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- Prodigy Gold (PRX) has begun diamond drilling at the Lake Mackay Project in the Northern Territory
- Initially, diamond drilling will be undertaken on electromagnetic conductors across the Phreaker, Raw and Customisable prospects
- Reverse circulation drilling will also be carried out at Raw to test a geochemical anomaly
- Work has already begun at Phreaker to test the down-dip extensions of existing drilling which intersected up to 1.15 per cent copper, 13.9g/t silver and 0.15g/t gold
- Prodigy has ended the day 2.5 per cent in the green with shares trading at 4.1 cents
Prodigy Gold (PRX) has begun diamond drilling at the Lake Mackay Project in the Northern Territory.
The project is held in joint venture with ASX-lister IGO (IGO). IGO holds a 70 per cent interest in the venture and Prodigy holds the remaining 30 per cent.
Initially, diamond drilling will be undertaken on electromagnetic (EM) conductors across the Phreaker, Raw and Customisable prospects.
Reverse circulation (RC) drilling will also be carried out at Raw to test a geochemical anomaly.
Phreaker
Work has begun at the Phreaker Prospect, which was discovered via ground EM surveys that followed up on an airborne anomaly.
Previous RC drilling identified that the mineralised system spans 750 metres of strike and also returned up to 1.15 per cent copper, 13.9g/t silver and 0.15g/t gold.
Two diamond holes will be drilled to test the down-dip extensions of the exisiting RC drilling.
Raw
Soil sampling completed in 2019 defined a 1.1 kilometre-long polymetallic soil and rock chip anomaly.
Prodigy will undertake 400 metres of RC drilling to test the soil anomaly.
A single diamond hole will then be drilled to intersect a modelled EM conductor that was too deep to drill with traditional RC drilling.
Customisable
At the Customisable Prospect, one diamond hole will be drilled to test a modelled EM conductor.
“We are pleased to report IGO has commenced the field season early with diamond drilling now underway to test several encouraging targets at Lake Mackay,” Managing Director Matt Briggs said.
“This program continues the systematic exploration that has successfully identified copper, gold and nickel-cobalt prospects,” he added.
Prodigy has ended the day 2.5 per cent in the green with shares trading at 4.1 cents in a $23.22 million market cap.
