Kingwest Resources Ltd (ASX:KWR) has resumed drilling operations with a 4000-metre aircore program underway at the Sir Laurence discovery at Lake Goongarrie within the Goongarrie Gold Project in Western Australia.
The company’s drilling will test for extensions to the Kanowa Belle-style Sir Laurence discovery where aircore drilling in 2021 delivered significant gold on every line over a 2-kilometre strike length highlighting high-grade source potential.
Moving forward, Kingwest has also scheduled an initial 3,000-metre diamond core drilling program to commence this month with a new customised drill rig already onsite.
“Exceeded expectations”
Kingwest CEO Ed Turner said: “We are excited to recommence drilling at Sir Laurence as we believe we have not yet delineated the full extent of gold mineralisation there or indeed within the Goongarrie Project area.
“Drilling in 2021 following the discovery of this system exceeded expectations with significant intersections on every line of drilling over more than 2 kilometres strike length and up to 500 metres across strike.
“Some of our best results were within the last round of drilling which augers well for the continued success at Sir Laurence.
“In addition, the planned initial 3,000-metre diamond core drilling program is scheduled to commence in February 2022, with a new customised drill rig already onsite.
“This will be a critical program in delineating the primary mineralised controls within Sir Laurence so we will be in a position to potentially define economic gold resources in the future”
2022 drill program
Kingwest’s latest 4,000-metre program is designed to test for further extension to Sir Laurence which remains open in all directions
In 2021 significant mineralisation was intersected on all 14 lines of drilling over a 2-kilometre strike length.
Notably, the Goongarrie Gold Project has exceptional potential for multiple discoveries including a major discovery and the results to date support and enhance this potential.
Next steps
An initial diamond core program comprising a minimum of approximately 3,000 metres of diamond core drilling is planned to commence in February 2022 at Sir Laurence to determine the three-dimensional controls of the primary mineralisation.
Diamond holes will target the bedrock mineralisation already encountered in both aircore programs which will be extended as required depending on the results.
This is a larger program than was planned to commence in 2021 as multiple new zones of significant bedrock mineralisation were intersected late in 2021.
It will be completed with a newly acquired Raglan Drilling rig more suitable to the lake conditions after the first diamond core rig became continually bogged and could not complete any of the planned drilling.
In addition, Kingwest has now received the detailed aeromagnetic data for the area to the east of the Sir Laurence conglomerate unit and this is now being interpreted.
Furthermore, this interpretation will consider the potential for nickel sulphide mineralisation and if drill testing of the Highway ultramafic unit that runs through the tenement is justified.