Lucky Minerals (TSX-V:LKY, OTC:LKMNF) Inc has announced that it has completed targeting for an upcoming drill program at the Wayka epithermal gold discovery at its Fortuna property in southern Ecuador which has shown strong mineralization in surface samples.
The company said mobilization for the drilling campaign was underway, with drilling set to begin in June.
Lucky said highlights from the discovery zone revealed by recent high-grade trenching include 5.24 grams per tonne (g/t) gold across 14 metres, 8.02 g/t gold over 9 metres, and 1.67 g/t gold over 61 metres.
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The company's geologists and external consultants conducted a detailed review of the trenching results to complete a drill hole program layout.
The first phase of drilling will include 3,000 metres of HQ core targeted initially within an area of multiple sub-parallel stacked strongly silicified lenses.
Lucky CEO Francois Perron said the goal of the drilling program is to extend its two-dimensional discoveries into the third dimension.
“It is very exciting to be drilling below the trenches where strong mineralization was sampled at surface,” Perron said.
“We are hopeful that our understanding of the multiple mineralized structures that appear to be parallel and relatively close at surface will be improved.”
Lucky Minerals (TSX-V:LKY, OTC:LKMNF) is an exploration and development mining company targeting large-scale mineral systems.
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