Strickland Metals Limited (ASX: STK) has commenced drilling at its wholly owned Yandal Gold Project.
Andrew Bray, CEO, said: “After a lot of exploration work in the second half of 2023 (including numerous successes identifying new prospect areas requiring follow up exploration), the company is very excited to have drilling underway again on site. There is a significant list of targets that require RC drilling at both our Yandal and Earaheedy projects, with the current rig expected to start working systematically through these prospects.”
An RC rig has been mobilized to the site over the 19 and 20th of January, and drilling operations began on the 22nd of January. The initial focus of the programme will be on Rabbit Well, while the company awaits the balance of assays from Marwari, along with outstanding assays from Great Western, Chetak, and the remainder of the aircore programme completed in late December 2023.
The RC rig will remain at the site throughout the wet season, with expected intermittent pauses to drilling operations depending on weather conditions. Major drilling campaigns are anticipated to commence towards the end of the current quarter when weather conditions are expected to have improved substantially.
While drilling conditions can be particularly difficult during this time of year, Strickland is aiming to keep the one RC rig on site until the wet season has passed, at which point additional rigs will arrive. We are expecting intermittent pauses to exploration during this period (for example, a large weather system is forecast to go through the project area towards the end of the week which will delay drilling), however the rig will be operating again as soon as tracks dry out.” Continued Andrew.
Planning for these programmes is currently ongoing. Strickland will provide an update on its primary 2024 drilling activities prior to commencement.
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