Mamba Exploration Identifies Ashburton / Gascoyne REE Targets

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THE DRILL SERGEANT: Mamba Exploration (ASX: M24) reported identification of new rare earth element (REE) targets within the company’s Ashburton / Gascoyne project tenements located in the upper Gascoyne region of Western Australia.

Mamba Exploration identified the targets via reprocessing of Ashburton / Gascoyne regional radiometric data.

The reprocessing highlighted at least eight distinct anomalies within the project tenements.

“The Gascoyne has long been the ‘forgotten’ part of the mineral endowment of Western Australia,” Mamba Exploration managing director Mike Dunbar said in the company’s ASX announcement.

“Thanks to the recent discoveries in the region made by Dreadnought and Kingfisher, this has finally changed, and we are pleased that the potential is starting to be recognised.

“Our tenement package, which covers approximately 610 square kilomteres, was secured in 2020 as part of our IPO on the belief that the potential of the area could host significant discoveries, which appears to be being vindicated.

“We are pleased to announce that the reprocessing of the radiometric data has identified at least eight discrete anomalies that warrant follow up.

“As a result, the field team will be traveling to the project in the next few weeks with our pXRF to test these targets.”

 

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Web: www.mambaexploration.com.au

 

Saturn Metals Hits Thick Shallow Gold at Hercules

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THE DRILL SERGEANT: Saturn Metals (ASX: STN) received promising results from exploration of the area surrounding the company’s Apollo Hill gold project near Leonora in Western Australia.

Saturn Metals is implementing a strategy of exploring for complementary gold deposits in proximity to the recently upgraded 1.47 million ounces Apollo Hill Mineral Resource.

Follow up aircore (AC) drilling at the Hercules prospect has returned several, thick, shallow, gold intersections, including:

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20 metres at 0.92 grams per tonne gold from 32m, including 8m at 1.68g/t gold from 44m;

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12m at 1.05g/t gold from 32m; and

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7m at 1.71g/t gold from 39m.

“It is great to see a coherent gold system coming together at Hercules as we invest in additional drilling,” Saturn Metals managing director Ian Bamborough said in the company’s ASX announcement.

“We still have several exciting dimensions and theories to test.

“We look forward to the next round of drilling and to results from our ongoing regional AC program in the greater gold prospective terrain surrounding Apollo Hill.

“Results from an additional 9,000 metres of AC drilling completed across the Apollo Hill land package will be reported when assay results are returned.”

 

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Web: www.saturnmetals.com.au

 

 

Global Lithium Resources Intercepts High-Grade Lithium at Manna

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THE DRILL SERGEANT: Global Lithium Resources (ASX: GL1) reported the best drilling result to date from the company’s Manna lithium project in Western Australia.

The Manna lithium project currently hosts an Inferred Mineral Resource of 9.9 million tonnes at 1.14 per cent lithium oxide (Li2O), which the company anticipates updating following the completion of the current drilling program and additional metallurgical test work to be undertaken in Q4 2022.

Assay results returned from Manna include:

5.7 metres at 1.82 per cent Li20 from 136.7m, including 4.3m at 2.08 per cent Li20 from 136.7m, including 0.4m at 3.65 per cent Li20 from 136.7m;

3.9m at 1.72 per cent Li20 from 148.9m;

6.8m at 1.65 per cent Li20 from 160.3m, including 3.7m at 2.06 per cent Li20 from 160.3m; and

6.8m at 1.49 per cent Li20 from 313.2m, including 4m at 1.98 per cent Li20 from 315m.

“It is very encouraging to see such high-grade spodumene zones within the pegmatites at the Manna lithium project,” Global Lithium Resources general manager – exploration Stuart Peterson said in the company’s ASX announcement.

“This result shows that the spodumene crystal growth was complete during the pegmatites formation and having these clean, high-grade spodumene intervals within the pegmatites should provide a clear metallurgical upgrade pathway to produce a saleable lithium concentrate.

“The diamond drilling program is a crucial part of this resource drill out program.

“Not only does it provide valuable mineralogy and understanding about the lithium bearing pegmatites, it also allows the company to potentially add significant tonnes to the existing resource.”

 

TO READ THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT: CLICK HERE

 

Web: www.globallithium.com.au

 

 

Emmerson Resources Drills High-Grade Copper-Gold Growth at Hermitage

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THE DRILL SERGEANT: Emmerson Resources (ASX: ERM) continues to drill growth at its Hermitage copper-gold discovery at the company’s 100 per cent-owned project at Tennant Creekin New South Wales.

Emmerson Resources received remaining assay results from drilling at the Hermitage discovery, which is one of a cluster of 100 per cent Emmerson owned prospects where the application of new exploration technologies is unlocking new discoveries.

Drilling highlights include:

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52.5 metres at 1.03 per cent copper, 1.36 grams per tonne gold and 0.11 per cent bismuth from 131.5m, including 4m at 5.66g/t gold and 0.47 per cent copper from 141m;
12m at 3.39g/t gold; and
3.04 per cent copper from 172m, including 3m at 12.51g/t gold and 2.95 per cent copper from 181m.

