Kin Mining (ASX: KIN) has commenced the next phase of exploration and resource growth drilling at its wholly-owned Cardinia gold project near Leonora in Western Australia.
A 1,600 metre diamond drilling program is underway at the highly-prospective Eastern Corridor to provide an initial test of deep induced polarisation (IP) targets below the shallow Helens, Helens East, Cardinia Hill and Rangoon deposits.
The targets were generated from the re-processing of historical geophysical surveys as well as petrophysical testing on selected samples of high grade, quartz-sulphide mineralisation from the deposits.
Strong IP responses were returned from pyritic mineralised samples which also carried elevated gold mineralisation.
Kin said it is the first generation of deeper targets to be tested at Cardinia and represents a “significant exploration development” for the project.
Other exploration activities
The company is also ramping up other exploration activities as part of its ongoing campaign at Cardinia.
A combination of reverse circulation and diamond drilling will start this month to further evaluate the underexplored Rangoon area where the company recently announced an updated mineral resource of 2.3 million tonnes grading 1.3 grams per tonne gold for 94,000 ounces.
Results from Rangoon and neighbouring prospects over the past year have reinforced the substantial endowment of the Eastern Corridor as a priority focus for exploration.
Eastern Corridor deposits collectively host more than 338,000oz of mineral resources and are interpreted to be structurally linked as part of a larger mineralised system.
Recent results which will be followed up include 32m at 2.98g/t gold from 129m, including 12m at 5.62g/t from 129m, and 12m at 2.25g/t from 149m; 15m at 3.03g/t gold from 162m; 7m at 2.77g/t gold from 76m; and 4m at 6.19g/t gold from 121m.
Kin has also completed an 8,800m aircore drilling program at the Murrin project, 45km east of Leonora, and assays are expected later this month.
