Kin Mining NL (ASX:KIN) is ramping up exploration at its 100%-owned Cardinia Gold Project with the launch of an extensive aircore drilling campaign at Murrin Murrin near Leonora in Western Australia.
A total of 12 aircore lines for 8,800 metres are planned as part of the 400 metre-line spacing program to test soil anomalies identified last year as well as to test for strike extensions where previous reverse circulation (RC) drilling of areas near to historical surface workings returned significant results.
Regional location plan of the Murrin Murrin Project tenement group.
The Murrin Murrin leases are adjacent to the district’s historical gold mining centre, where mining up to 1954 produced 97,199 ounces from 136,512 tonnes of ore at an average grade of 22.1 g/t gold.
A further 31,177 ounces of lower-grade material was produced from open pit operations during 1988 to 1994 from the Hills Proprietary, Malcolm and Challenger mines, which are to the west of Kin’s Murrin Murrin leases.
Despite its proximity to numerous abandoned mines and historic mining centres, no modern-day exploration has been carried out on the tenements.
Auger drilling undertaken by Kin at Murrin Murrin in September last year uncovered a strong gold-in-soil anomaly on the western side of the tenements along strike to the north of previous RC drilling.
Float sample from auger drilling.
Other activities
Kin is also ramping up other activities as part of its ongoing exploration campaign at the 1.41 million-ounce CGP.
A combination of RC and diamond drilling is scheduled to begin later this month to further evaluate the under-explored Rangoon area within the Eastern Corridor.
Drilling results from Rangoon and other prospects within the corridor over the past 12 months have reinforced its significance as a priority focus for exploration.
The Eastern Corridor deposits collectively host in excess of 338,000 ounces of mineral resources and are believed to be structurally linked to a significantly larger mineralised system on the eastern side of the CGP.
The initial target for resource expansion drilling is the Rangoon prospect, where an inferred resource of 2.28 million tonnes at 1.3 g/t for 95,000 ounces of gold was recently estimated.
Recent Rangoon RC drilling results that require follow-up include 32 metres at 2.98 g/t gold from 129 metres, among others.
Other priorities
Separately, Kin said Genesis Minerals (ASX:GMD) had withdrawn from the Desdemona South Joint Venture as it intended to focus on its 100%-owned projects in the Leonora region.
The project tenements and all exploration information have been returned and remain 100% owned by Kin.