SXG has identified numerous occurrences of copper - base metals mineralisation and anomalism within its tenements, the most advanced being the Copper Bore Project.
Copper Bore
- +20km of strike prospective for copper-zinc-gold-silver massive sulphide at a black shale/ basalt contact
- Previous drill results of 8m @ 8.3% copper, 4.3g/t gold and 5m @ 1.5% zinc, 4.2% copper
- New results from SXG drilling includes 12m @ 1.2% Cu, 1.1g/t Au, 5.5% Zn, 0.4% Pb, 18.8g/t Ag from 165m in hole CBRC020, confirming the VMS model and coincident with a defined EM conductor at Southern Gossan
- Mineralisation and EM conductor are both open at Southern Gossan
- Use of modern geophysical techniques (ground EM) has been extended along the 10km of prospective strike.
- Ground EM has identified numerous conductors along the trend. These are supported by aeromagnetic anomalies.
- 0.9m of chalcopyrite-bearing massive sulphides intersected in hole SGRC009D, 1.5km north of recent copper-gold intersections at the Southern Gossan prospect.
- 1.5m of chalcopyrite-bearing massive sulphides intersected in hole CURC006, 0.6km north of the outcrop at the Copper Bore prospect, with this zone open for several kilometres to the north.
- Ground EM has identified numerous conductors along the trend. These are supported by aeromagnetic anomalies.
- A number of additional targets have also been generated from the project-wide ground EM surveys and acquisition of previous and recent soil geochemistry
Additional copper targets have been identified to the east and west of the Copper Bore trend.
Marda Dome
- Vacuum drilling conducted by WMC in the 1970s returned 100m-plus intercepts ending in mineralisation grading between 500 and 1,000ppm copper
- No drill testing has ever been conducted
- Felsic rock units underexplored for base metals
Clampton
- Previous RAB drilling has returned +1,000ppm copper
- Historical auger sampling highlights copper anomalous horizons
Bullfinch North
- 11km strike length
- Anomalous copper of up to 1,850ppm Cu from previous RAB drilling
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