ECR to begin drilling at gold projects in Victoria, Australia

ECR Minerals has announced plans to start drilling programmes at its gold projects located in the Australian territory of Victoria.

The company’s wholly-owned subsidiary Mercator Gold Australia has signed a contract for 4,000m to 6,000m of reverse circulation drilling in Victoria.

ECR plans to start drilling at the Creswick gold project this week aimed at targeting multiple quartz vein orientations identified within the Dimocks Main Shale (DMS) that extends over a 15km region.

In September last year, the company’s exploration mapping identified a large gold system within the DMS, the hard-rock source of alluvial and deep lead gold.

After the completion of drilling at Creswick, ECR will move the drill rig to the Blue Moon gold prospect in the Bailieston project area to follow up the significant near-surface gold intercept.

ECR Minerals CEO Craig Brown said: “I am delighted to announce the commencement of this dual drill programme at Creswick and Bailieston which is seeking to test multiple gold targets across both projects.

“This is an extensive drilling campaign by the company, and one of the largest we have undertaken in recent times.

“This is an extensive drilling campaign by the company, and one of the largest we have undertaken in recent times.”

“ECR’s objective is to discover a multi-million ounce gold deposit in Australia and based on the significant technical work undertaken to date, we believe the Creswick and Bailieston licences hold the potential for such a discovery.”

The drilling programme is being carried out using existing cash resources.

Brown further added: “The company will be entitled to claim back a proportion of drilling costs under government grants subsidising drilling.”

The post ECR to begin drilling at gold projects in Victoria, Australia appeared first on Mining Technology | Mining News and Views Updated Daily.



from Mining Technology | Mining News and Views Updated Daily http://bit.ly/2RkU8jH

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Mine management and predictive maintenance are top priorities for miners

Image
While miners are starting to trial and make small investments in technologies such as augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) and cloud computing, the traditionally conservative mining sector remains focused on improving efficiency and productivity by continuing to invest in mine management software and predictive maintenance. GlobalData’s latest report, Global Mine-Site Technology Adoption Survey 2018 , reveals that while investment by the majors is currently well ahead of mid-tier miners and producing juniors, higher shares of the latter two groups are planning investments in mine management software and predictive maintenance given their immediate impact on improving productivity. Source: GlobalData Mining Intelligence Center The report includes data and analysis from the company’s survey of over 200 worldwide mine sites which investigated the extent to which mines had invested in 13 different technologies ranging from communication systems to drones, predictive maintenance
Read more

Down with the kids: can mining ever be cool?

“Do you want to win a bucket load of cash? Of course you do!” is the eye-catching strapline of the Mining Association of Nova Scotia’s (MANS) annual Mining ROCKS! contest. It offers cash prizes totalling C$8,000 for junior high and high school students who produce the most interesting and engaging videos about mining across five categories. Held between October 2018 and 22 February 2019, the contest hopes to inspire young people to teach themselves about the mining industry in Canada and beyond. Sean Kirby, executive director of MANS, says the association launched the competition because the industry needs to do better at explaining itself to the public and, in particular, reaching out to young people to educate them about mining, minerals and geoscience. “We started the Mining ROCKS! video contest as a way to appeal to young people, to give them a reason to want to learn about what we do by doing their own research,” he says. Attracting the next generation of miners Ingratiating
Read more

GR Engineering wins OZ Minerals Northern Wellfield project contract

OZ Minerals has awarded a contract to GR Engineering Services for the design and construction of the Northern Wellfield for the Carrapateena project located approximately 160km north of Port Augusta in South Australia. The engineering, procurement and construction contract is valued at A$16.3m ($11.77m). For the Northern Wellfield project, GR Engineering will provide the detailed design, survey, supply, transportation, construction, testing and commissioning services for the development of the trunkline and transfer pumping stations associated with four wells. The Carrapateena mineral processing plant, which is currently under construction, will obtain water through the wellfield project. The Northern Wellfield project will include access roads, pipeline corridors, staging tanks, wellheads and pumps to source groundwater from deep underground aquifers for providing raw saline water to the mining operations. “This work demonstrates GR Engineering’s credentials in the supply of proc
Read more