Geopacific Resources has uncovered high-grade gold intercepts at its Little MacKenzie prospect within the Woodlark gold project.
The intercepts were revealed through trench sampling, part of an ongoing program of field mapping and sampling activities in the under-explored southwest corner of the project. The trenches were targeted to follow-up recent high-grade auger and limited historic drill results that highlighted large coherent gold anomalies with grades of greater than 0.1 grams per tonne (g/t) gold.
Some of the most significant results include 6m of 6.24g/t gold, 2m at 16.6g/t gold, and 10m at 4.33g/t gold. The peak assay was of 63.6g/t gold at the northernmost auger line at Little MacKenzie.
Drilling has been designed to target the trench and auger intercepts within the eastern and western zones over an approximate 1km strike extent.
Geopacific chief executive officer James Fox said road infrastructure capable of servicing the area was expected to be finalised over the coming weeks, with further drilling to commence shortly thereafter.
“A second diamond rig has now arrived on site to complement the existing diamond and reverse circulation rigs, along with additional earthmoving equipment to assist with road and pad construction,” he said.
“The Little MacKenzie and Wayai Creek targets are shaping up as compelling additions to our pipeline. With a major 30,000m drill program well underway, we are excited by the potential to build on our 1.67-million-ounce resource base.”
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