Meeka Gold Ltd (ASX:MEK)'s ongoing reverse circulation (RC) drill campaign at the Murchison Gold Project in Western Australia is yielding strong shallow gold results in new areas.
“The results from our ongoing drilling campaign in the Murchison continue to deliver to the upside with shallow gold mineralisation initially identified at St Anne’s, and now at Turnberry Central,” CEO Tim Davidson said.
“Neither of these new zones of shallow oxide mineralisation are included in our mineral resource inventory, however, given the grade and width there is strong potential for them to provide additional open pit mining opportunities.”
Turnberry Central
The results from the 610,000-ounce resource at Turnberry Central come from shallow reverse circulation (RC) pre-collar drilling completed in advance of deeper diamond tails, which will target the underground portion of the resource. These results include:
➢ 16 metres at 6.67 g/t gold from 20 metres including 4 metres at 24.10 g/t gold;
➢ 29 metres at 1.95 g/t gold from 32 metres including 3 metres at 5.23 g/t gold and 6 metres at 4.06 g/t gold;
➢ 21 metres at 2.28 g/t gold from 100 metres including 4 metres at 5.14 g/t gold; and
➢ 11 metres at 1.25 g/t gold from 66 metres.
These results indicate broad zones of shallow gold mineralisation outside the current mineral resource estimation.
The mineralisation appears to strike to the northwest away from the current resource and has not previously been targeted by drilling.
Based on the width and grade of the mineralisation, and the shallow depth, this presents a clear and promising exploration target, which will be tested, once the company wraps up follow-up drilling at St Anne’s.
Results from the Turnberry and St Anne's prospects
Follow-up at St Anne’s
Assay results from St Anne’s demonstrate further shallow gold mineralisation 3.5 kilometres south of Turnberry. Drilling struck 20 metres at 1.01 g/t gold from 40 metres including 1 metre at 4.08 g/t gold, 1 metre at 4.69 g/t gold & 1 metre at 3.50 g/t gold.
St Anne’s does not have a reported mineral resource, but further drilling is planned before the end of this month to target strike extensions of the results reported in January, including:
➢ 24 metres at 4.81g/t gold from 68 metres including 4 metres at 20.30g/t gold;
➢ 36 metres at 1.02g/t gold from 24 metres including 8 metres at 2.35g/t gold; and
➢ 8 metres at 2.66g/t gold from 104 metres including 1 metre at 16.45g/t gold.
The strike of this zone of mineralisation now extends for 100 metres within the broader 500-metres St Anne’s prospect and remains open to the north and south.
Historical reconnaissance aircore drilling, 180 metres to the north and 260 metres to the south of the results reported here uncovered mineralisation at the approximate location of the shear zone, which indicates that the shear zone remains mineralised well beyond the strike extent of this drilling.
Around 6,900 metres of drill samples from the Murchison remain in the laboratory awaiting assay, in transit, or on core racks being processed in preparation for sampling.