WA-focused gold explorer, Kalgoorlie Gold Mining (ASX:KAL) has intersected a thick, gold-mineralised shear zone in its first drill programme at Kirgella Gift on its new Pinjin project farm-in, around 140 km east of the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.
Thick gold mineralisation intercepted at Kirgella Gift confirms historic results.
Gold mineralisation intersected in first-pass confirmatory drilling at Kirgella Gift has intercepted thick zones of shear-hosted gold mineralisation in all three RC drill holes.
We are extremely pleased with these initial results from Kirgella Gift. The Laverton Tectonic Zone, home to some of the largest gold mines in Australia, hosts many styles of deposits, some of which are within thick, mineralised shear zones that juxtapose contrasting rock types against one another,” Managing Director, Matt Painter, said.
“This first-pass drilling has confirmed that this is unequivocally the case at Kirgella Gift, where mineralised shear intervals approach 40 m thick.
“We are focused on determining the full extent of gold mineralisation at Kirgella Gift. From only 40 m beneath surface, this mineralisation is wide open to the south, with additional mineralisation evident several hundred metres away at Providence. Systematic RC drilling will commence as soon as possible to begin to define gold mineralisation distributions at Kirgella Gift and Providence.
“We regard these opening steps at Kirgella Gift as the first glimpse into a much larger gold system at Pinjin. Gold anomalism and mineralisation appears to stretch most of the 20 km strike length of the tenure at Pinjin South and Kirgella, from Wessex prospect next to Hawthorn’s Anglo Saxon open pit gold mine in the north, through to the T15 prospect south of Providence.
“With most of that area covered by a thin mantle of transported cover, we will combine our learnings at Kirgella Gift and Providence with our global experience to maximise our chance of making discoveries throughout the project area.”
These holes all intercepted the same thick zone of gold mineralisation:
- In the two deeper holes (KGRC23002 and KGRC23003), the entire thickness of the mineralised shear was intercepted in fresh rock (with minor, partially weathered rock). Shearing is largely uniform, with vein populations and alteration intensity varying with gold grade.
- In the northernmost hole, KGRC23001, the top of the shear zone intersects the old palaeosurface which is overlain by 11 m of transported material. Here, the shear is more oxidised, with likely gold mobilisation by surface waters (as is typical of gold deposits in the Eastern Goldfields).
As well as the broad, primary shear-hosted gold intercepts, there are notable footwall intercepts in KalGold’s new drilling, which is supported by historic drill results. Grades vary from sub- economic values (<0.5 g/t Au) up to 14.25 g/t Au in KGRC004.
