Flynn Gold Ltd (ASX:FG1) has enhanced its position in a gold-rich area of Western Australia’s Pilbara region on being granted an application for a tenement at the Mt Dove Project.
E45-5055, which is 70 kilometres south of Port Hedland, comprises 21 blocks for approximately 67 square kilometres and is one of three tenements and applications that make up the Mt Dove Project.
It is immediately adjacent to De Grey Mining Limited (ASX:DEG)’s Mallina Gold Project that hosts the 6.8-million-ounce Hemi gold deposit.
Exploration plans
The company expects to begin exploration at Mt Dove when weather conditions allow safe and effective access and this is expected to be at the end of this quarter or early in the second quarter of 2022.
Exploration is planned to include ground-based geophysics (magnetics and gravity) and soil geochemistry programs with the aim to define targets for follow-up aircore drilling.
Strong interest in region
FG1’s executive director Sam Garrett said, “We are very happy to have the opportunity to soon be commencing our exploration at Mt Dove.
“The recent discovery at Hemi by De Grey has generated significant international and local interest in the region for gold, and we plan to have boots-on-ground at the earliest opportunity.”
Location of Flynn Gold’s Mt Dove and Shay Gap projects relative to known mineral deposits in the Pilbara region.
Project area under-explored
Flynn Gold’s work programs will target Hemi-style intrusive related gold mineralisation and structurally-controlled gold mineralisation as well as pegmatite-hosted lithium mineralisation.
All work programs are subject to government approvals, Native Title and land-owner access conditions, weather access conditions, availability of contractors and COVID-19 travel restrictions.
“Despite the close proximity to Hemi, the Mt Dove project area is under-explored and we have historical evidence of anomalous surface geochemistry in the vicinity that has not been followed up with drilling,” Garrett added.