Galileo Mining has reported further promising results from recent drilling at its Norseman PGE project, with assays confirming significant palladium, platinum and gold intersections at the Mission Sill prospect.
Aircore drilling completed in August returned highlights including 4 metres at 4.78 grams per tonne (g/t) 3E (palladium, platinum and gold) from 28 metres within a broader 52 metres at 0.81 g/t 3E (hole NAC759).
This interval also contained a peak gold result of 4 metres at 3.46 g/t gold from 28 metres.
Other results included 4 metres at 1.46 g/t 3E from 52 metres within 43 metres at 0.37 g/t 3E (NAC694), and 15 metres at 0.42 g/t 3E from 4 metres, including 3 metres at 0.76 g/t 3E from 16 metres at end of hole (NAC801).
The drilling has now confirmed 10 kilometres of continuous PGE anomalism along the Eastern Contact Zone at Mission Sill, approximately eight kilometres from the 17.5 million tonne Callisto resource.
Both prospects are hosted in the same suite of ultramafic rocks considered prospective for PGE mineralisation.
Managing director Brad Underwood said the results reinforce confidence in the project’s growth potential.
“Recent assays from drilling at our Norseman PGE project further demonstrates the prospectivity of the area with consistent PGE anomalism now reported over 10km of strike at the Mission Sill,” said Underwood.
“We are also seeing more significant gold results combined with palladium and platinum along this contact, with up to 3.46g/t gold reported over 4m from shallow depths.
“Follow up RC drilling is scheduled in late October to test for bedrock mineralisation at the Mission Sill prospect.
“This next program will also include deep drilling beneath the Callisto deposit looking for repeat mineralised structures at depth.
“Galileo is well funded to continue drilling with ~$10m cash and we are excited to be exploring for PGEs during a period of renewed market focus on palladium and platinum metals.”
The upcoming reverse circulation drilling will focus on testing the Mission Sill prospect in detail and assess deeper targets at Callisto Deeps.
