GreenTech Metals Limited (ASX: GRE) announced high-grade diamond drilling results from the Ayshia deposit at its 100%-owned Whundo Cu-Zn-Au Project in the West Pilbara, Western Australia, with hole 26GTDD016 intersecting 4.76m at 7.13% Cu, 1.20% Zn, 0.88g/t Au and 29.6g/t Ag from 367m, including 3.44m at 9.43% Cu, 1.59% Zn, 1.20g/t Au and 39.7g/t Ag from 367.62m; the result sits within a broader 6.85m zone of chalcopyrite-rich massive to semi-massive sulphides and extends mineralisation about 65m down plunge beyond the 2023 Ayshia Mineral Resource envelope, about 40m beyond 24GTRC004 and about 95m beyond historical hole 12AYDD109, supporting the view that the Ayshia VMS system remains open at depth and may contribute to resource growth beyond the current Ayshia resource of 0.9Mt at 1.3% Cu and 2.3% Zn and the broader Whundo JORC 2012 Mineral Resource of 6.2Mt at 1.12% Cu and 1.04% Zn; the company plans DHEM surveying of 26GTDD016 and further drilling, while assays from other Whundo holes at Yannery and Austin remain pending.
Key Points
Hole 26GTDD016 returned 4.76m at 7.13% Cu, 1.20% Zn, 0.88g/t Au and 29.6g/t Ag from 367m.
The intercept included 3.44m at 9.43% Cu, 1.59% Zn, 1.20g/t Au and 39.7g/t Ag from 367.62m.
The new result extends Ayshia mineralisation about 65m down plunge beyond the current Mineral Resource envelope.
The mineralised interval is hosted within 6.85m of chalcopyrite-rich massive to semi-massive sulphides.
GreenTech said this is the highest-average-grade multi-metre copper intersection recorded at Ayshia to date.
Historical deeper drilling at Ayshia showed increasing copper tenor down plunge, supporting the extension target.
Ayshia hosts a JORC 2012 Mineral Resource of 0.9Mt at 1.3% Cu and 2.3% Zn.
Ayshia forms part of the Whundo Project Mineral Resource of 6.2Mt at 1.12% Cu and 1.04% Zn.
The Ayshia mineralised system remains open at depth and is a priority for follow-up drilling.
DHEM surveying is planned for hole 26GTDD016 to help target further down-plunge extensions.
Additional assay results from Yannery and Austin drilling were pending at the time of the announcement.
The Whundo Project is a copper-zinc-gold VMS project in the West Pilbara of Western Australia.
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