Major find beneath historical Dittmer gold workings

Ballymore Resources has identified a major target below the high-grade Dittmer gold mine mineralisation, according to managing director David A-Izzeddin. The company made the announcement after a recent high-resolution heliborne magnetic and radiometric survey highlighted significant anomalies at its Dittmer project near Proserpine. This included a 1200m x 800m pipe-like magnetic body beneath the historical Dittmer gold mine. Ballymore said 3D magnetic modelling built confidence that the Dittmer mine sat above a porphyry copper-gold system following the company’s previous detection of an elevated copper-in-soil anomaly in the mine area. "We have always believed that Dittmer was an Intrusive Related Gold System (IRGS) deposit, and these results have contributed greatly to our confidence that the major source for the gold and copper may sit beneath the mine," Mr A-Izzeddin said. Cross section looking north with magnetic model showing the significant pipe-like magnetic body beneath the old Dittmer mine. "This target comprises a 1200m x 800m pipe-like magnetic feature some 400m below the Dittmer mine workings." The possibility that this structure was the source for the high-grade gold discoveries Ballymore had made in the area was extremely significant, he said. "The company is planning follow-up drilling at the earliest possible opportunity," Mr A-Izzeddin said. "The whole project area is highly prospective for vein-hosted, breccia-hosted and porphyry-related gold +/- copper mineralisation and magnetics is a key tool for exploring for these styles of deposits. "In addition to identifying the Dittmer intrusive, the survey has highlighted many other significant targets and improved our understanding of the local area.” Image at top of page: NRG’s Xplorer heli-borne magnetic survey being flown over the Dittmer project area. Ballymore was awarded a $300,000 Collaborative Exploration Initiative (CEI) grant from the Queensland Government in March to fund a geophysical survey at its Dittmer project. Related: Rock chip results up to 807.7g/t gold at Dittmer The project involved flying an 8,051 line-kilometre, low-level heli-borne gradient magnetic and radiometric survey covering the entire Dittmer project area as well as the neighbouring Julivon Creek EPM, held by BGM Investments. Dittmer project area and location of key magnetic targets. The airborne survey was conducted by New Resolution Geophysics (NRG) using its Xplorer system to collect high-resolution magnetic and radiometric data. Ballymore said the datasets received had further demonstrated the high prospectivity of the Dittmer region, having successfully differentiated a number of intrusive units, as well as highlighting numerous fault structures. The magnetic survey has also highlighted a number of significant alteration zones in the Dittmer area, with the margins of the magnetic highs correlating with many of the recognised prospects and historical mines locally. Related: Ballymore gold hunt turns to Cedar Ridge Ballymore said it was planning to undertake follow-up work to assess the Dittmer pipe target as well as other priority targets identified by this work. In addition, an induced polarisation (IP) survey is being planned to test the Andromache porphyry target. You may also like: https://industryqld.com.au/survey-results-game-changing-for-carnaby/

Major find beneath historical Dittmer gold workings

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