BELGRADE (Serbia), September 25 (SeeNews) – UK-based gold and copper miner Tethyan Resources has contracted Germany's Terratec Geophysical Services to conduct a Time Domain Induced Polarisation (TDIP) geophysical survey on the Kizevak zinc-lead-silver prospect in Serbia, Tethyan said.
The TDIP survey has been designed to test a zinc-lead-silver and gold soil anomaly at the Kizevak Southeast and Kizevak South prospects, which includes along strike and down dip extensions of mineralisation intercepted in drilling, Tethyan said in a statement on Monday.
The survey will be conducted over an area of approximately 1.6 by 1 kilometres with a line spacing of 80 metres and is designed to test up to 350 metres below surface, depending on the line length. It is anticipated that clay-pyrite alteration which is associated with polymetallic mineralisation will generate chargeability anomalies and therefore aid in designing follow-up drill programmes, Tethyan said.
"The TDIP survey is therefore designed to define the extent of chargeability anomalies potentially associated with the clay-pyrite alteration. The results of the TDIP survey will be assessed together with soil sampling analyses, trench data and magnetic survey results to define additional targets at Kizevak for drilling later this year," Andrew Tunningley, exploration manager for Tethyan, said in the statement.
Tethyan is also conducting a trenching and channel sampling program in the same area for approximately 400 metres, and anticipates the arrival of a recently acquired magnetometer and base station within the next six weeks. The magnetometer will initially be used to conduct ground magnetic surveys over priority targets at the Kremice and Kaznovice exploration licences to assist with interpreting structure and zones of magnetite destructive alteration.
The Kizevak project is situated on an exploration license held by Tethyan’s Serbian subsidiary Taor d.o.o. and is located 1 km southeast along strike from a past-producing open pit zinc-lead mine.