Oropa reports new mineralisation intersected at Sihayo

Australian junior mining firm Oropa Limited reported Wednesday a new mineralisation intersected in the current diamond drilling program at its Sihayo gold project in North Sumatra.

Oropa said drill hole SHDD051 returned an intercept of 24m @ 2.78g/t from 4m, including 6m @ 5.2g/t from 22m.

The width of mineralisation encountered in SHDD051 will have a positive impact on the current Resource, which stands at 7.2 million tons @ 2.7g/t Au for ?610,000 ounces, Oropa said.

Located 55 meters from the nearest drill hole, SHDD051 was designed to test for, and was successful in discovering mineralised breccia systems at shallow, oxidised depths.

According to Oropa, a total of approximately 2000 meters of diamond drilling is planned for this current program.

Oropa also said it had appointed Independent Metallurgical Laboratories of Perth to undertake metallurgical test work on selected drill core.

?This work will focus on defining the metallurgical properties of Sihayo ore in its various states of oxidation as part of Oropa?s scoping study process,? the company added.

Oropa has 75 percent stake in Pungkut gold project, where Sihayo is located, with state miner PT Aneka Tambang Tbk. holds the balance. (Robert)