Southern Gold finds new way to hunt for gold
PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Gold junior Southern Gold has banded together with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science to uncover new gold deposits at the Canon gold mine, in Western Australia.
The collaborative project will produce a three-dimensional model of the orebody using hyperspectral data, and it will be the first time that a complete Yilgarn gold mineralisation will be modelled in this way.
All three participants will contribute equal funding amounts, some A$50 000 each, to the project, in either cash or in-kind contribution, to cover the costs of data analysis, the hyperspectral scanning of 5 000 m of drill chips and the collection of portable X-ray fluorescent geochemistry on the drill chips.
The goal of the three-dimensional model is to define a wider alteration halo, which can be used to locate similar mineralisation within the region, which could significantly increase the chances of locating mineable gold deposits.
There is also the possibility of finding concealed mineralisation, where the outer nonmineralised halo is exposed at surface.
“An important part of our corporate strategy is to strive for technical excellence. Southern Gold looks to be an innovator when it comes to exploring for and identifying new deposits, particularly in mature exploration districts,” said Southern Gold MD Simon Mitchell.
“This collaboration with the CSIRO and the commonwealth government is demonstrative of Southern Gold’s innovative, cutting-edge and science-based approach to deliver new pathways to gold discoveries.”
Comments
Press Office
Announcements
What's On
Subscribe to improve your user experience...
Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):
Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):
All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors
including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.
Already a subscriber?
Forgotten your password?
Receive weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine (print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
➕
Recieve daily email newsletters
➕
Access to full search results
➕
Access archive of magazine back copies
➕
Access to Projects in Progress
➕
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA
R4500 (equivalent of R375 a month)
SUBSCRIBEAll benefits from Option 1
➕
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports on various industrial and mining sectors, in PDF format, including on:
Electricity
➕
Water
➕
Energy Transition
➕
Hydrogen
➕
Roads, Rail and Ports
➕
Coal
➕
Gold
➕
Platinum
➕
Battery Metals
➕
etc.
Receive all benefits from Option 1 or Option 2 delivered to numerous people at your company
➕
Multiple User names and Passwords for simultaneous log-ins
➕
Intranet integration access to all in your organisation