Galileo Mining Ltd (ASX:GAL) has delivered an update on its exploration activities at the Fraser Range and Norseman projects in Western Australia.
At Delta Blues in the company's Fraser Range project two diamond drill holes have been completed with matrix, stringer and disseminated sulphides intercepted.
An aircore drilling program at Norseman project is complete with 8,700 metres drilled and mineralised nickel-copper-cobalt-palladium sulphides confirmed
The company expects assay results from its recent drilling programs to start rolling in from January onwards.
“Our exploration campaigns at the Fraser Range and Norseman projects continue to yield encouraging results,” Galileo managing director Brad Underwood said.
Fraser Range Project
At Delta Blues, the company is yet to ascertain whether the modelled conductor can be explained by mineralisation or whether it is in part due to nearby graphite.
The observed sulphides are predominantly pyrrhotite with minor chalcopyrite.
Geological logging recorded typical Fraser Range meta-sediments and mafic granulites as well as units of felsic (tonalite) intrusive rocks. The intrusive units occur proximal and adjacent to the sulphides and may have a causative relationship.
The sulphides occur in association with tonalite or trondhjemite intrusion and the company intends to assess them further with laboratory assays and down hole electromagnetic (EM) surveys. GAL will then be in a position to define further drill targets.
“Our focus now is on downhole EM surveys and laboratory assays, planned for the first quarter of 2022, to gain a better understanding of the prospect’s potential,” said Underwood.
Norseman Project
GAL has also wrapped up a regional aircore drilling program at Norseman, having drilled 8,700 metres and discovered mineralised nickel-copper-cobalt-palladium sulphides. Assays confirming this find are expected from mid-January.
Massive sulphide was intercepted in drill hole NAC105 with the aircore drill bit unable to break through the mineralisation.
Assay results showed values of 0.24% nickel, 0.35% copper, 0.04% cobalt and 0.25 g/t palladium over the final metre of the drill hole at just 60 metres downhole depth. This new zone of sulphide mineralisation will be followed up with EM surveying.
The company’s most promising drill target is down dip and along strike from the sulphides identified in NAC105.
Aircore drill samples from the bulk of drilling at Norseman are expected to start coming back from the laboratory in mid-January.
In January the company will kick off EM surveying targeting this newly discovered sulphide mineralisation at Norseman, with follow up drilling anticipated in the first quarter of 2022.
“Our planned activities at Norseman include EM surveying in January which will target the newly discovered sulphide occurrence," Underwood said. "The results from this work will be used in the design of follow up drill testing at this outstanding greenfields prospect.”
About Galileo Mining
GAL is concentrating its efforts on the exploration and development of nickel, copper, cobalt and palladium resources in Western Australia.
The company is engaged in 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.
GAL also holds tenements near Norseman containing more than 26,000 tonnes of cobalt and 122,000 tonnes of nickel in JORC-compliant resources.