Black Dragon Gold Corporation (ASX:BDG) has identified gold in soil anomalies at its 100 per cent-owned Padbury Gold Project near Meekatharra, Western Australia.
The soil programme, consisting of 541 new samples tested using the innovative CSIRO Ultrafine technique, is the first significant gold exploration program at the project beyond traditional surface prospecting activity.
Significant gold in soil anomalies included:
▪ 3700m x 700m gold in soil anomaly at the Fenceline Prospect
▪ 2300m x 1100m gold in soil anomaly at the Ross’s Bore Prospect
▪ 1000m x 350m gold in soil anomaly at the Honey Pot Hill Prospect
The Padbury Gold Project is an intrusion related gold target located on the northern Yilgarn Margin. New gold anomalies detected through the sampling programme are parallel with a regional WNW-ESE striking structural geological architecture.
Anomalies are coincident with prospecting activity where numerous gold nuggets and gold in quartz have been identified in surface quartz lag deposits.
The application of the Ultrafine geochemistry soil technique reduces the nugget effect and is designed to detect bedrock accumulation including gold from intrusion related gold structures.
“The results of phase 1 of this maiden exploration program using modern techniques at our recently acquired Western Australian asset gives us confidence to proceed with the next phase of activity. I am pleased we achieved our objective of identifying drill targets with our first attempt at gathering data at Padbury Gold,” Managing Director Gabriel Chiappini said.
“Going forward, our next steps involve identifying drill targets for large-scale intrusion related gold structures existing at Padbury Gold.
“The company looks forward to developing its first Western Australian drill programs to test these compelling targets in an area that has long been subject to successful surface prospecting activity.”
Geology advisor to the company Dr Darren Holden said this first-pass soil sampling at Padbury supports a hypothesis that there is a potential structurally controlled intrusion-related gold target on the project.
“The multi-element work with associations of gold with anomalous pathfinders such as silver, copper and other elements provides further evidence suggestive that the project area has seen considerable hydrothermal activity with a large potential footprint.”
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