Significant copper-zinc mineralisation, in a volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) system, has been discovered at the Austin prospect, part of the Quinns project, Western Australia, owned by Silver Swan (ASX:SWN). Large, high-grade intersections of volcanogenic copper and zinc mineralisation has been discovered. Results include 33.55m at 1.7 per cent copper, 25.2m at 13.7pc zinc and 7m at 1.3g/t gold and 18.6g/t silver. The diamond drilling was carried out to test conductors detected by a fixed loop electromagnetic (EM) survey. Mineralisation is associated with highly altered footwall felsic volcanic rock and schists, and hangingwall banded iron formation and amphibolites. A detailed airborne aeromagnetics program is scheduled to start at the beginning of September.
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