ECR Minerals has announced significant early-stage results suggesting an extension of the gold footprint at its Lolworth Project in North Queensland, Australia.
Pan concentrate sampling south of Reedy Creek into Butterfly Creek indicates a likely gold source extending further south. Visible gold continues to be seen.
Peak soil sampling results at Gorge Creek West correlate along strike to a mapped quartz vein. Further investigations are planned.
Results from Flaggy Creek and Reedy Creek West soil sampling are due soon. Operations have been paused to evaluate the work plan.
Follow-up investigations into targeting other niobium and rare earth element stream anomalies are also in progress.
The Lolworth Project consists of three exploration permits operated by ECR’s wholly-owned subsidiary LUX Exploration. Numerous gold, niobium and REE anomalies have been identified.
“I am pleased to report good grades from pan concentrate sampling, which indicate that additional sources of gold could exist within the headwaters of Butterfly Creek and extend the region’s prospectivity some 2km further south of Reedy Creek,” said ECR Technical Director Adam Jones commented.
“Local landholders have reported to us that good sizeable gold discoveries were made in this watershed by early prospectors and the evidence of our work to date supports these theories. In addition to this, the field team are steadily building a picture of extended gold mineralisation in the headwaters of Gorge Creek West resulting from on-going results from soil sampling and outcrop mapping.”