Strickland Metals Ltd (ASX:STK) has started its first drilling campaigns at the Yandal Gold Project and Earaheedy Base Metals Project in Western Australia.
The company gave an extensive target summary last week: Strickland Metals locks in on numerous high-priority gold-zinc prospects at Yandal and Earaheedy
Strickland is conducting a 40,000-metre aircore program to test the Horse Well, Cowza and Rabbit Hole prospects, as it aims to define new shear zones and extend known shear zones further to the north.
Drilling is initially focused on Horse Well with Rabbit Well to begin once the company has received heritage clearance and Cowza – a Millrose ‘look-a-like’ – also to be drilled once heritage clearance is received.
The company believes Rabbit Well could be a much larger and more coherent analogue target to its Iroquois base metals prospect.
Drilling is expected to finish in November and assay turnaround times are expected to be around six weeks for photon gold assays and 10 to 12 weeks for full multi-element assays.
Results will be released as they are received.
Strickland is also readying itself to start an IP survey next week, which will focus on the Great Western gold target, the new Rabbit Well base metals prospect, along with Iroquois.
Diamond drilling is scheduled to start as soon as heritage clearance is received.
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In outlining the pending work programs, STK managing director Andrew Bray said, “Following on from our exploration update and target summary last week, we are pleased to now be underway with the first of our drilling campaigns.
“The program will initially focus on mapping the Horse Well shear structures within the known mineralised envelope, while also aiming to extend them further to the north.
"It is expected the program will open up a substantial new corridor for follow-up RC drilling to the north of the existing Horse Well mineral resources. Regional magnetic surveys suggest these structures may extend for over 20 kilometres to the north.
“Upon receipt of heritage clearance, initial drilling will also occur at Rabbit Well, a newly identified zinc prospect on Strickland’s 100% owned ground in the Earaheedy Basin. The aircore drilling is aiming to detect elevated zinc anomalisms in shallow holes. These results, along with the results of an upcoming IP survey, will allow for immediate follow-up diamond drilling.
“Finally, the program will also undertake initial testing of the Cowza prospect. The company believes this to be a similar prospect to the Millrose gold deposit, which Strickland recently sold to Northern Star Resources (ASX:NST).”