Black Dragon Gold (ASX: BDG) has identified gold in soil anomalies at its wholly-owned Padbury Gold Project near Meekatharra in Western Australia.
The soil program, consisting of 541 new samples, tested using the innovative CSIRO Ultrafine technique and is the first significant gold exploration program at the project beyond traditional surface prospecting activity.
This work identified several targets over a regional 8km gold trend, parallel with a regional WNW-ESE striking structural geological architecture and coincident with prospecting activity where numerous gold nuggets and gold in quartz have been identified in surface quartz lag deposits.
Significant gold in soil anomalies included:
? 3700m x 700m gold in soil anomaly at the Fenceline Prospect
? 2300m x 1100m gold in soil anomaly at the Ross’s Bore Prospect
? 1000m x 350m gold in soil anomaly at the Honey Pot Hill Prospect
The Padbury Gold Project is an intrusion related gold target located on the northern Yilgarn Margin.
The application of the Ultrafine geochemistry soil technique reduces the nugget effect and is designed to detect bedrock accumulation including gold from intrusion related gold structures.
The company is now planning its maiden drilling program in WA to test the identified targets.
