Maiden Programme To Test Large Copperhead And Taipan Targets
Great Western Exploration Limited (ASX: GTE) has begun its maiden RC drill programme at the Copper Ridge Project in Western Australia.
Drilling will a focus on Copperhead and Taipan, two well defined, very large scale copper-gold targets, which lie within a mineralised zone including a number of Cu-Au + Mo anomalies over some 4.7km strike length (east – west) and 1.5km width (north – south).
Copperhead and Taipan sit within a structurally complex area, interpreted to be proximal to the intersection of two regional structures providing a favourable setting for focussing mineralised fluids.
Thunder is a very exciting large scale copper-gold target that the company defined using grassroots, methodical exploration. Great Western believes that the geological setting at Thunder is similar to that which is found at Sandfire’s DeGrussa deposit and is highly prospective for VMS copper-gold mineralisation.
Thunder sits within the southern portion of the Yerrida Basin which is currently being actively explored by Sandfire Resources, both on their 100% owned tenure, and on the SFR-GTE Yerrida North JV ground, and also by DGO Gold.
The infill and extensional Ultrafine + surface sampling and moving loop EM survey will begin at Thunder in late June/early July 2021. Following the EM survey, drilling is planned for August 2021.
The programme of drilling is expected to be complete by mid-June 2021.
Great Western is also progressing a number of field work programmes across areas of the Company’s substantial tenure in Western Australia that the company is confident will result in a greater understanding of a number of areas of interest, enhanced prospects and drill ready targets. This work includes:
• Soil and lag sampling at a number of areas considered prospective for copper, nickel and/or gold;
• Ground and airborne geophysical surveys across numerous projects; and
• A geophysical review of existing data and a targeting report is underway by Great Western’s consultants Newexco across a number of the company’s Project areas.
