Ballymore Resources extends Dittmer gold ore zone with successful step-out drilling program

Ballymore Resources (ASX: BMR) believes it may be onto the next major Queensland gold find after receiving promising assay results from its Dittmer project in north Queensland of up to 807 grams per tonne.

The company says assays from the first three step-out surface drill holes at Dittmer have provided further evidence of a major gold system.

The significant mineralisation intersected in the initial stages of the program has already extended the footprint of the project’s mineralised zone.

Exploration program

With plenty of cash in the bank after finalising an $11.2 million funding package in March, the company is undertaking a major exploration program that will run through to the end of the year and include the completion of preliminary drilling at the Cedar Ridge target at Dittmer.

“Our first step-out surface drill holes have intersected the bonanza Duffer Lode structure and extended the high-grade mineralisation previously encountered around the Dittmer mine,” managing director David A-Izzeddin said.

We have now intersected the Duffer Lode over 530 metres and are starting to define a significant footprint for this rich gold-bearing structure.

Rock chip results

Prospecting in the local area has also located further gossanous vein material in the Dittmer and Loch Neigh areas, returning the highest rock chip results ever reported at Dittmer.

“Our drilling and prospecting results, as well as the drilling currently happening in parallel at Cedar Ridge 20km south of Dittmer, could be transformational in identifying the next major gold system in Queensland,” Mr A-Izzeddin said.

A step-out surface drilling campaign continues at Dittmer to test the lateral extent of this exciting discovery beyond the historic Dittmer mine zone.

Strike extensions

The maiden Dittmer regional surface drilling program has been designed to test for strike extensions to the old mine area, as demonstrated by the large geochemical anomaly and the presence of high-grade historic surface workings over more than 2km.

“Ballymore has continued to grow the Dittmer story,” Mr A-Izzeddin said.

“This current surface drilling program is targeting historic workings and extensive geochemical anomalies, testing the interpretation that the historic Dittmer mine forms part of a much larger system.”

“These results already have significant implications for the Dittmer project by extending the lateral extent of the known Duffer Lode from 250m.”