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- De Grey Mining (DEG) has made a significant 1.8 kilometre-long discovery at its greater Hemi Gold Discovery in Western Australia
- The 80-metre thick altered intrusion is located immediately south of Aquila and has been dubbed ‘Falcon’
- The Falcon intrusion remains open along strike and at depth
- De Grey made the discovery during aircore and reverse circulation drilling nearby its Brolga and Aquila zones
- The drilling has also returned consistent gold mineralisation with intense brecciation and alteration over the northern 240 metres of strike
- Drilling is ongoing and will test the Falcon intrusion to the south and the gold mineralisation in the northern strike
- De Grey shares are steady at market open, priced at $1.10
De Grey Mining (DEG) has made a significant new discovery at its greater Hemi Gold Discovery in Western Australia.
The company recently conducted drilling west of Brolga and south of Aquila which uncovered a highly brecciated and extensively sulphide altered sub-vertical intrusion. The new intrusion has been called ‘Falcon.’
Falcon has been intersected for over 1.8 kilometres in strike in a north-south orientation, up to 80 metres thick and down to 200 metres below surface. The intrusion remains open along strike and at depth.
However, the drilling orientation has been changed to east-west in order to intersect the intrusion perpendicular to the overall strike.
“The discovery of the Falcon intrusion demonstrates the potential to significantly grow the gold endowment at Hemi as we expand our drilling footprint,” Managing Director Glenn Jardine said.
Significant results from aircore drilling include 21 metres at 3.4g/t gold from 40 metres and 19 metres at 2.1g/t gold from 68 metres to end-of-hole and 12 metres at 2.0g/t gold from 93 metres to end-of-hole.
Now, De Grey will continue aircore drilling to track the Falcon intrusion to the south.
The company has also conducted reverse circulation (RC) drilling which has defined gold mineralisation within the Falcon intrusion that is now interpreted to be similar to the mineralisation style of Aquila.
The first phase of RC drilling has returning encouraging broad gold intercepts with diamond core showing extensions of the altered intrusion at depth to at least 200 metres.
Latest significant gold results include 58 metres at 2.1g/t gold from 64 metres, 11 metres at 1.2g/t gold from 199 metres and 24 metres at 0.8g/t gold from 167 metres.
RC drilling is continuing to test the northernmost 240 metres of strike with over 1.5 kilometres of strike yet to be RC drill tested.
De Grey shares are steady at market open, priced at $1.10 at 10:14 am AEST.
