Greatland Gold has commenced drilling at the Meadows prospect within its wholly owned Ernest Giles project.
The Ernest Giles project is located about 250km north-east of Laverton in the Yilgarn region of Western Australia. Greatland described the Meadows prospect as “highly prospective” for gold.
Previous exploration completed at Ernest Giles included a program of 62,800m spaced vertical reverse circulation (RC) drillholes that focused on the Meadows prospect.
In September, Greatland was granted a land access and mineral exploration agreement from the Wakamurru Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC for tenement areas within the Ernest Giles project.
The agreement allowed the gold miner to resume and expedite on-ground exploration activities at the project.
“We are very pleased to be drilling the high priority Meadows gold prospect at Ernest Giles following conclusion of the Land Access Agreement,” Greatland managing director Shaun Day said.
The project’s current drilling aims to confirm gold mineralisation and anomalism intersected in previous RC drilling and provide geological and structural information to understand the setting and nature of the gold mineralisation, as well as inform a systematic reverse circulation drill program scheduled for 2024.
The first two diamond drilling holes will test interpreted mineralised zones. Both are co-funded by the WA Government’s exploration incentive scheme drilling grant for up to $220,000.
“Ernest Giles sits within an underexplored greenstone belt located north of the world-class Tropicana and Gruyere gold operations,” Day said.
“As a 100 per cent owned project, Ernest Giles represents an excellent exploration opportunity for Greatland and our shareholders.”
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