Previous drilling has totaled roughly 19,170m since the auger anomaly was outlined. So at the upper end, the planned program is equivalent to ALL the drilling on the project by CHZ to date.
Worth noting (I think) that the resource is all undercover so in the early days they were drilling blind. Now much more informed geologically, so 1m of proposed drilling should be worth more than 1m of historical drilling IMHO.
For reference:
MarQ19: Commenced and completed the first phase (“Phase 1”) of a planned two-phase Reverse Circulation (RC) drill program at Diamba Sud, testing high-grade gold auger anomalies. • Phase 1 comprised 4,671 metres (70 RC holes) of drilling - completed at the end of March.
SepQ19: A high-grade gold discovery was confirmed at Chesser’s flagship Diamba Sud Project in Senegal. All assay results from the Phase2 reverse circulation (RC) drilling program were received during the quarter. The Phase 2 drilling program was completed in July 2019 and final assays were received early in September, with a total of 26 RC holes drilled for 2,873m. The program focused on the Northern Arc and Western Flank Targets (Figure 1), which were two of the three high priority targets previously identified.
DecQ19: At 31 December, a total of nine diamond drill holes (DD) for 1,281 metres and 18 reverse circulation (RC) drill holes for 1,824 metres had been completed, with assays pending from six RC holes and nine DD holes (partial assays received for four holes).
MarQ20: Phase 3 drilling program successfully completed at Diamba Sud, including 13 diamond drill (DD) holes and 24 reverse circulation (RC) holes for ~2,000m and ~2,500m respectively.
July Q20: The Company undertook a Phase 4 4,021m reverse circulation (RC) drill program
