Craig Brown, Chief Executive Officer commented: The ECR team are excited to feed Henry’s Hill at the Avoca gold project, into the pipeline of projects under exploration in Victoria.
The Avoca Gold Project is one of five projects held by ECR in the Victorian Goldfields region, with four projects at Avoca, Bailieston, Creswick and Timor now the subject of active exploration or project development operational activity.
We are delighted to be highly active in the Victoria Goldfields region, at a time when the area is attracting considerable interest from larger companies and investors.
Exploration Commences at Henry’s Hill – Avoca Gold Project – Australia
ECR Minerals plc (LON: ECR), the precious metals exploration and development company, is pleased to announce the commencement of gold exploration at Henry’s Hill within the Company’s Avoca gold project.
Highlights:
- Previously, ECR geologists have taken 7 rock chip samples from the roadside reserve at Henry’s Hill. The samples were taken approximately 5m from each other at various intervals across shallow pits on the roadside reserve. All seven samples were independently tested by Onsite Laboratory Services.
- Three of these samples returned 5.1, 1.4 and 1.3 g/t gold;
- ECR have secured land access permission from the landowner and will commence soil geochemistry and field mapping imminently;
- The soil geochemistry will be undertaken in an attempt to locate the loci of the mineralised shoot/s;
- In addition, the work will examine the potential for the mineralisation to extend undercover to the east and the potential continuation of mineralisation to the west;
- Geological mapping conducted in conjunction with the soil geochemistry will attempt to better define the controls on the shoots.
Henry’s Hill Background
Henry’s Hill is located within EL5387 and is 10 km north of Avoca in central Victoria.
The area to be explored is historically known as Henry’s Hill but is also known to the locals as Wolfram Hill due to the presence of the tungsten-bearing ore that was mined along with gold.
Within Henry’s Hill there are shallow historic workings in a zone over 800 m long and up to 100 m wide and which can be seen through the link below:
https://www.ecrminerals.com/images/Projects/AHH_Henrys_Hill_Google_Earth.jpg
The zone has been worked to alluvial cover to the east and so may extend an additional 200 m to the tenement boundary. The workings die out to the west potentially as the influence of the faults diminishes.
The area was mapped in 1950 by government geologist D Thomas, who identified a series of north-dipping faults dissecting NW trending sediments. The most likely geological reconstruction has these faults intersecting a north-plunging anticline undercover to the east. This relationship is hypothesised to explain the faults diminishing to the west and will be investigated during field mapping.
The presence of tungsten is a good indicator of the influence of magmatic fluids. Granites occur at the surface to the north. Further evidence for granite-related mineralisation will be sought during the exploration work.
COMPETENT PERSON STATEMENT
The information in this announcement that relates to Exploration Results is based on information compiled by Dr Rodney Boucher of Linex Pty Ltd. Linex Pty Ltd provides geological services to Mercator Gold Australia Pty Ltd, including the services of Dr Boucher, who has a PhD in geology, is a Member and RPGeo of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists and is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Dr Boucher has sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity being undertaken to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 Edition of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’. Dr Boucher consents to the inclusion in the announcement of the material based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.
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