Orange Minerals NL (ASX: OMX) has commenced drilling at the Calarie Gold Project in NSW.
Calarie is a mining lease (ML739) and two exploration licences (EL8555, EL8580) that form a 70% earn-in Joint Venture with Godolphin Resources Limited. The project area is located immediately north of Forbes in Central NSW.
The drill rig and support crew have arrived on site and drilling of the first hole (OCDD001) has commenced.
A DD programme totalling up to five holes (minimum 1,000 metres) is planned to test an inflexion zone beneath the old mine workings and beneath significant historical drill holes.
One or two shorter DD holes are planned to verify historical RC results where the holes stopped in mineralisation and did not test the full extent of the mineralised zone.
The Phase 2 diamond drilling programme has commenced at Calarie and will test areas at depth beneath the old workings,” Managing Director, David Greenwood, said.
“This is an extremely exciting drill programme for the company and is planned to demonstrate the significant upside potential of this Project, where results in the Phase 1 RC programme in December 2021 were outstanding.”