Argent Minerals homes in on three new potential zones at Kempfield

• A VTEM survey has revealed controlling structures and favourable locations indicating three new prospective trends
• The three trends stretch over 2.2km, 4.1km and 2.2km respectively, all prospective for gold-silver-copper-lead-zinc mineralisation
• Trends remain almost entirely untested by drilling, extending well beyond current deposit boundaries

Special Report: Dubbed the Western, Central and Eastern trends, Argent Minerals’ VTEM survey has revealed extensive, distinct anomalies prospective for gold-silver-copper-lead-zinc mineralisation at the Kempfield project in NSW.

The new trends represent a sizeable new exploration target area – the Western Trend stretches 2.2km in a north-south direction, the Central trend 4.1km in a northeast-southwest orientation and the Eastern trend a further 2.2km in a northeast-southwest strike.

Both the Western and Eastern trends remain entirely untested by the drill bit while the Central trend has only been investigated with shallow reverse circulation drilling.

Argent Minerals (ASX:ARD) believes the Central trend’s geology warrants another go-over with the drill rig, investigating along-strike and at depth to identify the source of the sulphide mineralisation.

Argent Minerals managing director Pedro Kastellorizos said the VTEM survey revealed multiple new targets including several unknown to the company.

“Significantly, three extensive EM trends have been delineated, two of which remain completely untested,” Kastellorizos said.

“These trends extend well beyond the current boundaries of the known Kempfield deposit, indicating strong potential for the discovery of additional mineralised zones both at depth and along strike.

“The results highlight the substantial exploration upside at the Kempfield Project, as we continue to expand the mineralised footprint well beyond the established deposit.”

Delving deeper to find mineralisation source

Apart from revealing the new prospective trends across Kempfield, Argent’s interpretation of the VTEM survey data has also offered insights into the Kempfield northwest zone’s geology.

Preliminary modelling of the data indicates the source of mineralisation in the NW Zone is likely at greater depths than previously thought.

An RC hole drilled to test the induced polarisation target at the NW Zone intersected mineralisation of up to 34m at 13.60 g/t silver and 0.91% copper, lead and zinc from 22m of depth.

The same drill hole also hit 13m at 27.02 silver and 1.37% copper, lead and zinc from 43m, and 18m at 22.3 g/t silver and 0.6% copper, lead and zinc from 62 metres.

The company also identified an elevated electromagnetic response along the western margin of the Kempfield deposit, which may point to a deeper footwall position relative to known mineralisation.

Argent Minerals says there are multiple untested zones along strike from the gossan, with recent drilling sites representing high-priority targets for further exploration.

This article was developed in collaboration with Argent Minerals, a Stockhead advertiser at the time of publishing.

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