Hillgrove Resources (ASX:HGO) continued to intersect high-grade mineralization at the Emily Star zone within its Kanmantoo copper mine in South Australia, according to a Thursday filing with the Australian bourse.
Underground drilling returned 7.3 meters at 1.6% copper and 0.07 grams per tonne (g/t) grade of gold from 505 meters downhole, and 2.7 meters at 1.3% copper and 0.05 g/t grade of gold from 326 meters downhole, the filing said.
Drilling to further assess the extent of Emily Star will resume in the second quarter of the year, per the filing.