Trafford discovers new tin province

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Trafford Resources (ASX: TRF) has claimed the discovery of a potential new tin province at the company’s 100 per cent-owned Wilcherry Hill and Peterlumbo tenements in South Australia.

Trafford said it was excited by the discovery of these new tin, particularly as the majority of the tin mineralisation is situated near surface.

The company believes this demonstrates the potential for multiple shallow tin deposits at Wilcherry Hill.

The prospects it has identified are located within the Wilcherry Hill and Peterlumbo tenements and include Weednanna, Weednanna North, Ultima Dam East, Ultima Dam West, Telephone Dam, Sunday Iron and Oxy’s Bore.

 

Locality of new tin prospects at Wilcherry Hill with significant tin
intercepts labelled over a colour shaded digital terrain model. Source:
Company announcement

 

The new prospects are in addition to the recent Zealous discovery, (7m at 3.28 per cent tin and 5m at 2.29 per cent tin).

Four of the deposits, in particular have pricked the company’s attention, these include:

Weednanna
20m at 0.26 per cent tin from 2m (with 6m at 0.50 per cent tin) and 3m at 0.61 per cent tin from 13m (including 1m at 1.14 per cent tin);

Telephone Dam
3m at 0.89 per cent tin from 30m;

Ultima Dam West
10m at 0.17 per cent tin from 6m (with 2m at 0.32 per cent tin) and

Oxy’s Bore
8m at 0.15 per cent tin (with 1m at 0.49 per cent tin).

Trafford has identified numerous previously drilled holes that have either not been tested or inappropriately tested for tin.

The company is now undertaking a regional scale re-assay program of 10,000 samples being prioritised for re-analysis for Tin.

Trafford explained to date, out of a total of 80,000 samples assayed at Wilcherry Hill, only 5,400 samples (7 per cent) have undergone any kind of analysis for tin.

Since the Zealous discovery last year, Trafford has been systematically re-evaluating its Wilcherry Hill prospects.
 
This has produced a total of forty-four plus-0.5 per cent tin intercepts and twenty-six tin intercepts greater than one per cent in eight holes.

A further seven holes have identified broad, continuous intersections with widths over 10 metres above a cut off of 0.1 per cent tin.

“Recently several follow up targets have been identified at Zealous,” Trafford said in its ASX announcement.

“Analysis of available ground geophysics, geochemistry and onsite geological mapping, has identified several possible targets in close proximity to Zealous.”

Website: www.traffordresources.com