Viking Minerals has been continuously outlining the mineralized formations connected with the discovery hole mineralization, during the drill program conducted at the Dolly Varden Claims, which is situated to the southeast part of Elko in Nevada. The company has focused on three drill regions in a triangular pattern, in which all have cut wide mineralization.
The company primarily drilled a vertical hole #3 to a depth of 725 ft and encountered garnetiferrous metamorphism and mineralization from approximately 500 to 660 ft with numerous immense sulphide zones. Currently, the company is processing the sample material from the hole #3 at the Elko preparation facilities of ALS Chemex Lab and is anticipating the sample results.
Viking drilled the holes #4 and #5 at the wollastonite alteration halo’s east expansion for around 2,700 ft to the southeast part of the initial three holes and completed drilling to 250 and 400 ft depth, respectively. It drilled these holes to examine a higher resistivity region that is below a previous surface working, having noticeable copper stains.
A rusty alteration zone spanning 20 ft zone was cut in the drill hole #4 and a disseminated sulphide zone spanning 80-90 ft was cut in the drill hole #5. According to the prior inspection, the trench and the intersections are part of the similar formation. Viking observed considerable faulting and fault gauge.
The company drilled the hole #6 into the key IP chargeability anomaly that is about 1,500 ft to the southern part of the primary drill holes #1, #2 and #3. This region is connected with the feldspar quartz porphyry dykes, the highest chargeability’s southern end and the chargeability that is outcropped to the surface. Viking is drilling the holes #7 and #8 at this spot.
It has sent the sample material of the hole #4 and #5 to the Elko preparation facilities of ALS Chemex Lab for processing.