ASX Announcement 6 October 2016
Drilling Commences in NSW-
Helix is pleased to announce that it has commenced drilling at the Collerina Copper-Zinc Project and recommenced drilling at the Cobar Gold Project in NSW after recent weather delays.
Collerina Copper-Zinc Project
- A program of 11 holes of RC and diamond drilling will test new EM Targets to a depth of 420m at the Collerina Copper-Zinc Project.
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Drilling is testing extensions of the main zone, a strong off-hole EM target (4x EM response of main zone) below previous drilling, and a new EM target located 1km North of the Collerina Prospect.
Cobar Gold Project
- Diamond drilling is targeting structural controls of high-grade gold at the Boundary and Good Friday Prospects.
- Diamond drilling has recommenced after weather delays. Commencement of the proposed aircore drilling at the Battery Tank Prospect will be considered when the prevailing wet ground conditions
improve.
Helix Resources Limited (ASX:HLX) is pleased to advise that the drilling programs the Company is undertaking to test extensions and new EM targets at the Collerina Copper-Zinc Project and high-grade gold at the Cobar Gold Project are underway after delays from rainfall and flooding during August and September in the Central Western region of NSW.
Collerina Copper-Zinc Project
Helix has committed to an 11 hole RC and diamond drilling program to test new EM targets at the Collerina Copper-Zinc Project. Drilling will be testing extensions to the main mineralisation position to a depth of 420m. The zone is coincident with EM anomalism in the latest ground and down-hole surveys and extends the main zone target position well beyond the eastern-most holes drilled to date at Collerina (refer Figure 1).
Figure 1: 3D schematic of Collerina Prospect showing EM targets and planned drilling
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The second drill target is a sub-parallel strong off-hole EM conductor (4 times the EM response of main zone) which has been modelled beneath the drilling completed to date. Diamond tails on two holes on the current eastern-most line will test this position (refer Figure 1). This new sub-parallel target position is completely untested by drilling along strike and down dip/plunge. A further 3 RC holes are planned to test a new EM target 1km north of the Collerina Prospect.
Cobar Gold Project
Drilling at the Cobar Gold project is targeting the structural controls of high-grade gold at the Boundary and Good Friday Prospects and first-pass aircore drilling at the Battery Tank Prospect.
Diamond drilling has recommenced after rain delays. A review of the geology in the first diamond hole at the Good Friday Prospect (HRDD001) suggests the hole was drilled within an alteration zone, but has not intersected the main high-grade structure within the depth drilled (93.8m). Gold assays have confirmed this with no significant (>1g/t Au) assays returned.
A second hole is currently underway at the Good Friday Prospect (HRDD003) and is being drilled west and up-dip of the first hole, closer to the historic shaft and controlling high-grade structure. If HRDD003 intersects the structure, there is an opportunity to re-enter the initial hole, HRDD001, to target the main structure at depth.
The hole at the Boundary Prospect (HRDD002) has been completed to a depth of 122m, with good correlation of quartz veining and iron-rich veining in altered sediments through the broad target zone. The core from HRDD002 has been dispatched to the laboratory for cutting and assay.
Commencement of aircore drilling at the Battery Tank Prospect will be considered when the prevailing wet ground conditions improve.
Table 1: DDH Collar details - Cobar Gold Project
Project | Site_ID | Easting | Northing | Dip | Azi | Total Depth | HoleType |
EL6140 | HRDD001 | 427021 | 6485903 | -60 | 218 | 93.8m | DDH |
HRDD002 | 428940 | 6485913 | -60 | 060 | 122.4m | DDH | |
HRDD003 | 427012 | 6485887 | -60 | 218 | TBA | DDH |
Table 2: DDH Results to Date - Cobar Gold Project
Hole ID | From | To |
HRDD001 | No Significant (>1g/t Au) result - Target not intersected in depth drilled (93.8m) | |
HRDD002 | Core dispatched to Laboratory for cutting and assay | |
HRDD003 | Drilling currently underway |
Helix Resources Limited A.C.N. 009 138 738 Incorporated in Western Australia 78 Churchill Ave, Subiaco WA 6008 | P: +61 8 9321 2644 F: +61 8 9321 3909 www.helix.net.au | Email: mick.wilson@helix.net.au |
For further information:
Mick Wilson | Pasquale Rombola |
Managing Director | Executive Chairman |
mick.wilson@helix.net.au | pasquale.rombola@helix.net.au |
Ph: +61 8 9321 2644 | Ph: +61 413 239 630 |
The information in this announcement that relates to Exploration Results, Mineral Resources or Ore Reserves is based on infor mation compiled by Mr M Wilson who is a full time employee of Helix Resources Limited and a Member of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr M Wilson has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 Edition of the 'Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves'. Mr M Wilson consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.
Details of the assumptions underlying any Resource estimations are contained in previous ASX releases or at www.helix.net.au
Helix Resources Limited A.C.N. 009 138 738 Incorporated in Western Australia 78 Churchill Ave, Subiaco WA 6008 | P: +61 8 9321 2644 F: +61 8 9321 3909 www.helix.net.au | Email: mick.wilson@helix.net.au |
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