Bellavista Resources Ltd. announced that drilling is underway to test highly prospective zinc targets and a new copper target outlined over 10sqkm at its Brumby project, 130km south-west of Newman in WA's Upper Gascoyne. The targets were identified in recent field mapping and sampling, which outlined a large area of shallow copper mineralisation immediately east of the Brumby SEDEX-style zinc system. Field sampling of visible oxide copper-bearing sediments returned pXRF readings 1 of up to 5.7% copper over a 10sqkm area.

The drilling now underway will comprise ~11 RC holes to test for both SEDEX-style zinc and a separate zone of copper mineralisation. This will be the second phase of drilling at Brumby. The first phase comprised seven diamond holes and four RC holes to the west of the oxide copper footprint in the zinc zone.

The initial program was designed primarily to test for the presence of the zinc-rich SEDEX mineralisation accessible via existing tracks. The phase one drilling intersected the target zone and confirmed the massive scale of the Brumby SEDEX-style zinc system. Assays from this drilling are expected in the coming weeks.