Rumble Resources Ltd (ASX: RTR) has commenced diamond core and RC drilling at the Western Queen Project located approximately 100km north-west of Mt Magnet in Western Australia.
The new programme of drilling is following up the success of a recently completed programme to test down-plunge and along strike from the historic Western Queen Central mine and deposit.
The current stage of drilling (up to four diamond core tails) will target a large conductor plate (interpreted to be a higher-grade gold zone).
The high-grade gold zone (down-plunge zone to Western Queen Central deposit) is inferred to extend at least 300m down-plunge from historic drill-hole WQD-1072 (6.3m @ 36.09 g/t Au from 305.7m).
Rumble will also follow up the newly discovered Western Princess zone, which is open down-plunge and along strike. RC drilling will test for high-grade gold continuity.
The company will also drill the Western Queen Central North Extension. High-grade gold mineralisation intersected in WQRC002 (1m @ 11.8 g/t Au from 103m) lies 250m north of the historic Western Queen Central open cut mine. North of WQRC002, the gold mineralisation is completely open. RC drilling will test for extensions to this mineralisation.
Rumble’s recently completed programme of 20 RC drill holes and three diamond core tails was successful in extending gold mineralisation 300m down-plunge from historic drill hole WQD-1072 (6.3m @ 36.09 g/t Au from 305.7m).
WQRC007D intersected high-grade mineralisation 54m down-plunge and along strike from historic drill-hole WQD-1072 (6.3m @ 36.09 g/t Au from 305.7. It returned 6m @ 34.24 g/t Au from 354m (RC drill intersection)
WQRC020D intersected strong gold mineralisation 135m southwest along strike from WQRC007D (total 189m from WQD-1072) and returned: 4.4m @ 3.22 g/t Au from 349.9m (diamond core intersection) WQRC023D intersected strong gold mineralisation 120m southwest along strike from WQRC020D and returned 5.35m @ 5.11 g/t Au from 365.5m (diamond core intersection).
The three diamond core tails were subsequently surveyed by DHTEM (down-hole transient electromagnetic) and a strong association with higher conductance and high-grade gold mineralisation was confirmed.
