Western Australia
Yandal Project
Regional geology of the Yandal Greenstone Belt
Yandal Project interpreted geology and prospects
- The Yandal Project covers a premier position in the Yandal Belt in the northern part of the Eastern Goldfields Province, Australia's largest gold producing region. Over 13Moz of gold have been delineated in the Yandal Belt in a number of deposits since 1987. The largest gold deposits include Jundee (5.4Moz gold), Bronzewing (2.3Moz gold), Darlot (2.9Moz gold) and Thunderbox (2.0Moz gold).
- The Yandal Belt lies 50km east of the belt hosting some of the world's largest komatiite-associated nickel sulphide deposits, including Mount Keith (2.7Mt nickel), Perseverance (1.3Mt nickel) and Honeymoon Well (1.1Mt nickel).
- The Project's aggregate Indicated and Inferred Mineral Resource is approximately 2.1Mt @ 1.5g/t Au for 100koz Au on granted mining leases.
- Echo's tenements cover highly prospective geology and mineralised structures containing anomalous gold results requiring follow-up exploration.
- Drilling results:
6m @ 15.2g/t Au from 126m
13m @ 4.5g/t Au from 71m
4m @ 7.4g/t Au from 62m
6m @ 3.1g/t Au from 54m
12m @ 12.8g/t Au from 28m
2m @ 14.6g/t Au from 51m
7m @ 3.8g/t Au from 22m
10m @ 15.5g/t Au from 20m
20m @ 2.8g/t Au from 38m
2m @ 10.3g/t Au from 30m
12m @ 2.5g/t Au from 52m
6m @ 10.2g/t Au from 12m
7m @ 11.0g/t Au from 43m
8m @ 12.9g/t Au from 24m
8m @ 3.5g/t Au from 54m to end-of-hole
6m @ 4.5g/t Au from 72m
22m @ 1.6g/t Au from 31m
2m @ 5.7g/t Au from 58m to end-of-hole
2m @ 18.4g/t Au from 50m
6m @ 4.1g/t Au from 48m
- The Project area has received little modern exploration for nickel, despite the tenements containing ultramafic rocks similar to those hosting nearby nickel sulphide deposits.
- Echo is conducting nickel exploration on highly prospective ultramafic units with an aggregate strike length exceeding 60km.
