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- Exploration activities have begun at Galileo Mining’s (GAL) Fraser Range nickel project in Western Australia
- Key targets for initial drilling campaign are an EM conductor on the margin of a large intrusion at Lantern East and sulphide mineralisation at Lantern South
- Reverse circulation drilling is on track for February according to GAL, and will kick off at the Lantern prospects
- Further surveying is expected to continue through to April in the hope of picking up further drilling prospects
- Galileo shares have rocketed 27.3 per cent on the back of the news, trading at 35 cents each
Exploration activities have begun at Galileo Mining’s (GAL) Fraser Range nickel project in Western Australia.
Electromagnetic or, EM surveying, is currently underway to locate conductors that could be associated with nickel sulphide mineralisation for potential drill testing.
Preparation for the first reverse circulation (RC) drilling program of 2021 is underway according to the explorer and drilling is on track to begin at the Lantern prospects in mid-February.
EM surveying is also underway at Galileo’s Delta Blues prospect, where drilling work from 2019 intersected prospective nickel host rocks.
The ASX-lister says the surveying process is expected to continue until at least the end of April, in the hope of picking up new conductive targets for drill testing.
Lantern prospects
Approximately 1200 metres of drilling is planned at the Lantern East and Lantern South prospects, after initial drilling at Lantern East was unable to determine the source of a conductive anomaly.
Further EM surveying has provided enough data for Galileo to remodel its drill targets in the area.
Previous intercepts at the Lantern South prospect include 41 metres at 0.19 per cent nickel and 0.14 per cent copper from 55 metres.
Galileo Managing Director Brad Underwood said he is very pleased with the small but significant nickel sulphide discoveries.
“We are very pleased to be back working in the field at our Fraser Range Project where we have already identified small but significant amounts of nickel sulphide in a greenfields environment with potential for major discoveries,” he explained.
“The EM surveys which started this week are designed to locate conductors that could be associated with nickel sulphide mineralisation,” he commented.
“Additionally, drilling in February aims to test a well-developed conductive anomaly at the Lantern East Prospect as well as focussing on the existing sulphide mineralisation at the Lantern South Prospect.”
Galileo shares have rocketed 27.3 per cent on the back of the news, trading at 35 cents each at 1:38 pm AEDT.
