Iltani Resources Intersects High-Grade Antimony Mineralisation

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Iltani Resources (ASX: ILT) became the latest antimony explorer following the release of assay results from the company’s Antimony Reward project in Herberton, North Queensland.

Iltani Resources has taken receipt of assays it declared had confirmed the presence of high-grade antimony mineralisation.

Results include:

ARRC001
7 metres at 7.61 per cent antimony from 38m, including 3m at 8.19 per cent antimony from 38m and 1m at 26.70 per cent antimony from 43m downhole;

ARRC003
3m at 0.75 per cent antimony from 31m, including 1m at 1.25 per cent antimony from 32m and 4m at 0.43 per cent antimony, including 1m at 1.28 per cent antimony from 42m downhole; and

ARRC004
9m at 0.94 per cent antimony from 53m, including 2m at 2.66 per cent antimony from 60m downhole.

“It is good see that our initial drilling at Antimony Reward has confirmed the presence of high-grade antimony mineralisation following on from Kangaroo Metals previous drilling in 2008,” Iltani Resources managing director Donald Garner said in the company’s ASX announcement.

“The geology is proving to be more complex with a structural control that needs to be interpreted prior to the next phase of drilling” Assay results are coming back later than anticipated, as processing times at the assay lab have extended to 4 to 6 weeks due to an influx of samples from companies undertaking work prior to the upcoming wet season in Northern Australia.

“Once we have the final assay results back from the remaining holes drilled at Antimony Reward, we can plan the next phases of exploration.”

 

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Core Lithium Reports New High-grade Lithium Drill Results

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Core Lithium (ASX: CXO) reported assay results from exploration drilling being undertaken at the company’s 100 per cent-owned Finniss lithium project in the Northern Territory.

Core Lithium has received initial assays from reverse circulation (RC) drilling delivering wide zones of spodumene mineralisation intersected at the Blackbeard prospect.

New lithium drilling results at the Blackbeard prospect, include:

NRC269
63 metres at 1.67 per cent lithium oxide (Li2O) from 166m, including 20m at 2.09 per cent Li2O from 208m.

The company explained lithium mineralisation has now been confirmed over 600m of strike when combined with the project’s adjacent Centurion prospect.

“The results from Blackbeard are highly encouraging and indicate we have discovered a large, highly mineralised pegmatite within a short distance of our processing infrastructure, consistent with the key objective of our 2024 field season,” Core Lithium CEO Paul Brown said in the company’s ASX announcement.

“Blackbeard is up to 45 metres wide and open at depth.

“Further drilling will be completed to determine the ultimate scale of the system.

“This will support a future Mineral Resource Estimate and have potential to be incorporated into our ongoing restart studies.”

 

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Critica Encounters Best Intersection to Date at Jupiter

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Critica (ASX: CRI) released the latest results from resource drilling targeting high-grade zones at Jupiter, part of the company’s Brothers rare earth element (REE) project in Western Autralia.

Critica explained the drilling program was designed to increase drilling density in the high-grade zones of Jupiter, to enhance certainty in the continuity of this mineralisation.

The company declared the new assay results validated the high-grade continuity and include the best recorded intersection to date from Critica’s drilling of the Jupiter discovery of:

JPAC088
67 metres at 3,074ppm total rare earth oxides (TREO) ending in mineralisation.

“We chose to increase drilling density in the high-grade zones of Jupiter to further improve confidence in the continuity of this mineralisation, ahead of our maiden resource estimate for the Brothers project,” Critica managing director Philippa Leggat said in the company’s ASX announcement.

“This set of assay results have readily demonstrated this continuity.

“It’s also incredible to see our flagship project delivering another record-breaking drill intersection, this time being 67 metres at 3,074 ppm TREO.

“This phenomenal hole (JPAC088) ended in mineralisation – even after using all drill rods we were still in rare earth mineralisation at 99 metres.

“Our outstanding technical team continue to demonstrate that Jupiter hosts consistent, high-grade rare earth mineralisation over tens of kilometres confirming the potential of Jupiter and the Brothers project to host one of the largest clay-hosted rare earth discoveries in Australia.

“With aircore and diamond drilling complete, and final assays pending, we are well positioned to provide a detailed and high-quality dataset to our independent geologists for preparation of our maiden resource estimate.

“We also have several laboratories working on all aspects of our comprehensive metallurgical program, with successful beneficiation outcomes being our first goal.”

