Spitfire Resources hardens up Woodie Woodie

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Spitfire Resources has reported a third manganese discovery to join the Tally-Ho and Contact discoveries at its South Woodie Woodie project in the East Pilbara region of Western Australia.

The new area is imaginatively known as Contact North, as it lies just 700 metres north of the recently discovered Contact deposit.

The first six holes Spitfire put down at Contact North intersected a new zone of manganese mineralisation with visually logged thickness of between 9m and 17m, commencing from an average depth of 47m below surface.

Significant visual intersections of manganese oxide mineralisation have been logged in all six of the holes drilled to date.

To top off a good announcement Spitfire said it has also received initial assay results from the 2011 drilling program at the Contact discovery, where drilling has defined a substantial zone of manganese mineralisation.

Initial assays with up to 30% manganese have been received from the first RC drill holes completed as part of the current drilling program at Contact.

Some of the best results received include:

10m at 21.12% manganese from 27m, including 6m at 27.81% manganese from 30m and 1m at 30.07% manganese from 34m.

6m at 22.47% manganese from 52m including  4m at 25.96% manganese from 52m and 1m at 29.41% manganese from 53m.

4m at 15.22% manganese from 10m including 1m @ 25.22% manganese from 10m.

The Contact area is located in a good neighbourhood for manganese with the north-eastern part of Spitfire’s 100%-owned tenement situated 11km north-west of the company’s Tally-Ho deposit and approximately 70km directly south of the world-class Woodie Woodie manganese mine operated by Consolidated Minerals.

Spitfire Resources managing director John Mackenzie, said the company was delighted to have made a third discovery at South Woodie Woodie hot on the heels of the Contact find.

“These intersections from the Contact North discovery are very encouraging and provide more evidence that the South Woodie Woodie Project has the potential to be an economic development,” he said in a company announcement.

 “Drilling is continuing at both Contact North and Contact with a steady flow of assay results expected over coming weeks and months.”