King River Resources has made a strong start at the Mindoolah gold project in Western Australia’s Murchison province, with its maiden reverse-circulation program yielding an impressive 79 per cent hit rate. Of the 19 holes drilled, 15 intersected significant mineralisation at an average depth of 41 metres.
The campaign tested targets defined by a recent surface sampling blitz, which had returned high-grade rock chips including 44.3 grams per tonne (g/t) and 22.6 g/t gold.
Top intercepts include 1 metre at 13.59 g/t gold from 43 metres at the Bertram’s prospect, and a 3-metre section grading 4.7 g/t gold from 38 metres at Le Soleil, which includes a 1-metre interval of 10.7 g/t gold. A hole at Le Soleil was forced to an early stop at 42 metres due to swelling clays while still in mineralisation.
Managing director Graham Gadsby said the results strongly validate the geological model. “What makes these results particularly compelling is just how shallow this mineralisation is across the project,” he said.
Further results from Bertram’s included a 12-metre section assaying 1.1 g/t gold from 35 metres, featuring a higher-grade 1-metre core of 5.41 g/t gold, and 4 metres at 1.62 g/t gold from 24 metres including a 1-metre slice of 4.85 g/t gold.