
Argonaut Resources commences Higginsville drilling
SOUTH Australian mining company Argonaut Resources (ASX: ARE) commenced drilling yesterday at the Island and Birties gold prospects in Higginsvale, WA. After approval by the WA Government to drill both areas, Argonaut secured a suitable track-mounted, slim-hole reverse circulation (RC) drilling rig to target untested gold anomalies. The drilling program will involve 15-20 holes at the Island gold prospect and 10-15 holes at the Birties gold prospect at a total cost of $350,000. The Island gold prospect, which benefits from the absence of historic drilling, sits over a major structural intersection that may have been a conduit for gold mineralising fluids. The Island gold targets were confirmed by SensOre Ltd’s proprietary mineral exploration artificial intelligence (AI) system. SensOre applied its…