Muriel Tank is a historic goldfield with recorded production of over 400 tonnes at 15 g/t Au from shallow workings up 30m deep.
Gold mineralisation at Muriel Tank occurs within a 5km long by 1.5km wide structural corridor extending from the Russel’s Mine in the northwest to Brown’s Hope in the southeast. The gold mineralisation is hosted within sub-vertical shear zones up to 4m wide containing quartz veins and quartz breccias up to 2m thick. Gold-bearing quartz veins, quartz breccia and gossan occur in the shear zones that trend north-northwest. The highest-grade gold is hosted in blue quartz within these structures.
Recent field mapping has identified sub-parallel and along strike zones of blue quartz veins, quartz breccia and stockwork that are highly prospective for further gold mineralisation and have not been previously sampled or tested by drilling, based on information in the recently completed compilation of past exploration.
Helix is actively exploring, and high priority gold targets are being tested in tandem to copper evaluation.
