Altura enhances Pilgangoora

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Altura Mining is in the midst of ongoing Reverse Circulation (RC) drilling and metallurgical studies at the company’s 100 per cent-owned Pilgangoora lithium project.

The company claims the drilling is supporting its views on the robustness of the projects with results to date leading it to consider spodumene bearing pegmatite at Pilgangoora to be of world class in size and quality.

Altura is drilling with the aim to extend the area of the pegmatite resources to enable it to provide an increased Mineral Resource estimate update late this quarter or early next quarter.

“Of note is that the extent and boundaries of the Pilgangoora lithium project mineralised area have not yet been determined and it is anticipated that drilling will continue concurrently with the predevelopment studies,” Altura Mining said in its ASX announcement.

“The current drilling is being undertaken in areas that require more earthworks to establish drill pads as the holes are located on the steep hill that separates the C1 and S1 areas where previous drilling has been completed.”

The drilling at Pilgangoora has encountered intercepts of spodumene mineralised pegmatites with one of the best intersections recording 35 metres averaging 1.35 per cent lithium oxide.

 

Drill sections at Pilgangoora lithium project

The current program has expanded the mineralised pegmatites an additional 250 metres south from the C1 Zone towards the S1 Zone.

Altura said it anticipates the drilling will increase its current spodumene pegmatite resources of 13.3 million tonnes at 1.21 per cent lithium oxide.