Orange Minerals (ASX: OMX) has recovered rock chips up to 2,948 grams per tonne silver in a new sampling program at its Lennon’s Find project in Western Australia ahead of an upcoming drilling campaign there.
The company collected 35 new rock chip samples in a program aimed at validating historical programs and infill gaps in previous sample surveys.
Alongside the bonanza silver hit, the best assay results from the sampling were 5.5 parts per million gold, 5.29% copper, 22.40% lead, and 5.70% zinc.
Deep Drilling Program
The success comes as Orange prepares to drill a 650-metre diamond hole to test a deep induced polarisation (IP) anomaly that Orange believes is the feeder zone of a larger volcanogenic massive sulphide system beneath the surface.
The company identified the anomaly in the IP survey it conducted in September 2024 that extended earlier IP work from 2018, and soil sampling prior to that.
“The rock chip sampling has continued to confirm the strength of the mineralised corridor and refined our understanding of the system’s geometry,” managing director Chris Michael said.
Notably, the combined surveys show the anomaly is coincidental with a magnetic linear trend and an overlying fault Orange believes will increase the target’s prospectivity.
November Commencement
Orange has contracted Terra Drilling to commence the new diamond hole in early November, with drill planning complete and ground works and the drill pad in place.
The company will use funds it received from the WA government exploration incentive scheme for the upcoming program, which it hopes will provide it with a deeper understanding of Lennon’s Find.
Located in the Pilbara region in north-west WA, the project currently hosts a near surface resource of 1.55 million tonnes at 5.9% zinc, 0.2% copper, 1.6% lead, 0.28 g/t gold, and 84g/t silver, and has seen no deep drilling to date.
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