Western Australian gold explorer BMG Resources Limited has received assay results from the most recent aircore drilling program at the company’s Abercromby gold project in WA’s Agnew-Wiluna greenstone belt, further defining significant exploration targets in underexplored areas of the project.
The program was completed to the south of the Capital deposit in May and June 2022, following up on prospective positions delineated by BMG’s maiden aircore program in February.
Extensive supergene mineralisation encountered in these areas hint at possible repetitions of the high-grade Capital deposit.
A greater-than 100 parts per billion gold signature immediately south of planned extensional diamond holes at Capital provides encouragement for a further southerly extension of Capital’s gold mineralisation.
Planning is underway to define follow-up work programs, including drilling.
Extensions to known lodes at Capital are being currently delineated by the diamond drilling program, with drilling scheduled to finish in early September and initial results expected in the coming weeks.
BMG managing director Bruce McCracken said the follow-up aircore program continued to achieve the company’s strategic aim of generating a pipeline of greenfields targets that have potential to deliver a new discovery to complement the high-grade Capital deposit.
He said: “This regional program had added to the three primary gold anomalies at Abercromby – Capital South, Barrack, and Archer – paving the way for the next phase of exploration drilling to further scope the potential at these targets.
“At Capital itself, the extensional diamond drilling is progressing well, and we look forward to reporting assay results from this important program soon.”
The aircore drilling broadly tested a number of targets generated by a SAM survey completed in December 2021.
The SAM survey identified an extensive strike of SAM anomalism trending from the known gold-bearing structure at Capital into areas to the south where little or no drilling had taken place.
A total of 20 highly anomalous (200 parts per billion gold or more) results were encountered in 19 separate holes, providing compelling impetus for BMG to expand its work program at Abercromby to include these greenfield areas.