Poor ground conditions at the San Jose de Gracia gold project in western Mexico have forced Golden Hemlock Resources (GHE-V) to fall back on bulldozer trenching.
The property, which comprises 3,500 ha, is in the Sierra Madre mountain range of Sinaloa state.
Drilling at the deeply weathered and highly oxidized Gossan Cap zone had provided less than 50% core recovery, owing to the friable, rusted-out condition of the ground. The company responded by carrying out trenching over an area measuring 200 by 150 metres. The trenches were dug to a depth of 3 to 4 metres, with 50-kg bulk samples taken at 10-metre intervals.
The first trench returned 50 metres grading 2.35 grams gold per tonne; the second, 110 metres of 2.2 grams; and the third, 70 metres of 2.94 grams.
The Gossan Cap area is open to the north and east, and sampling is ongoing.
Under consideration is a program of large-diametre, reverse-circulation drilling, which the company says could result in a more reliable evaluation of the area’s depth potential.
Golden Hemlock is still awaiting assays from drilling carried out on the Tres Amigos and Union zones. Meanwhile, trenching and sampling are under way at the Purisima and Prieta zones.
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