Galileo Mining Ltd (ASX: GAL) has intersected massive sulphide mineralisation displaying the potential for high-grade zones within the mineralised system from the Callisto palladium-platinum-gold-rhodium-copper-nickel discovery within the company’s 100% owned Norseman project in Western Australia.
Highlights
• Diamond drilling at the Callisto palladium discovery has intersected massive sulphide mineralisation displaying the potential for high-grade zones within the mineralised system
• 1.25 metres of massive sulphides logged within a larger 29.1 metre zone of disseminated and stringer sulphides (162.5m to 191.6m in NRCD293) (1)
• Portable XRF analyses confirm the presence of nickel and copper sulphides
• Five diamond drill holes completed in ongoing programme with every drill hole intersecting sulphide mineralisation
• Additional six RC drill holes and one pre-collar completed since previous update with every completed drill hole intersecting sulphide mineralisation
• RC drill programme with an initial 10,000m and diamond core drilling with an initial 2,000m programme are ongoing
“Intersecting massive sulphides at the shallow depth of 190 metres downhole is an exceptional result from our first programme of diamond drilling at Callisto,” Managing Director Brad Underwood said.
“It demonstrates how much there is to learn about the larger mineralised system and the up-side opportunities that may present themselves as we continue with our extensive drill campaigns. Diamond drilling is continuing at pace with five core holes completed and each of these drill holes intersecting sulphide mineralisation.
“We are also obtaining excellent results from the RC drill campaign with six completed RC holes all recording sulphide mineralisation. As there is no known mineralised outcrop, and over five kilometres of prospective strike, we consider that significant potential exists for additional discoveries at shallow depths.
“With an ongoing RC drill campaign of 10,000m, and an ongoing 2,000m of diamond core drilling, we are very excited to be rapidly progressing this new West Australian mineral discovery.”
582 metres of diamond core drilling has been completed of the initial planned 2,000 metre programme. Five diamond core tails have been finished with every core hole intersecting sulphide mineralisation.
Fifteen more diamond core tails are scheduled for completion over the coming six weeks. Drill core has been preliminarily logged with detailed lithological and structural logging to be undertaken prior to cutting, sampling, and assaying.
Assay results for diamond core are dependent on laboratory turnaround times with current expectations that the first diamond core assays will be available in late September.
1,349 metres of additional RC drilling has been completed since the previous ASX update on the 18th of August 2022. Six drill holes were completed to full depth through the disseminated sulphide zone within the ultramafic sill.
One drill hole was installed as a pre-collar for a diamond core drill tail. 3,828 metres of the planned 10,000 metre programme have now been completed with the option of extending the program as required. Assay results from the current RC drill programme are expected to start coming back from the laboratory in mid-September.
