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Exploration Commences at Henry’s Hill – Avoca Gold Project - Australia
Exploration Commences at Henry’s Hill – Avoca Gold Project - Australia.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n \n \nExploration Commences at Henry’s Hill – Avoca Gold Project - Australia\n\nECR Minerals plc\n\n \n\n\nECR MINERALS plc\n\n\n(“ECR Minerals”, “ECR” or the “Company”)\n\n\nExploration Commences at Henry’s Hill – Avoca Gold Project - Australia\n\n\nECR Minerals plc (LON:ECR), the precious metals exploration and development company, is pleased to announce the commencement of gold exploration at Henry’s Hill within the Company’s Avoca gold project.\n\n\nCraig Brown, Chief Executive Officer commented: “The ECR team are excited to feed Henry’s Hill at the Avoca gold project, into the pipeline of projects under exploration in Victoria.\n\n\nThe Avoca Gold Project is one of five projects held by ECR in the Victorian Goldfields region, with four projects at Avoca, Bailieston, Creswick and Timor now the subject of active exploration or project development operational activity.\n\n\nWe are delighted be highly active in the Victoria Goldfields region, at a time when the area is attracting considerable interest from larger companies and investors.”\n\n\nHighlights:\n\n\n\nPreviously, ECR geologists have taken 7 rock chip samples from the roadside reserve at Henry’s Hill. The samples were taken approximately 5m from each other at various intervals across shallow pits on the roadside reserve. All seven samples were independently tested by Onsite Laboratory Services.\n\n\nThree of these samples returned 5.1, 1.4 and 1.3 g/t gold;\n\n\nECR have secured land access permission from the landowner and will commence soil geochemistry and field mapping imminently;\n\n\nThe soil geochemistry will be undertaken in an attempt to locate the loci of the mineralised shoot/s;\n\n\nIn addition, the work will examine the potential for the mineralisation to extend under cover to the east and the potential continuation of mineralisation to the west;\n\n\nGeological mapping conducted in conjunction with the soil geochemistry will attempt to better define the controls on the shoots.\n\n\n\nHenry’s Hill Background\n\n\nHenry’s Hill is located within EL5387 and is 10 km north of Avoca in central Victoria.\n\n\nThe area to be explored is historically known as Henry’s Hill but is also known to the locals as Wolfram Hill due to the presence of the tungsten-bearing ore that was mined along with gold.\n\n\nWithin Henry’s Hill there are shallow historic worki...