Galileo Mining Ltd (ASX: GAL) has begun an RC exploration drill campaign haat the Jimberlana and Mission Sill prospects within the company’s 100% owned Norseman project in Western Australia.
We are excited to be drilling two prospects with such outstanding early-stage results. It is rare to see aircore assay results from the near surface like those we have obtained at both the Jimberlana and Mission Sill prospects,” Managing Director, Brad Underwood, said.
“Having made the Callisto discovery in 2022 we believe the opportunity for further success within our Norseman Project is striking. The outcome of the current drill programme, and the work we have planned at Norseman over the coming months, could be very significant value drivers for Galileo.”
The target generation model suggests that the east-west trending Jimberlana Dyke has interacted with existing sulphide bearing stratigraphy (oriented north-south), and that this may have resulted in the precipitation of economic sulphides on the margins of the dyke.
A 4,000 metre RC drill campaign has commenced at the Jimberlana and Mission Sill with drilling expected to take around one month to complete.
The Mission Sill is a mafic-ultramafic intrusion with similar geology to the host rock at the Callisto discovery. The Mission Sill is located approximately six km to the southeast of Callisto and has multiple anomalous drilling results over a 10 kilometre strike length.
The Jimberlana Dyke is an extensive east-west trending mafic-ultramafic dyke with anomalous drill results on both the northern and southern margins. Of particular note is an intersection on the northern margin at the bottom of an aircore drill hole where geochemically anomalous sulphides were intersected.
Strong EM conductors proximal to the anomalous drill intercept make this prospect a compelling target.