Kalamazoo Resources continues to bolster its Mallina West gold project after a maiden reverse circulation (RC) drill program returned results as strong as 1m at 10.35 grams per tonne (g/t) gold.
All drill holes from the 23-hole campaign (2434m) – which targeted three prospects – were initially sampled and assayed as 4m composite assays, while anomalous gold assays were re-sampled and assayed at 1m intervals.
Kalamazoo said the 1m at 10.35g/t intercept, which occurred at drill hole KAMRC0016 from 99-100m, was significant because it occurs at the end of the final hole of a particular reconnaissance drill traverse.
Geological logs of KAMRC0016 show an 80m wide zone of alteration containing 1–2 per cent disseminated pyrite overlying the end-of-hole intercept of 10.35g/t gold.
“The relationship to the magnetic anomaly spatially associated with this drill hole is currently unknown,” Kalamazoo said in a statement.
“Given the reconnaissance nature of this drilling program Kalamazoo considers this result to be highly encouraging and requiring further investigation.”
This reconnaissance-style RC drill program was designed to test targets within the Wattle Plains and Hockey prospects, but the program was cut short due to unseasonably high rainfall.
Mallina West is located directly along strike of and within the same structural corridor as De Grey Mining’s 10-million-ounce Hemi discovery.
Kalamazoo’s exploration focus will be on “Hemi-style” intrusion targets, with the aim of including additional targets for future drill programs.
The company will continue drill target generation and field exploration planning in readiness for the 2023 field season.
This will include:
- Further analysis and interpretation of the high-grade intercept in KAMRC0016
- Technical review of the existing project-wide aeromagnetic data
- Ongoing geological interpretation, modelling and drill hole targeting exercises
- Planning and design of proposed 2023 ground and airborne geophysical surveys
- Planning and design of proposed 2023 field reconnaissance/mapping campaigns
- Cultural heritage clearances and regulatory permitting
- Follow up drill programs