What's happened?
Pacifico Minerals Ltd (ASX:PMY, "Pacifico") has announced that drilling is now underway at its 75% owned Sorby Hills Lead-Silver-Zinc Project.
What are the key highlights?
- The current drilling program supports the advancement of the project toward a DFS while simultaneously exploring opportunities to expand the resource.
- A total of 68 drill holes have been planned for a 5,200m drilling program using a combination of mud-rotary collars and HQ3 diamond core.
- A first pass assessment of tenement E80-5317 is planned to include reconnaissance geological traverse mapping and a ground gravity survey over the northern half of the property.
- Approximately 50% of the planned drilling is assigned to metallurgical and geotechnical/sterilisation test work with the remaining 50% covering a number of activities including the targeting of near pit opportunities to expand shallow mineralisation.
For further information, please refer to the announcement below.