BLACKTHORN Resources and BHP Billiton have announced positive indications of mineralisation on the Kitumba copper gold anomaly at their Mumbwa Joint Venture.
Blackthorn said it was encouraged by Phase 3B results.
Drill holes S36-006 and S36-022, are situated in the northern part of the drill pattern over the Kitumba Anomaly, were designed to test the outer extremities of mineralisation.
Copper mineralisation was intersected within both drillholes, S36-006 and S36-022, and provides some confidence that the mineralised copper halo extends further towards the north and northwest as previously suggested.
Drillhole S36-006 intersected copper and minor gold mineralisation at various depths down the hole between 152m to 643m.
According to the explorers, a total of 14 cored holes have been drilled on Phase 3B, with two drilling rigs mobilised on planned targets, the Mushingashi Anomaly.
Progress and news flow is about to intensify at Mumbwa now a third rig has arrived on site to commence by the end of July 2009.
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