Strickland Metals Ltd (ASX:STK) has kicked off an extensive 2022 drilling program as part of the planned Millrose resource expansion program at its flagship Yandal Project in Western Australia.
A reverse circulation (RC) and a diamond rig are on-site with drilling having started in recent days and a second RC rig is scheduled to arrive in late February or early March this year,
Looking ahead, all three rigs will remain on-site for the duration of 2022, with an aircore rig targeted to commence a large program around the middle of the year.
“Promising targets”
Strickland CEO Andrew Bray said: “We are thrilled to be commencing such a substantial program over our gold targets at the company’s flagship Yandal Project.
“This program has been around eight months in planning, including initial program design, Native Title heritage clearance, securing drill rigs and retaining sufficient personnel to staff the programs on site.
“It’s going to be a very exciting year for Strickland given the large number of metres we’ll drill over very promising targets.
“We look forward to providing further updates in due course, including the updated resource for Dusk til Dawn and reporting a number of assays from the 2021 program which continue to remain outstanding.”
Drill program
Strickland’s drilling will focus on the planned Millrose resource expansion which will comprise of 23,000 metres of RC drilling and 8,000 metres of diamond drilling, with priorities as follows:
- Infill drilling of the ‘gap’ between the southern and northern resource domains with RC drilling. The position is prospective for both supergene and primary gold;
- Along strike extensions to the north and south as identified in the geophysical and geochemical datasets;
- Depth extensions, with a focus on the high-grade domains to understand underground mining potential;
- Further definition of extensive, near-surface laterite mineralisation; and
- Parallel trends to the west of the main defined shear zone.
Notably the program will be complemented with a mineral resource upgrade which is likely to comprise a significant addition to the current resource.
After the resource upgrade, Strickland will consider the commencement of a scoping study for the development of the resource.