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Maiden Drilling Campaign at the Pitfield Project
Maiden Drilling Campaign at the Pitfield Project.
About this update from Empire Metals Limited
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n Empire Metals Limited /\n LON\n : EEE / Sector: Natural Resources\n \n \n \n \n \n 23 March\n 2023\n \n \n \n Empire Metals Limited\n \n \n \n \n (\"Empire\n \" or \"the Company\")\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Maiden Drilling Campaign at the Pitfield Project - a new \"Giant\" Copper System\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Empire Metals Limited (LON: EEE),\n the AIM-quoted resource exploration and development company,\n is pleased to announce that the Company's maiden drill programme is scheduled to commence by 31 March at the\n Pitfield\n Copper Project (\"Pitfield\") located in Western Australia, with a total of 3,100 metres of Reverse Circulation ('RC') drilling planned.\n \n \n \n Highlights\n \n \n ·\n Commencement of a reconnaissance RC drilling campaign at Pitfield which has demonstrated strong potential to be a newly discovered \"Giant\" copper province;\n \n \n ·\n Drilling to focus primarily on the Mt Scratch prospect area of the licence where the Company has identified an extensive, highly chargeable-highly resistive anomaly;\n \n \n ·\n This highly chargeable-highly resistive anomaly was identified during the recent Dipole-Dipole Induced Polarisation ('D-D IP') surveys (announced 6 February 2023), the results of which suggested the presence of large, disseminated sulphide mineralised zones.\n \n \n ·\n The maiden drill campaign will consist of 20 RC drill holes covering a total of 3,100 metres, with the average downhole depth of each hole being approximately 150 metres.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Shaun Bunn, Managing Director, said:\n \n \n \"I am pleased to announce the confirmation of a commencement date for our maiden, reconnaissance drilling campaign at Pitfield which\n \n follows on from the success of the Company's recent DD-IP surveying and geochemical mapping activities. The objective of this maiden drill programme is to better understand the geology and to determine the significance of the highly chargeable-highly resistive zones identified from the DD-IP survey results.\n \n \n \n \"We are also continuing with our soil sampling and DD-IP surveying activities over the coming months to identify additional drill targets at Pitfield and will be looking to commence a second drilling campaign once we have had the opportunity to interpret the results from this reconnaissance mission. ...