Preliminary fieldwork starts at Novienindo copper project: Victory West

Australian-listed firm Victory West Metals Ltd said on Thursday that it has mobilised an experienced team to commence technical due diligence at the Novienindo Copper Project in Toraja, South Sulawesi.

Fieldwork will commence under the supervision of the Company?s consulting Geologist Brett Gunter B.App.Sc along with Dr Jonathan Nassey a Copper Porphyry expert with over 20 years? experience and familiarity with the Novienindo Project. The Company has also mobilised 6 senior geologists from the Malala project for the initial 40 day programme, the company said.

The initial field work will consist of the following: Composition of a series of base maps for the concession area, including topography and geology, research surrounding mineral occurrences and styles of mineralization; Compile a database of all work completed in the area since old Dutch gold mining times, digitise all available data and determine target zones, mineralisation styles and compile a geological data model on all digital data available; Collect a series of samples from each sample site allocated, including rock chip float, rock chip outcrop, channel samples, open a number of old Dutch underground tunnels for sampling and mapping, collate and digitise historical working data; Locate old drill collars to confirm their existence, compile a geological model of available data and outline any Exploration Target areas; Collect samples from prospective zones encountered in the field, generally map the distribution of mineralisation to allow an assessment of the target size, describe the geology of the area through observations of float and outcropping lithologies.

Legal due diligence will continue in parallel with the initial field work, it said. (romel)