Sandfire Resources
During the first half of 2009, Sandfire Resources (ASX: SFR) announced a major high-grade copper-gold discovery at its 100%-owned Doolgunna Project, located 130 kilometres north of Meekatharra in Western Australia. The company is focusing most of its resources on progressing this new discovery.
The company's project pipeline includes advanced manganese projects and a provincial-scale base metal exploration opportunity at Borroloola in the Northern Territory, a lead-zinc-silver exploration project at Sandfire near Broome in Western Australia, and base metal, uranium and gold exploration projects at Yannarie and Urandy in Western Australia.
Sandfire Resources receives more good news from Doolgunna in WA
Emerging copper company Sandfire Resources NL (ASX: SFR) has received assay results from Conductor 4, located immediately adjacent to the DeGrussa and Conductor 1 deposits, indicating potential for a high grade Volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposit.
The second batch of assay results from Conductor 4 returned an intersection of 17.7m grading 5.4% copper and 1.9g/t gold, 1.2% Zn and 12.9g/t Ag from a down-hole depth of 629 metres in hole DGDD-035.
Further drilling is underway to test down-plunge extensions of Conductor 4 deposit, which is 200 metres east of DeGrussa.
Assay results have also been received from a further eight drill holes at Conductor 1, confirming the high-grade and broad widths of mineralisation within this deposit including: 6.8m @ 10.9% Cu, 3.4g/t Au and 23.3m @ 3.4% Cu, 1.5g/t Au (DGDD-039); 37.6m @ 3.0% Cu, 1.8g/t Au (DGDD-041) and 23.4m @ 4.1% Cu, 1.4g/t Au (DGDD-045).
Coffey Mining has been engaged by the company to calculate an initial JORC resource for the DeGrussa and Conductor 1 deposits, due in Q1 2010.
Sandfire investors have enjoyed an ebullient year, the share price rang in the new year at 8.5c, currently the shares are trading at $3.85.
Other Sandfire Resources articles
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23/02/10 Sandfire Resources high profile discovery produces impressive first resource
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08/02/10 Sandfire Resources reports further excellent assay results at DeGrussa Copper-Gold Project
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26/10/09 New discovery for Sandfire Resources in Murchison goldfield
Other Sandfire Resources news
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26/02/10 Sandfire Resources completes $51.6 million share placement
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25/02/10 Sandfire Resources launches $50 million placement
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22/02/10 Sandfire Resources announces indicated and inferred resource for Degrussa Project
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09/02/10 More positive results on copper-gold project for high-flyer Sandfire Resources
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22/12/09 Sandfire Resources completes drilling at Doolgunna Copper-Gold Project
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16/10/09 Shares in Sandfire Resources increase again after release of drilling results at Doolgunna
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21/05/09 Sandfire Resources shares soar on DeGrussa drilling results
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19/05/09 Sandfire Resources finds new high grade gold, copper zone at Doolgunna Gold Project, WA
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