The company is drilling on a tenement that host the three main mineralised structures in the Duketon Greenstone Belt. Pic: via Getty Images.
Great Southern Mining gets drill rig spinning for gold at Duketon
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- GSN kicks off RC drilling at Duketon gold project in WA
- Focus includes Golden Boulder prospect and newly defined targets
- Prime targets have been minimally drilled since 1990s
Special Report: Great Southern Mining has kicked off RC drilling at its flagship Duketon gold project in WA.
The project abuts Regis Resources’ (ASX:RRL) tenure in the Duketon Greenstone Belt, where RRL has ~10Mt of installed gold processing infrastructure with a declining resource base.
Duketon also has three advanced prospects – Southern Star, Golden Boulder and Amy Clarke – all of which have large scale (+4km) mineralised strike extents and existing high-grade intercepts.
The drilling will commence at the Golden Boulder prospect before moving to other newly defined targets within the project area.
Notably, previous drilling at Golden Boulder from 2021 and 2023 included intercepts of:
- 5m at 3.3g/t gold from 49m, including 1m at 12.3g/t gold (21GBRC0001)
- 12m at 0.6g/t gold from 53m, including 4m at 1.6g/t gold (21GBRC0004)
- 8m at 3.9g/t gold from 44m, including 4m at 6.8g/t gold (23GBAC008); and
- 12m at 1.3g/t gold from 44m, including 4m at 2.4g/t gold (23GBAC022).
Efficient and cost-effective exploration
The project tenure sits in a 75km stretch of the gold belt yet to yield a major gold deposit, which, given the lack of modern exploration bodes well for a significant discovery.
“I am pleased to have the rig turning at Golden Boulder again following last year’s successful program,” Great Southern Mining (ASX:GSN) managing director Matthew Keane said.
“This tenement in particular hosts all three of the main mineralised structures in the Duketon Greenstone Belt and has seen very little drilling since the 1990s.
“We are keen to execute an efficient and cost effective program and will eagerly await the assay results over the newly defined targets.”
This article was developed in collaboration with Great Southern Mining, a Stockhead advertiser at the time of publishing.
This article does not constitute financial product advice. You should consider obtaining independent advice before making any financial decisions.
