of drilling,” Underwood said.
"We expect the drill program to be finished prior to Christmas and we look forward to updating the market as results become available.”
Galileo also holds tenements near Norseman with more than 26,000 tonnes of contained cobalt and 122,000 tonnes of contained nickel in JORC-compliant resources.