 

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Rox Resources Reports Additional High-Grade Gold Assays from Youanmi

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Rox Resources (ASX: RXL) reported new assays recent drilling undertaken at the company’s Youanmi gold project in Western Australia.

Rox Resources carried out Resource drilling at Youanmi focused on converting selected Inferred stopes within the current Mineral Resource of 16.2 million tonnes at 4.4 grams per tonne gold for 2.3 million ounces to the higher confidence Indicated classification at the Pollard, United North and Youanmi Main targets.

The drilling has also provided both sample material for metallurgical testing and geological data for a pending Definitive Feasibility Study planned for 2025.

Rox received assay data from RC and DD drilling at Pollard with key results from the program so far including:

RXDD109
8.11 metres at 44.62 grams per tonne gold from 290.96m;

RXDD124
3.22m at 4.95g/t gold from 292.03m;

RXDD109
3.19m at 4.84g/t gold from 238.53m;

RXDD113
1.04m at 7.54g/t gold from 280.57m; and

RXDD116
1.77m at 1.74g/t gold from 262.07m.

“The Rox exploration team has delivered more strong results,” Rox Resources CEO Phillip Wilding said in the company’s ASX announcement.

“This latest batch of assays will be important to converting Inferred areas of the Resource to the higher confidence Indicated classification.

“More excitingly, seeing these high-grade results in Pollard, along with the previously announced results in United North, really emphasises the potential for these high-grade shoots to extend, and will help with planning our next program to extend these resources that are still open.

“Pollard has been a very under explored area and has the potential to add significant ounces to the mine plan.

“The discovery of a new mineralised zone outside the Youanmi MRE is yet another example of the strong potential to add further high-quality ounces to the Resource.

“Rox’s 11,000 metres diamond and reverse circulation drilling program has been completed, with all assays expected before the end of the calendar year.”

 

 

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Collie Renewable Battery Up and Running Ahead of Schedule

THE CLEAN ENERGY CAFÉ: Renewable energy company Neoen provided the renewable energy space a big jump on the plans of Federal opposition Leader Peter Dutton this week with the big green button pressed at the company’s Collie Battery Stage 1 in Western Australia.

Neoen has taken less than 18 months to build and start operating its 219 MW / 877 MWh Collie Battery Stage 1, which is located near the town of Collie, one of Mr Dutton’s chosen nuclear power plant site.

Constructed on the country of the Wilman people of the Bibbulmun nation, in the South West region of WA the Collie Battery Stage 1 is the largest battery in WA to date.

It is the first Neoen asset to connect into South-West Interconnected System (SWIS) and, in collaboration with Tesla, UGL and network service provider Western Power, it was delivered ahead of schedule.

“We are extremely proud to have delivered the largest battery in Western Australia in record time,” Neoen Australia CEO Jean-Christophe Cheylus said at the launch.

“I would like to thank everyone who has worked tirelessly to make this happen: Western Power, Tesla and UGL as well as AEMO and the Western Australian Government.

“We are delighted to be contributing a storage project of this scale and duration. With over 2 GW of projects in our pipeline in WA, we are committed to continuing to play our part in the State’s energy transition.”

On 1st October, Collie Battery Stage 1 began delivering its 197 MW / 4-hour grid capacity service to the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) as part of a ‘Non-Co-optimised Essential System Services’ (NCESS) contract that is set to run for a period of two years.

The battery provides 197 MW of storage capacity for 4 hours, charging during the day and then discharging across the evening peak.

This service is designed to address the risks AEMO identified relating to the phased retirement of WA Government owned coal-fired power plants and increasingly high penetration of rooftop solar in Western Australia.

The battery is Neoen’s first major project in WA and its first 4-hour long duration battery globally. Collie Battery Stage 2 (341 MW / 1,363 MWh), which is currently under construction, was awarded a similar 300 MW / 4-hour NCESS contract by AEMO in April 2024.

Altogether, the Collie Battery (560 MW / 2,240 MWh) will have the ability to charge and discharge 20 per cent of average demand in the SWIS.

Neoen stated it meets its strategy of deepening its investment in storage through extended duration, enabling it to unlock greater value as long duration storage becomes increasingly vital to electricity networks transition to higher penetrations of renewable energy.

Neoen has other Australian operating batteries and its storage portfolio in operation or under construction in the country currently sits at 1,925 MW / 4,709 MWh.

