Eastern Metals Ltd (ASX:EMS) has welcomed pleasing assay results from a follow-up diamond drilling campaign at the Evergreen Discovery Zone at Browns Reef Project in the prolific Cobar Basin of western New South Wales.
High-grade intersections of zinc and lead sulphide mineralisation – with grades of up to 16.45% zinc and 4.8% lead – were found in all holes drilled, extending the Evergreen Lode a further 50 metres to the south.
The follow-up diamond drilling program, which wrapped up in late June, aimed to extend the Evergreen Discovery Zone at Browns Reef.
Highlights
Significant mineralised intervals include:
- 5 metres at 2.89% zinc, 1.50% lead, 0.08% copper, 8.64 g/t silver and 0.14 g/t gold from 200 metres downhole;
- 16 metres at 4.18% zinc, 1.86% lead, 0.12% copper, 11.63 g/t silver and 0.29 g/t gold from 292 metres downhole including 3 metres at 9.89% zinc, 3.75% lead, 0.06% copper, 21.7 g/t silver and 0.23 g/t gold from 292 metres;
- 1-metre at 16.45% zinc, 4.8% lead, 0.09% copper, 41.4 g/t silver and 0.53 g/t gold from 294 metres; and
- 3 metres at 5.55% zinc, 2.3% lead, 0.47% copper, 25.9 g/t silver and 0.4 g/t gold from 305 metres.
Northern drilling to come
EMS hopes to drill to the north when conditions permit. Two additional holes planned to test for northern extensions of the Evergreen zone have been postponed and will be drilled after the ground dries out.
The Evergreen Zone lode has now been identified over a strike length of more than 150 metres and vertical depth of 300 metres and remains open along strike in both directions, and at depth.
Managing director and CEO Wayne Rossiter said: “The Evergreen Zone lode has a current strike length of more than 150 metres and vertical depth of at least 300 metres and remains open along strike and at depth.
“We look forward to the drilling of the planned step-out holes 50 metres to the north which we could not drill because of the difficult access caused by heavy rains this year.”
About Browns Reef
Browns Reef lies 5 kilometres to the west of the town of Lake Cargelligo, around 470 kilometres west of Sydney and surrounded by agricultural land. The known deposit at Browns Reef occupies only a small part of the tenement.