Hammer Metals Ltd (ASX HMX) has confirmed further zones of promising shallow gold mineralisation from an extensional air core drilling programme undertaken to the south of Target 1 at the Orelia Project near Wiluna in Western Australia.
The company said initial results show that mineralisation remaisn open in all directions and build on the previous air core programme at Orelia reported in December 2019.
Managing Director, Daniel Thomas said shallow mineralisation has now been identified at various points over a 2km strike length at Target 1.
Gold results have also been reported from the first 152 holes (5,743m) of a planned 10,000m air core program at Orelia and Bronzewing.
This drilling was testing anomalous zones at Targets 1, 4 and 6, all located on trends coinciding with the Mt McClure Deposit Group.
Drilling at Target 4 remains incomplete with encouraging results being observed as broad spaced drill lines approach areas closest to the Orelia and Lotus gold deposits.
The best result comes from the southernmost drilling, with 32m at 0.15g/t Au from 32m including 4m at 0.88g/t Au from 32m in BWSAC0388.
Mr Thomas said a detailed gravity survey on areas within the Bronzewing South tenement has also been completed with preliminary results undergoing further processing and interpretation.
Hammer Metals has increased its Bronzewing South gold project tenement footprint with pending tenement applications adjacent to Ken’s Bore (E36/996) and for areas to the North of the Yandal belt (E53/2113, E53/2114, E53/2115 and E53/2116) in settings similar to discovered gold deposits at Corboys, Julius and Ramone.
Meanwhile, Hammer’s air core programme was suspended in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. This programme is now likely to be modified to complete further infill and extension of the prospective horizon at Target 1. A follow up reverse circulation drilling programme is planned after the completion of the air core programme.
The extent of the mineralisation at Target 1 is encouraging and again highlights the limitations in the previous exploration on both this project and our Bronzewing South tenement,” Mr Thomas said.
“These results provide further targets for the Company to pursue upon our return to drilling at this project.
“We will continue with infill and extensional air core drilling at Orelia in addition to air core drilling immediately to the south of the Bronzewing Gold Deposit.
“A reverse circulation drilling programme at Target 1 and Ken’s Bore is also planned.”
Hammer acquired the Bronzewing South gold project in May 2019. Following Hammer’s encouraging exploration programs in 2019, the company is acquiring further tenements in the prospective Yandal belt as opportunities arise. To date the company has made applications in the vicinity of it Ken’s Bore tenure (E36/996) and in similar prospective geological positions to the Corboys, Julius and Ramone Resources (E53/2113, E53/2114, E53/2115 and E53/2116).