Cheshire mineral mining firm starts diamond drilling

MACCLESFIELD-based Sunrise Resources, the AIM-traded diversified mineral exploration and development company, has signed a contract with Boart Longyear for a diamond drill programme at its Bay State Silver Project in Nevada, USA.

The drill and drill crew will mobilise to site on Monday August 24 for an immediate  start. Drill access roads and drill pads have already been constructed.

The first phase of drilling is expected to comprise three holes at 150-200m pacing to test for mineralisation beneath existing workings on the Chihuahua Vein system and one of these holes will also test the area where bonanza silver grades were recently obtained from underground sampling.

The first phase of the drill programme comprises approximately 500m of diamond drilling and is expected to last about two weeks, with analytical results available within eight weeks, subject to satisfactory drill conditions and analytical laboratory turnaround times.

Executive chairman Patrick Cheetham said: “This is the first modern exploration programme on the Chihuahua Vein system and we anticipate this initial drill programme will provide valuable grade and geological information and pave the way for more substantial programmes of drilling aimed at resource definition.”