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Norwest Minerals Kicks Off RC Drilling at Bulgera Gold Project Following Significant Resource Upgrade
Norwest Minerals Kicks Off RC Drilling at Bulgera Gold Project Following Significant Resource
About this update from Norwest Minerals Ltd.
[{"type":"text","content":"PERTH, Western Australia - Norwest Minerals Limited (ASX: NWM) ('Norwest' or the 'Company') is pleased to announce that Reverse Circulation (RC) drilling has officially commenced at its 100%-owned Bulgera Gold Project in Western Australia.\nThis crucial program, undertaken by Strike Drilling, follows a significant 33% increase in the project's Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE), underscoring the strong potential for further resource growth.\nHIGHLIGHTS\nRC drilling is now underway at the Bulgera Gold Project, with the drill rig on site.\nThe initial 11-hole, 2,600-metre campaign will test for gold mineralisation trending down-dip from known near-surface gold-bearing shear zones within the Bulgera mining lease.\nDrilling will target extensions of shear structures below the old Mercuri, Price, and Venus pits, as well as other known gold prospects, aiming to intersect high-grade gold mineralisation at depths known to be prospective along the Plutonic Well greenstone belt.\nThis drilling program immediately follows a 33% increase in the Bulgera Gold MRE to 288,400 ounces (8.4Mt @ 1.07 g/t Au), announced late last week.\nRC drilling will also test several compelling gold targets at the Marymia East project identified from a comprehensive analysis of recent and historical exploration work.Norwest Minerals CEO, Mr. Charles Schaus, commented: 'We are very excited to kick off this RC drilling program at Bulgera, especially on the back of our significant 33% gold resource upgrade to 288,400 ounces announced last week. This drilling program has the potential to further increase our Bulgera gold resource inventory well beyond its current total. Strike's RC rig can drill to over 300m, which will allow testing of the multiple gold-bearing shear structures at depths known to host highgrade gold mineralisation along the Plutonic Well greenstone belt. Norwest is looking for similar extensions to the shear-hosted gold being targeted in this campaign, building on our 2021 success where we defined shear-hosted gold mineralisation to 550m down-dip below the old Bulgera pit\nThe 11-hole (2,620 metres) program will target shear-hosted gold mineralisation identified from historical rotary air blast (RAB), aircore, and RC drilling. The new step-out RC drilling will test the shear-hosted gold mineralisation from 50m up to 200m down-dip of the multiple near-...