Following the postponement in April of planned drill testing of the interpreted high-grade Lucknow Gold Mine extensions at the Lucknow Gold Project due to the COVID19 pandemic, Talisman has continued to communicate with its drilling contractor and monitor operating conditions.
Talisman believes it is now safe and practical to undertake its initial diamond drill testing at Lucknow which is expected to begin in mid-June 2020.
Gold mineralisation at Lucknow is intimately associated with the major NNW trending Lucknow Fault which dips 60 to 70-degree to the northeast. The fault separates hanging wall serpentinite from the footwall volcanic rocks. The volcanic rocks of the Oakdale Formation on the footwall are competent and subject to brittle deformation, whereas the hanging wall serpentinite is far less competent, and more subject to ductile deformation.
It is interpreted that the jog in the Lucknow Fault caused dilation, and the formation of east-west trending, vertical fractures in the footwall. These fractures contain the quartz plus calcite high grade gold bearing veins at Lucknow. The veins are zoned such that away from the Lucknow Fault contact they consist of barren quartz, moving to calcite plus quartz, then calcite only. Historic gold mineralisation is localised at the intersection of steep dipping east-west quartz plus pyrite+/-calcite veins, and the ultramafic-dacite contact along the Lucknow Fault. The bonanza grade gold mineralisation occurs as steeply plunging shoots. Talisman will target the interpreted fault offset extensions of the high-grade Lucknow Project gold mineralisation with diamond drilling.
Corporate Update
The health and well-being of our people is central to Talisman's approach to business and we are committed to ensuring a safe workplace for our employees and contractors. This principle is at the forefront during normal business conditions and has become even more heightened since the emergence of the COVID-19 virus.
Talisman implemented of a range of measures designed to ensure the safety of staff and contractors and protect the strength of the business since the start of April 2020, and has continued to closely monitor the situation including all government advice and protocols.
The ability to now resume exploration drilling and ongoing business development activities have warranted the staged lifting of a number of these measures across a downsized team. This includes: Return to a full-time working week on pre COVID-19 salaries for the reduced senior executive team (following departure of the CFO in April 2020)
Director fees being reinstated to pre COVID-19 levels
Staged return to work for remaining staff over the coming weeks in line with anticipated workflows.
Talisman will continue to monitor the COVID-19 situation closely and respond to any changes in conditions or regulations appropriately.
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About Talisman Mining
Talisman Mining Limited (ASX:TLM) is an Australian mineral development and exploration company. The Company's aim is to maximise shareholder value through exploration, discovery and development of complementary opportunities in base and precious metals. Talisman has also secured tenements in the Cobar/Mineral Hill region in Central NSW through the grant of its own Exploration Licenses and through separate farm-in agreements. The Cobar/Mineral Hill region is a richly mineralised district that hosts several base and precious metal mines including the CSA, Tritton, and Hera/ Nymagee mines. This region contains highly prospective geology that has produced many long-life, high-grade mineral discoveries. Talisman has identified a number of areas within its Lachlan Cu-Au Project tenements that show evidence of base and precious metals endowment which have had very little modern systematic exploration completed to date. Talisman believes there is significant potential for the discovery of substantial base metals and gold mineralisation within this land package.
Talisman has also entered into a farm-in with privately-owned Lucknow Gold Limited in relation to the Lucknow Gold Project (EL6455) in New South Wales. The Lucknow Goldfield was discovered in 1851 and was one of the earliest goldfields to be mined commercially in Australia. Historic production records at the Project are incomplete, however in excess of 400,000 ounces of gold has reportedly been produced at grades of 100 to 200 g/t gold1 .Very little modern exploration has been completed outside of the existing mine workings and Talisman intends to undertake a program of geochemical surface sampling and mapping at the Project ahead of a drilling program to test for potential down plunge extensions of the high-grade gold ore shoots and repeat structures throughout the Project area.
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