Exploration Program
Rox has undertaken two drilling campaigns at Myrtle. Results are shown in the tables below.
These drilling programs have shown Myrtle to be a very large mineralised system that stretches over at least 3km east-west and 1km north-south (Figure 1).
Figure 1: Myrtle Drill Location Plan
Recently Rox discovered the Eastern Zone, which remains open along strike and down dip.
Table 1: Drill Intercepts at 3% Zn + Pb Cut-off (to be uploaded)
Table 2: Drill Intercepts at 5% Zn + Pb Cut-off (to be uploaded)
Importantly, the geological sequence at Myrtle is similiar to that found 20km north at the McArthur River deposit; the uppermost unit is the Reward Dolomite, which is underlain by the Barney Creek Formation (which includes the HYC Pyritic Shale and the W-Fold Shale), the footwall unit is the Teena Dolomite.
At Myrtle, and at McArthur River, base-metal (zinc and lead) mineralisation occurs within the HYC Pyritic Shale and the mineral bearing sequence occurs over an extensive area (Figure 2).
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