MELBOURNE: E2 Metals Limited announced that drilling has commenced at the Conserrat Project in Santa Cruz province, Argentina.
Approximately 2,500m of Reverse Circulation (RC) drilling is planned in up to 25 holes to investigate a series of outcropping vein and IP targets at five prospects spaced over a 2.5km by 4km area.
The objective of the drill program is to provide an initial test of selected prospects and mineralised structures to depths of no more than 50 vertical metres below the surface.
The drilling is the first step in establishing a vector to potential blind ore shoots. Mineralised trends like Veta Blanca with high surface gold-silver mineralisation and will be tested on 100m spaced lines.
Drill testing at other prospects will be reconnaissance in nature and involve initial scout holes beneath the best surface mineralisation, or strongest blind IP targets. Drilling is anticipated to take six weeks to complete.
In addition, E2 has commenced a reconnaissance exploration program at the Company’s Corona project located 30km south of Newmont Goldcorp’s Cerro Negro mine and recent Silica Cap discovery. The work will involve a regional soil grid and mapping.