BLACKTHORN Resources has announced that its Joint Venture partner BHP Billiton has re-commenced drilling on the Mumbwa Project in Zambia for Iron Oxide Copper Gold (IOCG) style mineralisation.
Drilling of the 2009 Phase 3B program is being fully funded and managed by BHP Billiton and is intended to delineate the extent of mineralisation identified at Mumbwa.
This phase will include an additional 6 cored holes totalling 5,400 m from drill sites situated around the 2008 Phase 3 drilling area on the Kitumba anomaly.
Phase 3B drilling is also targeting 3 drill holes for 2,600m from the Mushingashi anomaly, situated towards the northwest from the Kitumba area.
The depth of the planned holes ranges from 800m to 1,000m with the objective being to test geological and geophysical structures at depth that may be associated with the continuation of mineralisation.
Currently two drilling rigs are on site with one being utilized on the Kitumba anomaly.
Following completion of a safety compliance audit, the second rig will recommence drilling.
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