Cyclone Metals Ltd (ASX:CLE)'s program of works for test pits at its Nickol River Project has been approved by the West Australian Department of Mines, Industry, Regulation and Safety (DMIRS).
The company submitted the program of works for test pits on all tenements in the project area to examine the presence of alluvial and eluvial gold and to investigate the surrounding bedrock structures.
Nickol River, situated 10 kilometres east of Karratha in the West Pilbara of Western Australia, comprises 18 20x10x1-metre test pits.
Nickol River Project and tenements, located 10 kilometres east of Karratha in the West Pilbara of Western Australia.
Sub-audio magnetic survey data
Southern Geoscience Australia, commissioned to interpret sub-audio magnetic (SAM) survey data from late last year, is close to finalising its findings.
Now that government approval has been secured, the test pit program will get stuck into the SAM interpretation data, to better understand the geology at play.
Preliminary results reveal significant areas of interest, which the test pits will investigate for geology and structure.
Confidence to drill
Together with the pit program, the SAM data results have given Cyclone the confidence to pursue a highly targeted drilling program to identify the potential of this project.
“I look forward to getting on the ground and targeting the preliminary SAM targets with large test pits so that we can refine the geological model and structural targets that may be the primary host to the eluvial gold that has been prospected off the area over the past 140 years,” director Will Scott said.