Dundas Minerals starts drilling programme at Rockland Project

Dundas Minerals (ASX:DUN) has commenced a 700-metre reverse circulation drilling programme across approximately six holes at its wholly owned Rockland Gold Project.

The new campaign directly follows up recent drilling, which encountered gold mineralisation in seven of eight holes along an interpreted east-dipping shoot system.

Dundas Minerals Managing Director Jonathan Downes said, “The recent last drilling programme identified high grade gold down dip of the previous high-grade results. The strongest results came from the southern drill line, where 26RKRC011 intersected gold below the base of the earlier drilling, and the gold shoots remain open.”

The current work focuses on the southern drill line, where previous intercept 26RKRC011 delivered 12m at 1.25 grammes per tonne of gold from 168m.

Earlier drilling at Rockland also returned 3m at 6.94 grammes per tonne of gold from 138 metres, including 1m at 20.35 grammes per tonne.

Following the announcement, the Dundas Minerals share price was unchanged at $0.051.

The company stated that the programme continues resource definition drilling on granted mining lease M24/974 under an approved Programme of Work.

Located roughly 40km north of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia, the site forms a core component of the explorer's regional gold asset portfolio.