Western Australian gold explorer BMG Resources Limited has completed diamond and aircore drilling programs at its Abercromby Gold Project in the Wiluna greenstone belt of WA.
About 2,600 metres of diamond drilling was completed at the Capital prospect within Abercromby across 10 holes, including five tails to complete previous reverse circulation drilling that didn’t reach target depth and deeper holes targeting high-grade depth and strike extensions.
This completes the approximately 6,700 metres of reverse circulation and diamond drilling aimed at testing mineralised zones at Capital, deeper extensions of the high-grade orebody, and step-out extensions along strike.
BMG has also completed about 10,300 metres of aircore drilling across 130 holes at Abercromby, targeting high priority structures identified through the sub-audio magnetic geophysical survey (SAM survey), which was completed in December last year.
Drilling tested the significant prospective strike potential between Capital and the previously defined Barrack/Archer prospects, as well as a multitude of grassroots targets.
BMG managing director Bruce McCracken said: “We are very pleased to have hit the ground running in 2022 and put out best foot forward for both prospective results and turnaround times for the results of these activities.
“The completion of this approximately 6,700-metre reverse circulation/diamond drilling campaign is a significant milestone for BMG and while we, like many of our peers, will have to patiently await the full results of this program alongside the aircore program, the foundations are already being laid out for our next exploration activities at Abercromby.
“This year is shaping up to be another prospective one for precious metals explorers and BMG is pleased to be in the right jurisdiction and at the right time, to capitalise on our core assets.”
All samples have been processed and submitted for assaying, with BMG hopeful that the first assays will be received later in March – however, turnaround times across the industry are currently significantly slower than usual.