Ballymore Resources' (ASX:BMR) Stage 4 underground drill assay results at the historic high-grade Dittmer gold/copper mine in Queensland continue to deliver bonanza grade gold intersections.
The Stage 4 drill program has targeted interpreted high-grade shoots in the displaced extension of the Duffer Lode. These additional holes were designed to infill the area of previous drilling and target the structure at depth. The program comprised 14 drill holes (DTDD029 – 042B) for a total of 2,933.1m.
Drilling to date has targeted an area of 250m x 200m adjacent to the historic Dittmer mine and has demonstrated that this area hosts extensive vein-hosted, bonanza gold mineralisation with associated copper and silver mineralisation. All holes have successfully intersected the modelled Duffer Lode within a few metres of the interpreted position and assay results continue to support the presence of high-grade shoots within the lode structure. Results have now been received for the first twelve holes (DTDD029 – 040) and already reported some significant results.has continued to intersect the displaced extension of the high-grade Duffer Lode in Stage 4 drilling at the historic Dittmer copper/gold mine.
Ballymore Chairman, Mr Andrew Greville, said:
“We are delighted with these spectacular results. 193.45 g/t is a wonderful intersection, and validates our belief in the system. The continuity and high grade of the Duffer Lode extension is being confirmed with every assay, and the indication in hole DTDD034 of a second high grade zone is intriguing and potentially game-changing.
It is also pleasing to note that our deeper holes are reporting broader intervals, suggesting that the lodes are getting wider at depth. Our understanding of the mineralised area grows with each assay result, and our next goal is to make it bigger. We expect our first surface drilling program to commence this month, to test the regional potential of the broader Dittmer area which features extensive high grade historic workings.
Ballymore considers this area to have the potential to host a major deposit and we are the first people to drill it. Success in this program will transform Dittmer into a major gold system."
Preparations are also well advanced to test the lateral extent of this exciting discovery beyond the historic Dittmer mine. Our upcoming step-out drilling program will be the first major surface drilling program completed at Dittmer and will test the significant potential for strike extensions to the old mine area, as demonstrated by the large geochemical anomaly defined in this area and the presence of high-grade historic surface workings over more than 2km, which have never been drilled previously.