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5m at 1.06g/t gold, 0.58 per cent copper and 0.13 per cent bismuth from 75m; and
6m at 1.88g/t gold, 0.83 per cent copper and 0.11 per cent bismuth from 105m, including 3m at 3.67g/t gold, 1.38 per cent copper and 0.21 per cent bismuth from 105m.

Emmerson said the drill holes from the phase 2 drill program build on previous high-grade results while extending the strike extent and potential for multiple, ironstone hosted copper-gold mineralisation to the north of the central ironstone.

This mineralisation is open along strike to the east and west and plunging down beneath the fault that is to be the subject of future drilling.

“Now we have all the assay results of the phase 2 drilling, Hermitage is on scale with many of the major historical discoveries in the Tennant Creek Mineral Field,” Emmerson Resources managing director Rob Bills said in the company’s ASX announcement.

“The grades of copper, gold, cobalt, and bismuth are outstanding, as evidenced by angled scissor drill hole HERCDD010, successfully aimed at testing beneath the fault and discovery drill hole HERCDD003 – ranked on a global basis as one of the best intersections for 2021.

“Encouragingly, this phase 2 drilling indicates that the gold, copper and bismuth grades increase with depth and remain open in all directions.

“The addition of cobalt and bismuth to the copper and gold at Hermitage adds to the inventory of future facing metals relevant to the battery, superconductor, magnet, and 3D printing, suite of metals.”

 

TO READ THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT: CLICK HERE

 

Web: www.emmersonresources.com.au

 

 

Miramar Resources Intersects High-Grade and Visible Gold at Glandore

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THE DRILL SERGEANT: Miramar Resources (ASX: M2R) hit shallow high-grade gold mineralisation, including coarse visible gold with the first diamond drill hole at the company’s 100 per cent-owned Glandore project east of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia.

Miramar Resources followed up historic drilling at the Glandore East target that had previously intersected high-grade gold mineralisation.

The company’s first diamond hole at Glandore intersected four zones of gold mineralisation, including coarse visible gold in a quartz vein within a felsic porphyry.

Drilling encountered difficulties at the contact between the base of lake sediments and the weathered basement resulting in some core loss in the upper part of the hole.

It was decided to terminate the hole at 78.66 metres after testing the interpreted position of the two high-grade veins seen in the historic drilling.

Results achieved included:

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2 metres at 2.45 grams per tonne gold 32m, (includes 0.46m interval of lost core);
1.3m at 3.34g/t gold from 47m (followed by 0.3m interval of lost core);
0.7m at 13.85g/t gold from 65.98m (includes coarse visible gold); and
0.8m at 3.58g/t gold from 71.2m.

Miramar said combining the historic drilling with the new results it has been able to confirm the continuity of westerly-dipping gold mineralisation for approximately 100m down-dip, with two of the mineralised structures remaining open at depth on this section, reinforcing the company’s view that Glandore East could host a swag of high-grade gold mineralisation.

“We believe there is potential for multiple NNE-trending high-grade veins at Glandore East, as well as substantial supergene mineralisation, and we are off to a good start with the first hole,” Miramar Resources executive chairman Allan Kelly said in the company’s ASX announcement.

“The previous diamond drilling was sporadic, and it appears the strike and/or dip extent of these interpreted structures has not been effectively tested.”

Drilling is to continue to test the Glandore East target with multiple diamond holes over a strike length of approximately 500m.

 

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Web: www.miramarresources.com.au

 

 

Aurumin Scores Big from Final Assays at Two Mile Hill

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THE DRILL SERGEANT: Aurumin (ASX: AUN) received final assay results for the company’s 100 per cent-owned Central Sandstone gold project in Western Australia.

The results were for the remaining diamond drilling hole samples and reverse circulation (RC) pre-collar samples of a recently completed RC and diamond program at Central Sandstone.

Aurumin indicated the drilling is being carried out to both extend and better define the company’s current inferred underground Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) of 14.2 million tonnes at 1.1 grams per tonne gold for 500,000 ounces gold at the project’s Two Mile Hill deposit.

Results included:

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242.7 metres at 1.2 grams per tonne gold from 203.1m down hole.

Highlights within this interval include:

8.3m at 4.82g/t gold from 214.2m;
4.3m at 4.03g/t gold from 244.5m;
7.8m at 2.33g/t gold from 337.4m;
47.3m at 2.06g/t gold from 362.m, including 2.9m at 9.27g/t gold from 393m; and
5.1m at 7.83g/t gold from 400.7m.

The company explained this hole had been drilled to further test the northern portion of the Two Mile Hill inferred geological resource at depth.

“This is another good result and, along with the previously released diamond results, continues to add to the picture at Two Mile Hill,” Aurumin managing director Brad Valiukas said in the company’s ASX announcement.

