DiscovEx Resources Limited announced that statutory approvals have been received from the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety relating to the grant of E52/3887 within the Sylvania Project, Newman WA. The tenement is located on the southern margin of the Archaen Sylvania Inlier and is prospective for gold and base metal mineralisation. Following the grant of the tenement, exploration activities were immediately started including the completion of a gravity survey at the Murphy's Prospect. The survey identified potential Archaen greenstone within the Sylvania Inlier, with this prospective geology located close to the contact with the overlying sediments of the Bangemall Basin. The location of this prospect area is
significant given the 2.29Moz Karlawinda Deposit 2 is located in a geologically analogous position approximately 57km to the east. Historic drill defined gold mineralisation at the Jim's Vein and Deadmans Hill prospects in neighbouring tenure are also located in a similar setting, approximately
15km to the east and 5km to the west respectively. The E52/3887 tenement straddles the southern margin of the Sylvania Inlier, ~5km east of the
Deadman's Hill greenstone belt and ~57km west of the Karlawinda Gold Project. The majority of the southern margin is obscured by recent transported sands and alluvium, making it difficult to determine exactly where the Sylvania Inlier is in contact with the overlying Fortescue Group
and Bangemall Basin sediments. To provide additional confidence to the existing airborne magnetics data, a gravity survey was completed to confirm the location of this contact as well as providing additional information on a 2.5km long by 2km wide magnetic anomaly north of the interpreted contact.
Results from the gravity survey, which was completed on 250m x 250m centres have confirmed the location of the Sylvania Inlier contact and also generated a gravity high north of the contact, coincident with the magnetic anomaly. These two elevated geophysical responses are interpreted as
representing buried Archaen greenstone of the Sylvania Inlier and is a significant target area that will be drill tested once heritage and statutory compliance approvals have been received. Geochemical sampling was completed at the Contact Prospect and included 37 surface sample
assayed for a full suite of geochemical elements. Rock chips were selectively sampled targeting exposed rock and weathered saprolite where well developed foliation and fuchsite alteration was observed. This semi-continuous zone of shearing and alteration has been mapped over a strike
length of ~2.5km and is almost exclusively hosted within mafic lithologies. Occasional <1m wide pegmatite occurrences were also noted as part of the sampling exercise and were submitted for analysis. Results have confirmed that the Contact shear zone is mineralised along its length, with higher tenor gold results often present as the structure becomes proximal to a strike parallel banded iron unit. Assays up to 0.13g/t Au (130ppb Au) were returned within this area and were often coincident with additional pathfinder elements including elevated antimony and silver, with assays peaking at 4.12 ppm and 1.08ppm. A request has been lodged with Traditional Owners for Heritage clearance of several lines for first pass AC drilling, not only where surface mineralisation has been observed, but also to the north- west where the structure continues towards the Nanjilgardy Fault. The intersection between this regionally significant structure and the contact shear zone is completely obscured by transported cover but is a compelling target area for future investigation.