This includes the 300 MW / 450 MWh Victorian Big Battery in Geelong and the 150 MW / 193.5 MWh Hornsdale Power Reserve in South Australia, both in operation, as well as several batteries currently under construction: 238.5 MW / 477 MWh Blyth Battery in South Australia, two stages of Western Downs Battery in Queensland (both sized at 270 MW / 540 MWh) and the 100 MW / 200 MWh Capital Battery in the Australian Capital Territory.

 

 

Miramar Resources Gets Exploration Underway at Chain Pool Project

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Miramar Resources (ASX: M2R) has kicked off exploration activities at the company’s Chain Pool project in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia.

Miramar Resources has mobilised a field crew to the Chain Pool project to:
• determine the potential strike length of the Joy Helen Cu-Pb-Zn-Ag occurrence; and
• carry out reconnaissance rock chip sampling of Mundine Well Dolerite dykes for nickel-copper-cobalt-PGEs.

The Chain Pool project is located approximately 275 kilometres northeast of Carnarvon and straddles the boundary between a Durlacher Supersuite granite, which hosts the Yangibana and YIN REE deposits, and sedimentary rocks and dolerite sills of the Edmund Basin, including the high-grade Joy Helen copper lead-silver-zinc occurrence.

“The company is looking forward to determining the potential scale of the opportunity at Chain Pool,” Miramar Resources executive chairman Allan Kelly said in the company’s ASX announcement.

“There has not been any systematic exploration at Chain Pool despite the historic high-grade results at Joy Helen, so the potential upside with modern exploration techniques is significant.”

 

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Critical Resources Identifies Mineralised Spodumene-Bearing Pegmatite Stacked System at Tot

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Critical Resources (ASX: CRR) is progressing an inaugural exploration drill program at the Tot Pegmatite target, part of the company’s 100 per cent-owned Mavis Lake project in Ontario, Canada.

Critical Resources reported the drilling has thus far led to new discoveries by way of intersecting spodumene-bearing pegmatite stacks within the Northern Tot Prospects, which it has identified as offering opportunities for resource growth.

The company said the early drilling results have revealed a multiple-stack pegmatite system, further strengthening the lithium potential of the Mavis Lake project.

At the Tot target, the discovery of multiple spodumene-bearing pegmatite stacks has enhanced the Northern Prospects, marking a key step toward expanding the project’s Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) and achieving exploration targets.

“The discovery at Tot Pegmatite enhances the overall strategic value of the Mavis Lake Project Area,” Critical Resources exploration manager Troy Gallik said in the company’s ASX announcement.

“Not only does it suggest the potential for larger-scale lithium mineralisation, but it also provides a clearer path for unlocking the project’s long-term value in significant potential for resource growth.

“The new exploration model, which incorporates these known spodumene bearing pegmatite stacks emplaced in NNW-SSE trending brittle faults, represents a game changing development that could lead to the rapid resource growth of the project toward its exploration targets and a future resource upgrade.”

Critical Resources is conducting its The Mavis Lake drilling program with the aim of unlocking further high-grade lithium mineralisation beyond the current MRE.

Strategic exploration within previously untested sections of the Main Zone will focus on extending known mineralisation while also identifying new zones for potential resource expansion.

 

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Astral Resources Hits Big Gold at Kamperman Prospect

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Astral Resources (ASX: AAR) reported a big gold hit from an extensional RC drill program underway at the company’s 100 per cent-owned Feysville gold project outside Kalgoorlie in Western Australia.

Astral Resources has received assay results for the first 20 holes of the 31-hole in-fill and extensional RC drill program being carried out at the Kamperman prospect.

Of these, RC hole FRC378 stood out, returning highly encouraging intercepts, including:

12 metres at 7.26 grams per tonne gold from 23m, and
25m at 24.3g/t gold from 68m, including a very high-grade zone of 3m at 177g/t gold from 74m.

Othe results included:

FRC377
12m at 1.96g/t gold from 20m and 5m at 1.25g/t gold from 58m; and

FRC372
4m at 2.95g/t gold from 61m and
11m at 0.96g/t gold from 91m.

Astral has been encouraged by the results from RC holes FRC377 and FRC378 and now has diamond drilling (DD) is planned in this area to better understand the orientation of the very high-grade zone encountered in hole FRC378.

