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Red Setter Geochemical Sampling Programme Underway
Red Setter Geochemical Sampling Programme Underway.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n RNS Number : 1927I\n Wishbone Gold PLC\n 10 August 2021\n \n \n \n This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (\"MAR\"), and is disclosed in accordance with the Company's obligations under Article 17 of MAR\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 10 August 2021\n \n \n \n \n \n Wishbone Gold Plc\n \n \n (\"Wishbone\" or the \"Company\")\n \n \n Wishbone Gold Plc / Index: AIM: WSBN / Sector: Natural Resources / AQSE: WSBN\n \n \n \n \n \n Tenement-Wide Red Setter Sampling Programme Underway\n \n \n Patersons Range, Western Australia\n \n \n \n \n \n Wishbone Gold Plc (AIM: WSBN, AQSE: WSBN), is pleased to announce that Independent Consultants have advised of the benefits of a more detailed geochemistry sampling programme at Red Setter prior to drilling. This is based on recent results from companies in the Patersons Range, and will look at the entire Red Setter Project area in order to refine the locations of the first planned drill holes and potentially to identify further targets on the 57.4 km2 \n \n \n \n \n \n The sampling programme is underway and is expected to take around 20 days. The Red Setter Project is located only 13 km south-west of the Telfer Gold Mine and about 25 km south-west from the Newcrest / Greatland Gold Havieron deposit in the Patersons Range of Western Australia.\n \n \n \n \n \n The current programme underway is to be undertaken using Ionic LeachTM a technique using partial digest assaying by ALS Global Laboratories, and comparable to MMI. Ionic Leach however has a shorter turn-around time of 4 weeks and has been used by several companies successfully in the Patersons Range and elsewhere with targets covered by extensive sedimentary cover. The tenement wide Ionic Leach sampling programme will be on a 400m x 100m spacing, totalling 1,400 samples.\n \n \n \n \n \n As previously announced, Wishbone has obtained approval from the Western Australian Government's Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (\"DMIRS\") to drill up to 30,000 metres at Red Setter. Detailed access, logistics and drill site planning is in progress and will for...