The highlights of this round of results include 8m @ 5.1g/t Au from 212m including 4m @ 9.45g/t Au from 212m and 4m @ 6.03g/t Au from 140m intersected in RXRC449 and 0.78m @ 32.98g/t Au from 256.3m intersected in RXDD046. The results continue to define the continuity of the recently discovered high-grade Midway Lode in the historically underexplored hanging-wall area 300m south of the
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High-Grade Midway Lode Extended Up Plunge
Drilling results reported in
Diamond drilling to follow up on the previously reported discovery hole RXDD022 (4m @ 45.5g/t Au from 341m, including 1.33m @ 129.3g/t Au from 341.75m) (ASX RXL 06/09/2021) has been ongoing.
Follow up results reported in
An RC hole was recently completed 160m up plunge of RXDD022 to determine lode continuity into shallow depths previously untested by drilling. This has now returned the following strong results:
- RXRC449: 8m @ 5.1g/t Au from 212m including 4m @ 9.45g/t Au from 212m and 4m @ 6.03g/t Au from 140m.
This drilling confirms at least 160m of plunge continuity for high-grade mineralisation at Midway.
Additionally sampling of shear zones identified in previously reported drillholes has identified a second lode at Midway, with new results including:
- RXDD046: 0.78m @ 32.98g/t Au from 256.3m and 1.76m @ 3.63g/t Au from 307m
- RXDD022: 2m @ 3.85g/t Au from 307m
These results together with recent drilling demonstrate that the Midway area has strong potential to host a significant mineralised system with evidence for multiple lodes.
Gold mineralisation at Midway is shear zone hosted within highly altered tholeiitic and komatiitic basaltic rocks.
The alteration assemblages consist of sericite, quartz, carbonate and biotite. Gold occurs in association with pyrite and lesser arsenopyrite. The Midway lode remains open along strike and down dip (Figures 1 and 2*).
The results to date define at least two gold lodes striking WNW and dipping towards the SW. Structural analysis of the mineralised zones (shear fabric and stretching mineral lineation) indicate the lodes are dipping steeply towards the southwest and show a high-grade component plunging at 50 degrees to the WNW. The orientation of the new lodes is different to previously identified lodes at Youanmi, which strike NW to NNW (Figure 1*). This new orientation of mineralised structure opens up several new exploration targets at the project. Further drilling is planned.
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