Vein 2 was historically the producer of around 75% of the gold generated from the mine and an analysis of geological trends and historical underground sampling suggests that Vein 2 may extend to the north of the historically defined resource.
The hole is targeted to intersect the ore position at around 165m to the North of the last mine working on the level 12, which is 420m from surface, and 125m below an historical exploration drive on the level eight, which is 285m from surface.
The most northerly historical underground sampling on the level 12 indicates the vein to be 2.1m true thickness at 10.7g/t gold, the company said.
On level eight immediately above the target area, historical sampling shows the vein to be 1.6m true thickness with grades varying from 5.8g/t to 14.7g/t.