“These latest holes at Kamperman continue to surprise to the upside – showing that there is a potentially very significant high-grade opportunity here that we are yet to unlock,” Astral Resources managing director Marc Ducler said in the company’s ASX announcement.

“Previously, FRC243 returned a very high-grade zone of two metres at 188g/t gold from 77 metres, 40 metres to the north-east.

“FRC378 has now returned another very high-grade zone of three metres at 177g/t gold from 74 metres.

“Previous diamond drilling that was completed to better understand the potential orientation of this very high-grade zone was not successful; however, given the potential size of the prize, additional work is warranted.”

 

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Strickland Metals Drills Confirmation of Horsewell Gold Camp Potential

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Strickland Metals (ASX: STK) reported on recent exploration activities undertaken at the company’s 100 per cent-owned Yandal gold project in Western Australia.

Strickland Metals carried out drilling at the Horse Well Gold Camp within the Yandal project with the intention to delineate extensions to mineralisation both along strike and at depth at the Bronco and Marwari gold deposits.

Drilling a revised orientation at the Bronco deposit delineated high-grade plunging shoots within the broader mineralised while extending mineralisation at the Konik lode 100 metres along strike to the north-west.

HWDD041
18.5 metres at 1.7 grams per tonne gold from 81m, including 3.2m at 8g/t gold;

HWRC336
16m at 1.2g/t gold from 146m, including 3m at 4.6g/t gold; and

HWDD038
62.3m at 0.9g/t gold from 114m, including 3.1m at 3g/t gold.

RC drilling at Marwari intersected high-grade mineralisation, confirming the revised orientation of the mineralisation that was extended a further 260m north along strike from the deposit, returning results of:

HWRC283
12m at 5.4g/t gold from 108m, including 4m at 8.4g/t gold; and

HWRC287
28m at 1g/t gold from 16m, including 4m at 3.8g/t gold.

Gold mineralisation along the Marwari Trend now exceeds 1.6 kilometres in strike length and remains predominantly untested.

“These latest assays from our 2024 drilling campaign continue to build the picture of a camp-scale gold system with exciting growth potential at Horse Well,” Strickland Metals managing director Paul L’Herpiniere said in the company’s ASX announcement.

“Step-out drilling continues to intersect significant gold mineralisation at both the Bronco and Marwari deposits, with our new interpretation of the orientation of the mineralised lodes helping to refine our drilling approach.

“This provides us with an opportunity to pause drilling, step back and commence work on detailed interpretation of all the drilling data while also commencing work on an updated MRE.

“This work is now well and truly underway and will pave the way for an updated MRE in Q2 2025.

“These results continue to reinforce the significant potential of the Horse Well Gold Camp, and our broader Yandal project, as an exciting growth and value creation opportunity in the heart of one WA’s premier gold mining districts, right on the doorstep of Northern Star’s Jundee gold mine.”

 

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Asra Minerals Confirms High-Grade Gold at Kookynie East

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Asra Minerals (ASX: ASR) intersected gold with three diamond drill holes recently completed at the company’s Kookynie East gold project in Western Australia.

Asra Minerals carried out the drilling as part of a confirmatory diamond drill program, which it reported to have returned considerable gold grades at depth extending mineralisation that was indicated by historical drilling.

Each of the three holes drilled across the project’s Orion and Sapphire targets intersected targeted mineralised structure in a slightly deeper than expected location helping to validate geological interpretation based on historical drilling.

Gold assay results, include:

Sapphire

NICD005
1 metre at 47.95 grams per tonne gold from 115.2m; and

NICD006
1m at 23.12g/t gold from 148.7m.

Orion

NICD003
0.8m at 23.97g/t gold from 161.2m.

“We are very encouraged by the results from this program and to see gold in the drill core,” Asra Minerals executive chairman Paul Summers said in the company’s ASX announcement.

“The diamond program successfully intersected the targeted structure which not only strengthens our confidence in historical drilling, but also demonstrates the extension of mineralisation at depth.

“We now have valuable structural information with the anticipated high-grade lode positions confirming our interpretations, as well as the validity of historical drilling information at both Orion and Sapphire.

“We will continue to systematically extend these known targets including a range of additional resource growth and discovery targets that have been generated from our extensive data review.

“With multiple exploration programs underway we are pleased to provide Asra shareholders with strong news flow for the remainder of the year.”

 

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