Cassini Resources defines potential large-scale nickel-copper target

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THE DRILL SERGEANT: Cassini Resources (ASX: CZI) has completed a ground electromagnetic (ground EM) survey on the Pandora target at the company’s 100 per cent-owned West Musgrave project in Western Australia.

The company said the survey has further defined a potential large‐scale nickel‐copper sulphide exploration target.

Key outcomes of the ground EM survey include:

–    Confirmation of airborne EM (VTEM) findings and defining a large conductor coincident with a magnetic high, interpreted to be a mafic intrusion (Pandora target);

–    Large scale conductor with dimensions 600m long by 200m wide;

–    Depth of cover and/or weathering to top of conductor is only 70m; and

–    Detailed geometry of the ground EM conductor reinforces the conceptual geological model of massive and/or stringer nickel‐copper (Ni‐Cu) sulphides hosted within a mafic intrusion.

The survey confirmed a large‐scale conductor with a strike length of 600m and a width of 200m.

The top of the conductor is only 70m below the surface.

Cassini had a moving loop transient electromagnetic (MLTEM) survey conducted by Vortex Geophysics, which covered the VTEM anomaly within the West Musgrave project the company announced in April.

“The MLTEM survey covered the full extent of the VTEM anomaly with the main goal of the survey being to improve the definition of the conductor, in order to facilitate an effective drill program to test for mineralisation,” Cassini Resources said in its ASX announcement.

“The ground EM survey successfully achieved this objective.”

The company explained the MLTEM response indicated an intricate geological structure, consistent with the geological model proposed being a massive and stringer sulphide‐bearing mafic intrusion.

The MLTEM survey was carried out within the boundaries of the original VTEM anomaly.

The areas of highest conductance lie at the southern end of the aerial survey area so further ground
EM surveys outside these boundaries may be warranted if drilling results are positive.

The company intends to drill test the Pandora Target as a matter of priority. The heritage and environmental approval processes are currently underway.