Westar Resources Ltd (ASX:WSR) has identified multiple high-priority, drill-read gold targets at the Gidgee North Project in WA following a detailed technical review of extensive geological datasets.
The data has come from gold prospectivity and target generation studies carried out by Westar in in conjunction with Outcrop Exploration Services (OES).
Westar has moved quickly to follow up this work with field reconnaissance, heritage and clearing activities to begin immediately in preparation for extensive aircore drilling at the high-priority targets.
Evaluating gold prospectivity
Westar managing director Karl Jupp said: “This technical work lays the foundation for evaluating the gold prospectivity over a large portion of Gidgee North.
"These targets are in addition to the VMS targets recently drilled at Gidgee North that identified thick intervals of base metal anomalism, for which assays are pending.
"Westar will move rapidly to test these priority targets with an extensive aircore drilling campaign planned for Q3 2022.”
Extensive datasets
The analysis by Westar and OES at Gidgee North was carried out using the company’s extensive geochemical, geophysical, spectral and mapping datasets.
This led to multiple targets being identified and prioritised through analysis of normalised regolith surface geochemistry and detailed structural analysis utilising re-processed airborne magnetic and gravity geophysical data.
Following target generation, each target was evaluated through a ranking matrix to ensure diligent application of capital and resources in rapidly progressing exploration activities.
Gidgee North Project’s gold target ranking exercise.
The follow-up field activities, including reconnaissance ground inspections, soil sampling, rock chip sampling, heritage survey and clearing, will pave the way for an aircore drill program planned for late in the third quarter of 2022.
Adjoining tenure application
In addition, Westar has applied for an extra 44 blocks adjoining the Gidgee North project, a move that positions the company to take advantage of recently identified structural targets bordering the E53/1920 and E51/2044 tenure.
The Romeo’s Reward (E 53/2227) and Juliet’s Bore (E 51/2090) tenements comprise 20 and 24 blocks respectively.
They are considered prospective through several structural targets recently identified in reprocessed magnetics, reinforced by ‘regolith normalised’ gold in soil & auger anomalies abutting and overlying the pending tenure.
Upon receiving the pending tenure, Westar intends to complete reconnaissance activities, including mapping, rock chip sampling and soil geochemistry.
About Sandstone Projects
Gidgee North, which is about 640 kilometres northeast of Perth, forms one of two Sandstone Projects. One encompasses Gidgee North and the Geoff Well farm-in project and the other is Gidgee South.
Sandstone projects locality map and Westar’s Gidgee North and Gidgee South projects.
These projects cover about 315 square kilometres and lie within the Gum Creek Greenstone Belt of the Youami Terrane, which forms a lensed, broadly sinusoidal belt measuring 100 kilometres in length and 24 kilometres in width.
The Gum Creek Greenstone Belt has historically produced more than 1 million ounces of gold and hosts in excess of 1.35 million ounces of gold mineral resource.