Recent reverse circulation (RC) drilling by Astral Resources NL (ASX:AAR) at Kamperman prospect of the Feysville Gold Project south of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia, has successfully in-filled the prospect to the south and extended the known mineralised strike by a further 100 metres to the north.
Assay results from the remaining 15 holes of a recently completed 19-hole RC drilling program at the Kamperman Prospect include:
- 13 metres at 3.95 g/t gold from 35 metres including 1 metre at 45.6 g/t from 41 metres;
- 24 metres at 2.67 g/t from 49 metres including 1 metre at 31.7 g/t;
- 15 metres at 3.12 g/t from 23 metres including 1 metre at 13.9 g/t from 24 metres; and
- 33 metres at 1.21 g/t from 31 metres.
Satellite ore source
Of the 19 holes drilled in this latest campaign, 14 intersected significant gold mineralisation.
Extensional drilling has increased the strike length of the Kamperman Prospect to 350 metres with the mineralisation remaining open to the north and south.
Astral continues to advance Kamperman towards being a potentially valuable source of high-grade satellite ore for the Mandilla Process Plant that was contemplated in the September 2023 scoping study.
The company has planned a follow-up 2,500 metre RC program at Kamperman in a bid to extend the strike length a further 160 metres targeting high-grade shear-hosted gold mineralisation.
Continuing to deliver
Astral Resources managing director Marc Ducler said: “This Kamperman Prospect continues to deliver. The results from the remaining 15 holes of the 19-hole RC drill program have now been returned and the program has successfully delivered on both of its key objectives – extending the strike length to the north and in-filling the prospect to the south.
“14 of the 19 RC holes drilled in this latest program returned significant assay results, with this high success rate continuing to demonstrate that Kamperman has the potential to be a meaningful contributor of high-grade satellite ore into the Mandilla process plant contemplated in the September 2023 scoping study.
“Following the strongly supported capital raising completed in late March 2024, Astral is now well funded to continue with its aggressive exploration programs, including further drilling at Kamperman.
“A 2,500-metre follow-up RC program is planned to commence this month to further extend known mineralisation at Kamperman beyond the current 350-metre strike length.”
Exploration ongoing
Astral has now completed a total of 3,800 metres of RC and 650 metres of diamond drilling at Kamperman since drilling recommenced in January 2023.
A follow-up 2,500 metre RC program is expected to commence at Kamperman in April 2024 with this program to test for high-grade shear-hosted gold mineralisation over a further 160 metres of strike length.
If successful, this will extend the strike length of known mineralisation at Kamperman to around 510 metres. Several up-dip, down-dip and in-fill holes will also be drilled to extend the footprint of mineralisation.