Aruma Resources Ltd (ASX:AAJ) has expanded the greenstone footprint to more than 75 square kilometres during diamond core drilling at the Salmon Gums Gold Project, along strike from the Norseman Gold Camp in the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia.
The company’s two-hole, 701-metre diamond drilling program completed in June was designed to provide a deeper geological understanding of the project
Notably, the project area is expanded via a new contiguous 48-block tenement pegged to cover possible extensions to the west.
Moving forward, Aruma has kicked off an airborne high-resolution magnetic survey to be followed by a ground gravity survey early in the new year, to generate targets for further drilling planned for the first quarter of 2023.
Diamond drill program
The key outcome of the initial assessment of the new diamond core was the lack of granite and intrusives, and the soft sediment slumping and folding demonstrating the wet porous sedimentary tuffaceous nature of the greenstone belt.
Interpreted geology from the initial examination of the core from the diamond drilling program indicates a wide sequence of sediments from the Noganyer and Woolyeener formations, similar to the Scotia belt to the north with no granite stoping evident in the drill holes.
This has given the project area a wider prospective zone than initially interpreted for multiple horizons similar to Scotia.
Salmon Gums Project
The Salmon Gums Project covers 360 square kilometres and is 200 kilometres south of Kalgoorlie and 60 kilometres south of the mining town of Norseman.
Aruma has completed a total of 6,243 metres of RC drilling in its maiden drilling program at Salmon Gums.
This consisted of an initial 2,298 metres in 33 holes and a follow-up phase of drilling for 3,945 metres in 39 holes.
This drilling reported exceptional high-grade results and further reinforced Aruma’s exploration model for the potential for the project to host a large gold system.