Strong Conductors Identified In Aerial Survey
Arrow Minerals Limited (ASX:AMD) has identified seven significant conductivity anomalies at its Strickland copper-gold project in Western Australia.
The targets were unveiled through a helicopter-borne SkyTEM electromagnetic survey at Strickland in late September 2020.
The survey was designed to test strong geochemical signatures consistent with volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) copper-gold mineralisation identified in analysis of historical data.
Managing Director, Howard Golden, said all seven conductive anomalies are shallow and correspond with geochemical and/or geological environments favourable for VMS mineralisation.
“These conductors, with the coincident Cu-Au-Ag-Zn-Bi anomalism and their geological settings are typical of the VMS environment as seen at the Golden Grove and Perrinvale VMS deposits,” Mr Golden said.
“We are now prioritising these exciting new targets for follow-up drill testing.”
Base metals geochemical anomalism was detected in geochemical samples from previous aircore (AC) and reverse circulation (RC) drilling that had focussed exclusively on orogenic gold exploration.
Recent studies of this historical data highlighted the potential for VMS copper and gold mineralisation at five high quality target areas in the Strickland tenement block.
The conductors detected in the TEM survey at Strickland provide drill targets with geological and geochemical support for VMS copper-gold mineralisation.
Arrow will now undertake a programme to ground-truth the anomalies in the field followed by drill testing on all anomalies that are shown to be prospective.
