Infill and exploration drilling in the Western Flanks Zone of the Beta Hunt gold mine in Western Australia has boosted measured and indicated resources five-fold and inferred resources three-fold,
RNC Minerals (TSX:RNX) reports.
The updated resource for the Western Flanks zone incorporated 16,876 metres of new infill and exploration drilling in 144 holes since the previous resource estimate in December 2017, and comes from just over 1 km of strike length on a single shear complex in Western Flanks.
Measured and indicated resources for the Western Flanks Zone now stand at 7.45 million tonnes grading 3 grams gold per tonne for 710,000 contained oz. gold, a 390% increase, and inferred resources tally 2.48 million tonnes averaging 3.1 grams gold for 250,000 contained oz. gold. The resource uses a cut-off grade of 1.6 grams gold.
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