--- title: "Condor Gold PLC (CNR.TSX.L) Drilling on the La India Starter Pits Completed" publisher: "Share Talk" author: "sharetalk" published: "2021-04-29T07:43:28+00:00" modified: "2021-04-29T07:43:28+00:00" date: 2021-04-29 canonical: "https://www.share-talk.com/condor-gold-plc-cnr-tsx-l-drilling-on-the-la-india-starter-pits-completed/" category: "Mining" categories: ["Mining"] tags: ["CNR", "Condor Gold", "Gold", "Ian Stalker", "Jeffrey Karoly", "jim mellon", "La India Project", "Mark Child", "Master Investor", "Mineral Resources", "Nicaragua"] image: "https://i0.wp.com/www.share-talk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Stencil-Google-Chrome-2023-04-19-at-2.47.43-PM.jpeg?fit=1231%2C615&quality=89&ssl=1" format: "news" language: "en-GB" --- # Condor Gold PLC (CNR.TSX.L) Drilling on the La India Starter Pits Completed **Published:** April 29, 2021 **Author:** sharetalk **Categories:** Mining **Tags:** CNR, Condor Gold, Gold, Ian Stalker, Jeffrey Karoly, jim mellon, La India Project, Mark Child, Master Investor, Mineral Resources, Nicaragua **Featured image:** ![](https://i0.wp.com/www.share-talk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Stencil-Google-Chrome-2023-04-19-at-2.47.43-PM.jpeg?fit=1231%2C615&quality=89&ssl=1) --- **Drill Intercept 22.05 m (21.6 m true width) at 6.48 g/t gold from 24.75 m drill depth in La India Starter Pits** **Condor Gold (AIM: CNR; TSX: COG)** is pleased to announce that infill drilling on the La India Starter Pits has been completed, and that all assay results have now been received for the Northern Starter Pit. The two planned high-grade Starter Pits (up to 35 m deep) have now been drill tested at 25 m by 25 m spacing. A total of forty-four diamond core drill holes for 2,290 metres have been drilled within and immediately adjacent to the starter pits, infilling between the pre-existing diamond core drill holes and also replacing eight Reverse Circulation (“RC”) drill holes with the higher quality diamond core. Two drilling rigs are currently re-drilling the remaining 1,142 m of RC drill samples that fall outside of the starter pits but are within the main La India Mineral Resource open pit shell with diamond drill core, approximately 600 m remains to be drilled. Assay results have been returned for 29 of the drillholes; providing a complete dataset for the Northern Starter Pit and the first six drill holes in the Southern Starter Pit. The drilling results received to date support, and add considerable confidence to, the geological model used in the mineral resource and mineral reserve estimations and mine plan. **Highlights** · 22.05 m (21.6 m true width) at 6.48 g/t gold from 24.75 m drill depth including 15.35 m (15.0 m true width) at 8.68 g/t gold from 24.75 m drilled depth (drill hole LIDC413). · 16.00 m (15.7 m true width) at 5.30 g/t gold from 18.35 m drill depth, including 5.90 m (5.8 m true width) at 12.35 g/t gold from 22.10 m drilled depth (drill hole LIDC416). · 19.40 m (18.7 m true width) at 2.80 g/t gold from 28.45 m drill depth, including 8.20 m (7.9 m true width) at 4.90 g/t gold (drill hole LIDC433). · 44 drill holes for a combined 2,290 m of infill and RC replacement drilling completed within La India Starter Pits. · Drilling is currently underway to complete twin drilling of the remaining 1142 m RC holes in the main La India open pit shell. 600 m drilling remains of the current programme. **Mark Child, Chairman and CEO commented:** “A drill intersect in LIDC413 of 22.05 m (21.6 m true width) at 6.48 g/t gold including 15 m true width at 8.68 g/t gold from 24.75 m drill depth in a starter pit is exceptional in terms of width and grade near surface. The drill intercept in LIDC416 of 16.00 m (15.7m true width) at 5.30 g/t gold from 18.35 m drill depth including 5.8 m true width at 12.35g/t is also very impressive. Both drill results add considerable confidence to the geological model, the mineral resource and mineral reserve calculations and the mine plan. “The starter pits are shallow, within 35 m of the surface and contain 455Kt at 4.17g/t gold for 59,674 oz gold using a 2.00g/t cut off grade. The intention is to mine them early to quicken the payback period and enhance the Project’s economics. The starter pits sit within the main fully permitted La India open pit, which has a Mineral Reserve Estimate of 6.9Mt at 3.1 g/t gold for 675,000 oz gold.” **Northern Starter Pit Assay Results** Results have now been received for 23 drill holes, drilled at 25 m by 25 m spacing, all located in the Northern Starter Pit. The results of the first six holes were reported in RNS announcements dated the 9th and 30th