Cassini Resources confirms X17 zinc discovery
THE DRILL SERGEANT: Cassini Resources (ASX: CZI) declared rock chip assay results from the company’s West Arunta project, also known as X17, in Western Australia have verified portable XRF zinc results.
Cassini recently claimed the discovery of a new zinc province at West Arunta, located near Lake McKay and 20 kilometres from the community of Kiwirrkurra, near the WA – Northern Territory border.
The announcement followed the identification of zinc-lead soil anomalies and associated gossan outcrops.
Cassini has followed up to report that rock chip assay results have verified the portable XRF zinc results announced in the company’s discovery announcement.
Gossanous samples returned concentrations of up 0.5 per cent zinc and 0.1 per cent lead.
The assays have also returned anomalous levels of pathfinder elements such as cadmium, barium, nickel, cobalt and thallium,” Cassini Resources declared in its ASX announcment.
“Zinc is readily leached in weathered near surface zones and therefore gossan outcrops usually contain low zinc concentrations compared to the primary mineralised zones below.
“The zinc concentrations from gossans at X17 are highly anomalous when compared to background concentrations in the project area.
“The rock chip results mimic those found in gossan outcrops of large zinc deposits in the Mt Isa District, in Queensland.”
The company is working up programs for submission for heritage and environmental approval.
Cassini intends carrying out a RC drill program at each of the three prospects already identified at the X17 project – mineralised gossans Iapetus, Enceladus and Rhea – which it considers to be ‘drill ready’ targets to test for economic primary zinc-lead mineralisation.
These will be the first cabs off the rank for the commencement of the company’s 2016 field season.
While all this is going on the company will also run a geochemical soil and lag sampling program, infilling and extending the previous survey along the prospective Dione Horizon.
Cassini anticipates this closer spacing will identify more subtle expressions of mineralisation to be followed by additional drill testing.
A reconnaissance-style RAB or air core drill program will follow the geochemical sampling with the aim of exploring parts of the Dione Horizon that are under thicker sand cover and testing new geochemical anomalies.
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