Codrus Minerals announced that diamond drilling has commenced at its Silver Swan South Project, located ~20km north of Kalgoorlie in WA. The program, comprising ~1,600m of diamond drilling, is designed to test both gold and nickel targets along the Fitzroy Fault, the geological structure that hosts the mineralisation at the nearby >5Moz Kanowna Belle gold mine. The Silver Swan South Project is a gold and nickel project located approximately 20km north-east of Kalgoorlie that is comprised of seven granted tenements covering a total area of 45.2km2. The Silver Swan South Project lies approximately 10km north-east of the Kanowna Belle Gold Mine operated by Northern Star Resources Limited and lies along the structural trend of the Fitzroy Fault (the primary control on mineralisation at Kanowna Belle). The Project has had historic exploration by numerous previous tenement holders, including Blackstone Minerals. Historic work that supports gold and nickel exploration targeting at the project includes rotary air blast (RAB), air-core (AC) and Reverse Circulation (RC) drilling and a number of airborne and ground geophysical surveys. A significant portion of the historical work is interpreted to have not effectively tested the geological opportunity due to not penetrating into bedrock as a result of the presence of thick surficial cover. The Company's initial drilling at Silver Swan South will be at Black Eagle, where historic drilling has intersected encouraging gold mineralisation including SNAC070: 10m at 3.2g/t Au from 68m at the interpreted base of transported cover and into weathered bedrock. Adjacent to this is a geophysical anomaly derived from Moving Loop Electromagnetic Surveys (MLEM) which corresponds very closely with the inferred position and dip direction of the north-south striking komatiite unit that could host nickel mineralisation. The current drill program (DDH) will be used to explore these areas and to develop further understanding of the concealed basement stratigraphy and structural setting. At Black Hawk, there are recent bottom-of-hole intercepts that will be further evaluated to test gold anomalism (SNAC027: 7m at 1.3g/t Au) in felsic stratigraphy adjacent to the interpreted trend of the Fitzroy Shear Zone. Diamond drilling here will supply greater detail to inform the current geological understanding. At Black Falcon, the presence of elevated nickel in the in-situ clay zone (SNAC019: 24m at 0.6% Ni, 115ppm Cu and 468ppm As) will be investigated with drilling and follow up Down-Hole Electromagnetic (DHEM) surveying to test for off-hole conductors.