March. The drilling has confirmed continuity of gold mineralisation in the La India orebody and supports the geological model used in the mineral resource and mineral reserve estimations. The holes drilled at the upper levels of the starter pit confirmed that low to moderate grade gold mineralisation was left in the footwall of the historic mine workings by Noranda Mining in the 1940’s and 1950’s (reflecting the economics and mining method of the time). Holes drilled to test the lower levels of the starter pit sampled the entire mineralised vein set and confirmed that the historic miners only extracted a very narrow high-grade core zone, leaving behind considerable widths of mineralisation in both the hangingwall and footwall zones, including some high grade veins. Notable intercepts, from north to south along a 175 m strike length, include: · A combined and amalgamated 22.05 m (21.6 m true width) at 6.48 g/t gold from 24.75 m drill depth on either side of a 4.35 m (4.3 m true width) , including 4.75 m (4.7 m true width) of historic mine workings including a hangingwall intercept of 15.35 m (15.0 m true width) at 8.68 g/t gold from 24.75 m drilled depth (drill hole LIDC413). · 16.00 m (15.7 m true width) at 5.30 g/t gold from 18.35 m drill depth, including 5.90 m (5.8 m true width) at 12.35 g/t gold in the hangingwall of the historic mine working from 22.10 m drilled depth (drill hole LIDC416). · 8.10 m (7.5 m true width) at 2.69 g/t gold from 18.60m drill depth, including 3.30 m (3.1 m true width) at 6.00 g/t gold from 18.60 m drilled depth (drill hole LIDC422). · A combined 22.60 m (22.0 m true width) at 1.77 g/t gold in bedrock and backfilled historic mine workings from 5.35 m drill depth, including 7.35 m (7.2 m true width) at 2.74 g/t gold in the hangingwall faulted quartz veins from 12.85 m drilled depth (LIDC430). · A combined and amalgamated 27.65 m (26.8 m true width) at 1.59 g/t gold from 29.80 m drill depth, including in the bedrock beneath the colluvial cover 21.30 m (20.7 m true width) at 1.87 g/t gold from 8.50 m drilled depth (drill hole LIDC429). Southern Starter Pit Assay Results Assay results from the first six drill holes in the Southern Starter Pit have been received and appear to confirm continuity of gold mineralisation in the La India structure and support the geological model used in the mineral resource and reserve estimation. Notable results include an amalgamated 19.40 m (18.7 m true width) at 2.80 g/t gold from 28.45 m drill depth, including 8.20 m (7.9 m true width) @ 4.90 g/t gold in the hangingwall of an historic mine working (drill hole LIDC433). **Table 1: Assay results from La India infill drilling.**   | | | | | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Drill hole ID | Collar UTM WGS84-16N | Drill incl/azi | From | To | Drill Width (m) | True Width (m) | Au (g/t) | Ag (g/t) | Comment | | LIDC413 X-sect 11200 | 574899E 1409950N 351 mamsl | -50/237 | 8.75 | 9.85 | 1.10 | 1.1 | 1.80 | 8.4 | Vein + footwall breccia | | | | | 24.75 | 51.40 | 22.05 | 21.6 | 6.48 | 15.7 | Amalgamated vein stack incl. depleted lower zone. | | Incl. | | | 24.75 | 40.10 | 15.35 | 15.0 | 8.68 | 21.2 | Faulted vein stack #1 | | (Incl.) | | | 34.10 | 38.45 | 4.35 | 4.3 | 17.52 | 35.8 | vein | | Incl. | | | 40.10 | 41.95 | 1.85 | 1.8 | 0.16 | 4.0 | Stockwork | | Excl. | | | 41.95 | 43.95 | 2.00 | 2.0 | – | – | Mine cavity | | Incl. | | | 43.95 | 45.15 | 1.20 | 1.2 | 2.54 | 40 | Quartz breccia | | Excl. | | | 45.15 | 47.90 | 2.75 | 2.7 | – | – | Mine cavity+fill | | Incl. | | | 47.90 | 51.40 | 3.50 | 3.4 | 1.78 | 2.70 | Faulted quartz breccia | | | | | 55.30 | 55.40 | 0.10 | 0.1 | 4.52 | 3.0 | Vein | | LIDC414 X-sect 11175 | 574922E 1409930N 350 mamsl | -48/236 | 35.30 | 36.30 | 1.00 | 1.0 | 3.99 | 11.0 | Quartz breccia | | | | | 42.50 | 50.70 | 5.25 | 5.2 | 1.95 | 6.1 | Amalgamated HW+FW | | Incl. | | | 42.50 | 45.60 | 3.10 | 3.1 | 2.26 | 4.7 | HW vein | | Excl. | | | 45.60 | 48.55 | 2.95 | 2.9 | – | – | Mine cavity | | Incl. | | | 48.55 | 50.70 | 2.15 | 2.1 | 1.49 | 8.3 | FW Quartz breccia | | | | | 57.10 | 60.35 | 3.25 | 3.2 | 3.03 | 5.2 | Quartz vein+breccia | | | | | 68.30 | 71.60 | 3.30 | 3.2 | 1.72 | 3.4 | Quartz vein+stockwork | | LIDC415 X-sect 11150 | 574915E 1409894N 357 mamsl | -51/239 | 32.40 | 32.65 | 0.25 | 0.2 | 3.01 | 10.0 | Hangingwall quartz breccia | | | | | 37.95 | 39.65 | 1.70 | 1.7 | 10.38 | 82.4 | HW vein | | | | | 51.10 | 52.70 | 1.60 | 1.6 | 1.07 | --- **Original URL:** https://www.share-talk.com/condor-gold-plc-cnr-tsx-l-drilling-on-the-la-india-starter-pits-completed/ *Created by [WP Markdown Endpoint](https://wpmarkdownendpoint.com/)*