(Kaieteur News) – Australian firm, Altair Minerals Limited has commenced drilling at one of the four targets at its massive gold project located in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni).

The announcement made on Monday outlines that diamond drilling commenced at the North Peters (NP) target, following the launch of the company’s fully funded 75,000 metre exploration programme for the Greater Oko Gold Project which spans approximately 428 square kilometres (km²) of contiguous mining lands.

Greater Oko is twice the combined size of every active gold project in Guyana. The Greater Oko has positioned Altair as the “most dominant explorer” in Guyana. The project area consists of four advanced targets: South Oko (SOKO), North Peters (NP), Old Granny (OG) and Kmung (KM).