Reedy Lagoon Corporation (ASX: RLC) has received promising gold assay results from soil sampling conducted during December 2024 at its 100% owned Burracoppin Gold project located roughly midway between Perth and Kalgoorlie in the central Wheatbelt of Western Australia.
The Windmills prospect comprises an auriferous zone extending over at least 1,500 metres with structure interpreted in magnetic data recovered over its northern half.
Current field activities are aimed at recovering data to optimise drill target selections across the Burracoppin Gold project including at the Windmills prospect.
New surface soil data from the 44 samples collected from the Windmills prospect in December includes anomalous assays (up to 7.2 ppb Au against 2 ppb background). The elevated gold response is from samples located over the western boundary of a target structure at Windmills. The results support the gold potential of the targeted structure and extend the surface auriferous zone to at least 1,500 metres strike length.
The remaining 190 surface soil samples scheduled for Windmills are expected to be completed during the current quarter.
For this project, levels of at least 5 ppb gold are considered anomalous and levels less than 2 ppb gold are considered background.
The new gold assay data includes low tenor but anomalous levels of gold identified in adjacent surface soil samples collected over the western margin of the WM1 structural target towards its northern end.
These data, together with the prevalence of less than 1.25 ppb Au in samples located away from the target structure are encouraging.
The gold in surface soil data provides evidence that supports the potential for gold mineralisation to be associated with the interpreted structural target buried under cover.
Soil sampling is expected to resume on the Burracoppin Gold project in February and be completed in the current quarter. The programme extends over Windmills, Lady Janet, Shear Luck and Zebra prospects.
The soil sampling is planned at discrete targets as well as infill and extension where existing geochemical data support the prospectivity of interpreted structure.
Results from the additional soil sampling will be used to optimise the selection of targets for drill testing.
