Aruma Resources Ltd (ASX:AAJ) has completed heritage surveys at the Melrose Gold Project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, clearing the way for the company’s maiden drill program at the project.
The company’s first phase of drilling at the Melrose will target the priority Gossan Hill Prospect, situated five kilometres north of the Paulsens Gold Mine.
Aruma's drill program is designed to evaluate strong geochemical and structural targets and will follow up with highly anomalous historical reverse circulation (RC) drilling results.
Moving forward, mobilisation to the site is planned for late September ahead of start of drilling.
Significant historic grades
Aruma managing director Peter Schwann said: “The significant grades over wide intercepts in historic drilling at Gossan Hill are consistent with the wide carbonate halo around the richer sulphide cores of this type of gold deposit.
“This fits exactly with the Aruma model and the style and host rocks at the rich mineralisation at Paulsens.”
Drill program
Aruma plans to drill up to 50 RC holes to depths of about 100 metres in the first phase of drilling.
The company's drilling is designed to test highly anomalous historical RC drilling results in a strong 50 parts per billion gold anomaly, within a strong structural target at Gossan Hill.
Significant historic, thick gold intersections include:
- 27 metres at 0.3g/t gold from surface;
- 18 metres at 0.26g/t from 63 metres, including, 1 metre at 1.44g/t from 63 metres; and
- 11 metres at 0.42g/t from 8 metres, including, 1 metre at 2.74g/t from 14 metres.
Notably, this first phase of drilling will seek to define rock types, mineralisation types, metallurgy and stratigraphy, along with gold grades and controls.