Dalaroo Metals Ltd (ASX: DAL) has confirmed the discovery new gold mineralization in outcropping quartz veins at the Goodbody prospect in Western Australia.
Mineralized quartz veins have been located at the Goodbody West and Goodbody Central target areas proximal to previously reported Au-anomalous soil samples of 54ppb Au and 93ppb Au, respectively.
The extent of auriferous veins in the Goodbody West area are confirmed over a strike length of 200m, remaining open in all directions. Similarly at Goodbody Central, the extent of Au anomalous rock chip sampled veins span 140m strike and remain open. The combined footprint of mineralized rock chips from these two target areas is approximately 1.5km within the broader Goodbody prospect defined over a strike length of three km.
“The results of this very early-stage ground truthing have not only verified historic reports of gold mineralization at the Goodbody prospect, but also extended it from the Goodbody West to Goodbody Central target zone 1.5km east,” Managing Director, Harjinder Kehal, said.
“Furthermore, we are encouraged by the success of our geochemical exploration methodologies in locating in-situ bedrock gold mineralization in the Lyons River Project.”
At the Goodbody West target, gold concentrations of up to 1.42g/t and 5.52g/thave been returned from a particular set of quartz veins hosted within a metasedimentary rock package of pelitic schists and siliceous cherts, iron stones and BIF-style units.
Historic rock chip sampling of quartz veins in this area returned up to 6.25g/t Au. In the Goodbody Central target area, pelitic schists are the dominant host rocks but zones of iron-oxide rich siliceous vein breccias and quartz-biotite altered wall rocks are also prevalent.
At this locality, muscovite and tourmaline bearing quartz veins have also been found to be mineralized.
It is noted that high-strength soil anomalies and multiple rock chip assays of up to 5.52g/t Au associated with the Goodbody West, Central and East targets spatially coincide with the location of intersections between interpreted WNW-striking structures and NNE-trending structures.
Conceptually, structural intersection zones represent potentially intensified deformation areas that may be associated with favourable sites of hydrothermal fluid movement and gold mineralization. As such, the Goodbody gold targets are considered high priority for follow-up exploration work.
Next Steps
This sampling campaign was carried out over three field days, representing just a first pass geological reconnaissance trip guided by the recent Au-in-soil anomalism at Goodbody.
Significantly, these results have confirmed the successful application of Dalaroo’s soil sampling in highlighting the locations of in situ gold mineralization at the Lyons River Project.
Upon commencement of the 2023 field season in April 2023, the company intends to extend targeted rock chip sampling to the full three km length of the Goodbody Au soil anomaly zone, in addition to completing step-out sampling of the newly identified mineralized vein systems at the Goodbody West and Central targets.
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