Galileo Mining Ltd (ASX: GAL) has obtained multiple anomalous palladium assay results from the Mission Sill prospect from aircore drilling at the company’s 100% owned Norseman project in Western Australia.
Partial results from 2021 drilling at the Norseman project’s Mission Sill prospect have been received with further assay results expected over the coming weeks.
Palladium at our Norseman project is now a heavy focus of exploration as results continue to demonstrate the exceptional potential of the area. We have three prospects all with significant palladium results that urgently require follow up drill testing – Mission Sill, Jimberlana, and Mt Thirsty,” “Managing Director Brad Underwood said.
The current results from the Mission Sill prospect have revealed the extent of palladium with over two kilometres of strike length and another four kilometres of strike that has never been explored for palladium. The strongest results to date are centred round the contact between ultramafic and mafic rocks in a similar position to mineralisation at known deposits such as the Lac des Iles mine in Canada. All the results are from early stage aircore drilling and the potential at depth needs to be assessed at multiple locations with a larger RC drill rig.
“Results from a further 50 drill holes have yet to be received from the northern Mission Sill and Jimberlana prospects with additional results from Mt Thirsty and regional drilling expected later in the month.
“Positive aircore and geophysical results from the Jimberlana prospect have previously been reported while the Mt Thirsty prospect is now ready for RC drilling planned in April. Further drill testing at the Mission Sill and Jimberlana prospects will be undertaken after the completion of heritage surveys and receipt of statutory approvals.”
“Numerous aircore drill holes from the Mission Sill prospect have returned anomalous palladium results greater than 0.1 g/t Pd. Drill holes were undertaken on drill lines between 200 and 800 metres apart with a nominal drill spacing of 50 metres along the line.
“The target zone is the contact between the ultramafic and mafic units of the Mission Sill. This contact can be delineated in the magnetic imagery and previous RC drilling at this margin has encountered disseminated sulphides in fresh rock (up to 5% in patches, with up to 74m @ 0.19 g/t Pd in fresh rock).
“The purpose of the recent aircore drilling was to define palladium anomalism within the regolith in order to guide the location of RC drilling targeting sulphide mineralisation in fresh rock. Analyses of multi-element data and petrography of selected samples will be undertaken to assist in this process. Magnetic interpretation will also be utilised to select areas with the potential for higher grade mineralisation along the contact position.”
