Mandrake Resources Limited (ASX: MAN) has kicked off a drilling campaign targeting gold mineralisation at the Berinka Pine Creek Gold Project in the Northern Territory.
The drilling programme is targeting approximately 1,350m of reverse circulation (RC) drilling focused on strong gold anomalies derived from historic soil, rock chip and trench sampling across four separate prospects – Vegetation Anomaly, Terry’s Gap, Cross and Sandy Creek.
The RC programme is expected to take approximately two weeks to complete. Drill samples will be dispatched to Intertek laboratories for analysis with results announced in August 2020.
Detailed targeting work has been undertaken over the past year at Mandrake’s 100%- owned 289 sq. km Berinka Pine Creek gold project utilising existing geophysical, geochemical and drillhole datasets. Detailed assaying of existing historic drill core and extensive surface rock chip sampling has also been undertaken.
Previous reverse circulation (RC) drilling at the Terry’s prospect has intersected gold mineralisation associated with sulphide-rich veins with a best intersection of 4m @ 6.56g/t from 32m.