Galileo Mining Ltd (ASX: GAL) continues to advance exploration activities at the company’s Fraser Range project in Western Australia with completion of 940m of RC drilling completed at the Empire Rose prospect and ongoing EM surveying of new prospects.
We have undertaken our first drill programme of the year at our Fraser Range project and will increase our activities as we continue to develop more targets for drill testing during the year,” Managing Director Brad Underwood said
“Disseminated sulphides were intercepted at the Empire Rose prospect in three drill holes which were targeted at weak to moderate conductive anomalies. These sulphides are associated with an interpreted shear zone rather than an intrusive nickeliferous rock however the results show the effectiveness of our EM surveys at identifying sulphide mineralisation beneath cover rock.
“The RC drilling has also given us a platform for downhole EM surveying with the aim of identifying off hole conductive targets potentially associated with nickel sulphides.
“EM surveying is ongoing at our newly acquired tenement in the northern Fraser Range which is located just six kilometres along strike from nickel-copper sulphides intersected at our Lantern South prospect.
“In addition, we are planning to undertake infill EM surveying of the Green Moon prospect which is close to the existing and drill ready Easterly prospect.
“Between our developing nickel targets from the Fraser Range, and our nickel-palladium prospects at Norseman, we have many very exciting drill programmes to follow over the coming drilling season.”
The RC drill campaign at the Empire Rose prospect consisted of 940m over six drill holes. All targets
were under shallow cover and represented a combination of geological and geophysical anomalies. Conductive anomalies EM1, EM2, and EM3 (drill holes FSRC001, FSRC003, FSRC002 respectively) were found to be related to an interpreted graphitic shear zone with disseminated sulphides over significant drilled thicknesses of greater than 50 metres in FSRC002.
Disseminated sulphides were predominantly pyrrhotite and pyrite and were typically 0.5 to 3% of the one metre drilled interval, where recorded. FSRC004 was a short drill hole designed to ascertain the cause of the strong magnetic anomaly beneath cover. The bottom of hole rock chips showed a magnetic paragneiss/mafic metasedimentary unit. FSRC005 and FSRC006 were drilled beneath ultramafic rock units first identified by aircore drilling.
More ultramafic rock was recognised from drill chips which will now be sent for petrographical analyses to determine nickel fertility. Down hole EM surveying and laboratory assaying will also be used to establish whether there are further targets for drilling within the prospect area.
EM surveying is ongoing at Galileo’s northern Fraser Range project area with the aim of defining new undercover nickel targets for drill testing. Previous drilling at the Lantern South and Lantern East prospects has confirmed the area is highly prospective for sulphides.
The conductive anomaly at the Easterly prospect is northeast along strike and is ready for drill testing. The conductive target at the Green Moon prospect requires infill EM surveying to refine the target prior to drill testing.