Bellavista Resources announced that it is preparing to start its maiden drilling program at the Brumby Zinc-Copper-Silver Project within its Edmund Basin Project in WA. The Company has received all the required Government approvals for the drilling program and secured leading drilling contractor DDH1 for the initial diamond drilling phase. This initial program will comprise 9 diamond holes for 2,000m to follow up known mineralization and test a host of new walk-up targets, with approvals for an additional 12 diamond holes and 21 RC holes.

Historic reconnaissance drilling by CRA/Rio Tinto 25 years ago returned broad mineralized intersections of zinc, silver and copper in a prospective horizon, over a very large scale of 30sqkm, which remains open. The historical drilling highlighted the potential for an enriched supergene zone at the base of the oxide horizon and possibly potential for a series of mineralised units within the host sequence. These represent priority targets for the upcoming drilling program.

Bellavista is targeting the large SEDEX-style base metals model at Brumby, where the company expects an increase in grade and thickness closer to the edge of the host basin. The unusually high Zn:Pb ratio indicates that the mineralisation encountered in historic drilling is likely distal, with possible feeder zones likely to be located to the north-northwest of previous drilling, which is completely untested by drilling. Brumby sits at the eastern end of the Edmund Basin Project, which is considered highly prospective for large base metals and uranium deposits.

It covers a 130km-long corridor in the Edmund Basin, 130km south-west of Newman. The area has not been exposed to modern exploration techniques, due mainly to low base metal prices at the time historic work was conducted. Bellavista listed on the ASX last week following a highly successful IPO which saw the Company raise $6.5 million.

Bellevue Gold founder and Managing Director Steve Parsons and Capricorn Metals Executive Chairman Mark Clark are backing the Company with each having a significant 10% stake.