King River taps high-grade gold while eyeing NT copper-gold riches
The company today reported results from 13 reverse circulation holes at Kurundi, with one of the standout hits coming from a newly discovered structure 300 metres northeast of the Kurundi Main prospect. One hole pulled up 4m at 1.43 grams per tonne (g/t) gold, including 2m going 2.79g/t from a shallow 9m depth.
King River says the mineralisation remains open both at depth and along strike and appears spatially associated with historic alluvial gold workings in the area.
The newly discovered zone adds to a string of earlier high-grade hits at Kurundi Main, including 7m at 6.35g/t gold from 25m, with 1m at a blazing 35.26g/t gold, 6m at 4.77g/t from 29m with 3m at 9.28g/t, and 3m going 8.3g/t from 35m that included 1m at 15.5g/t.
Five new holes were drilled under the central Kurundi Main structure, intersecting veining and structure consistent with previous results, though grades were variable. Notably, another hole returned improved values of 7m at 0.49g/t gold, including 2m at 1.12g/t, pointing to the potential for a down-plunge northerly extension that remains open at depth.
Another four holes were completed to probe the southern extent of the main mineralised zone, though structural complexity, including an offsetting fault, may be obscuring the true extent of the mineralisation in that area.
The company also has its eye on the Kuiper target, where soil sampling has produced encouraging pathfinder signatures over a pair of coincident gravity and magnetic anomalies. The targets lie within Warramunga Formation-equivalent rocks under about 10m of Cambrian cover, similar to the host rocks of nearby IOCG deposits such as Emmerson Resources' Hermitage and Edna Beryl projects.
At Kuiper West, soil geochemistry showed anomalism in key IOCG trace elements such as gold, copper, silver, bismuth and arsenic. The bismuth anomaly aligns with the heart of the gravity anomaly, an encouraging indicator given bismuth's association with Tennant Creek-style IOCG systems.
The company believes the data supports a compelling interpretation of ironstone-hosted mineralisation beneath the geophysical targets and says drilling at Kuiper is scheduled to kick off this month.
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