Drilling begins for gold and silver targets at Mt Turner

Lightning Minerals (ASX: L1M) has commenced a 1,300m drilling program at its Mt Turner gold project in North Queensland.

Phase one of the diamond drilling campaign will target multiple gold and silver deposits beneath existing pits along the Drummer Fault at Mt Turner.

Geo Drill Australia has been contracted to complete drilling works at Mt Turner and bring significant experience and expertise to the program.

Lightning Minerals managing director Alex Biggs says multiple targets exist across the Mt Turner tenements and this initial program focuses on high priority gold and silver targets.

“It’s great to get started with our drilling at Mt Turner. With the current gold and silver markets and multiple targets this is the start of what the company sees as a significant value add to the business,” he said.

“Soil sampling and rock chip sampling will also assist in defining additional targets across the tenements for an expanded drill campaign following this initial program.”

Previous mining and drilling have demonstrated the near surface, high-grade gold and silver potential of Mt Turner with results including:

• 16m at 3.56 g/t (Hole UMDT95_D04)
• 0m at 3.60g/t (Hole UMDT95_D03)
• 12m at 6.5g/t (Hole UMDT95_D03)
• 7m at 1.7g/t and 67g/t (Hole 21ISMDWRC001_DH6)
• 3M at 5.1 g/t and 51 g/t (Hole DH2)
• 0m at 3.4g/t and 100g/t (Hole QMCD83_D03)
• 2m at 1.5g/t and 80 g/t (Hole QMCD83_D04)