Galileo Mining (ASX: GAL) has identified a number of targets through new assay results from recent aircore drilling at the company’s 100% owned Norseman project in Western Australia.
“Initial assays from the aircore drill campaign at our Mission Sill prospect showed widespread palladium and platinum mineralisation. Follow up assays of one metre samples using higher quality assaying techniques has now confirmed these findings and provided additional confidence in drill targeting at the prospect," Managing Director, Brad Underwood, said.
"Assay results have also verified the presence of rhodium, a precious metal related to palladium and platinum, which may be used as a vector to basement mineralisation.
"Follow up aircore drilling is scheduled to begin at the Mission Sill prospect next week with infill drilling of the current results and new drilling within the 12km of prospective strike at the prospect.
"Galileo is an active exploration company undertaking multiple drill campaigns each year with the aim of discovering new resources from our extensive tenement package. We look forward to the upcoming drill program and a successful year of exploration in 2025.”
Approximately 5,300m of aircore drilling in 157 drill holes was undertaken in the November 2024 drill campaign. This programme targeted prospective contact zones within just three kilometres of strike at the Mission Sill prospect. Two prospective zones at the Mission Sill are of particular interest – the basal contact unit of the sill complex and the upper contact zone between ultramafic and gabbroic intrusive rock units.
33 drill holes returned anomalous results based on four metre composite samples which were reported on the 24th of December 2024. Additional sampling was then undertaken using one metre sampling through selected anomalous zones. These new assays have further defined the geochemical peaks within anomalous zones and will assist with deeper drill targeting and the search for the source of the near surface regolith results.
The maximum average rhodium assay through the anomalous zones was 41ppb. Rhodium occurs with palladium and platinum at the Callisto deposit and rhodium analysis will be utilised as a potential vector towards basement mineralisation at the Mission Sill.
Follow up drilling is scheduled to commence next week with infill drilling between the two southern anomalous lines which are 600 metres apart on a north-south basis. Further drilling to test the upper and lower contact positions within the 12-kilometre strike length of the Mission Sill is also planned.
