Galantas Gold Corporation has started mobilisation for a drill programme at its recently acquired Gairloch precious and base metals project in Wester Ross, Scotland.
PROGRAMME
The target is a volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) gold-copper-zinc deposit exposed at surface and one of the oldest known Besshi deposits.
The Canadian company’s initial 800-metre programme at Kerry Road will test the down dip southeastwards as well as the lateral extension to the northeast and southwest.
A planned deeper hole of 350 metres will test beneath the Kerry Road deposit as historical drilling ceased after intercepting the main sulphide horizon.
KERRY ROAD
Consolidated Goldfields discovered the Kerry Road deposit during the 1970s and drilled 87 holes for 9,189m.
In 2018, GreenOre Gold plc’s drill programme confirmed mineralisation at Kerry Road by intercepting 1.0 g/t gold, 0.9% copper and 0.6% zinc over 17m. Rock chip sampling also identified elevated levels of cobalt in bedrock.
GreenOre former managing director Gavin Berkenheger is a consultant of Galantas Gold.
The British Geological Survey identified an outcrop of 4 g/t Au in their MRP146 report of the area, associated with a “significant” geophysical anomaly 10km south of the Kerry Road deposit, one of “multiple targets” identified by Galantas for follow-up exploration.
OPPORTUNITY
Chief executive Mario Stifano added that the company was eager to start drilling in the underexplored region of Scotland.
“The Gairloch project offers a fantastic opportunity for Galantas to diversify and build its portfolio having acquired some of the best exploration ground in the country in a gold-bearing volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) setting with known mineralisation over 10km and a number of high-priority targets that have yet to be tested.”