“Along with the recently completed RC drilling at Shillington, this sets us up to now model the Shillington and Two Mile Hill deposits as a single geological complex, with known grade in the banded iron formation, mafic and tonalite.

“We are commencing an updated resource model and look forward to releasing the model results and plans for the next round of drilling.”

 

TO READ THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT: CLICK HERE

 

Web: www.aurumin.com.au

 

 

TG Metals Define Lake Johnston Nickel Sulphide Targets

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THE DRILL SERGEANT: TG Metals (ASX: TG6) reported completion of a detailed nickel sulphide target generation review over approximately 30-kilometre strike of the company’s Lake Johnston project in Western Australia.

The recently-listed TG Metals said the review included decades of legacy exploration data that has now been collated for the very first time.

The company described the size of the target area and the number of targets generated as substantial, adding it provides an exploration opportunity in a region of proven nickel sulphide endowment.

“The collation and interrogation of historical exploration data provides a great foundation for the company’s exploration going forward,” TG Metals said in its ASX announcement.

TG Metals indicated its initial focus to be ultramafic rocks that host the Maggie Hays and Emily Anne nickel deposits to the north.

Within this trend TG Metals has identified:

• Nine priority ground electromagnetic (EM) conductors that have not been tested by drilling. Including three targets defined as drill-ready targets with no additional definition work required;

• Twelve areas have been identified as requiring additional ground EM. Modern high-powered ground EM will be beneficial in better defining targets at depth or differentiating between nickel sulphide mineralisation and sulphidic sediments (barren sulphides); and

• Other immediate drill targets include following up anomalous historical nickel drill intercepts, that may represent primary nickel sulphide mineralisation.

The company has ground EM crews booked to commence early October that are expected to test up to 12 priority areas within the Lake Johnston Ultramafic Trend.

 

 

TO READ THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT: CLICK HERE

 

Web: www.tgmetals.com.au

 

Nexus Minerals Diamond Drilling Unlocks Crusader-Templar Geology Model

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THE DRILL SERGEANT: Nexus Minerals (ASX: NXM) announced assay results from diamond drilling completed at the Crusader – Templar prospect, within the company’s Wallbrook gold project in Western Australia.

Nexus Minerals received assay results from 21 diamond drill holes that have encountered multiple zones of mineralised, altered, and silicified quartz porphyry intersected along 1.6 kilometres of strike.

The company said gold mineralisation was intersected in deep ‘feeder’ structures and in the limbs and fold closures of shallow quartz porphyry units.

Results included:

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1.5 metres at 8.3 grams per tonne gold (within 3.5m at 3.96g/t gold from 218m);

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3m at 4.18g/t gold (within 5.8m at 2.36g/t gold from 293.6m); and

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3m at 4.07g/t gold (within 8.4m at 1.84g/t gold from 341.6m).

“The information gained from this diamond drill program has provided a step change in our geological understanding and interpretation of this very large mineralised system,” Nexus Minerals managing director Andy Tudor said in the company’s ASX announcement.

“The diamond drill holes have intersected multiple zones of gold mineralisation within the same mineralised, altered, and silicified quartz porphyry rock unit, intersected in our previous shallow RC drill program.

“The results have enabled Nexus to create a geological model which will allow for more targeted future drill program planning.”

 

 

 

Web: www.nexus-minerals.com

 

Black Cat Syndicate Drills High-Grade Infill and Extensions at Kavanagh

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THE DRILL SERGEANT: Black Cat Syndicate (ASX: BC8) recently completed drilling at the company’s 100 per cent-owned Coyote gold operation in Western Australia.

Black Cat Syndicate has received assays for the first of what is an initial nine-hole diamond drilling program testing the mineralisation continuity and growth potential of the high-grade, unmined Kavanagh deposit.

Kavanagh currently has an estimated Resources of 77,000 ounces at 13.5 grams per tonne gold.

Assay results from the first infill diamond hole include:

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2.48 metres at 10.35 grams per tonne gold from 426.38m, and 0.8m at 17.1g/t gold from 434.4m.

The company explained this to be the first of four holes drilled at Kavanagh to date, all of which intersected quartz veining in the interpreted positions and two of the holes containing visible gold.

“The first four holes drilled into Kavanagh were designed to infill the high-grade mineralisation to upgrade the Kavanagh Resource,” Black Cat Syndicate managing director Gareth Solly said in the company’s ASX announcement.

“It is encouraging that all four holes intersected quartz structures where modelled, including visible gold in two holes.

“New assays from a historic hole along strike to the east of Kavanagh are particularly encouraging showing the growth potential of the deposit.

“At Coyote if you intersect a quartz lode there is a good chance that high-grade gold mineralisation is nearby.

“Our success to date allows us to progress to the next phase and commence drilling extensional holes to grow Kavanagh.

“Results from this initial diamond drilling campaign will be used to upgrade and expand the Kavanagh Resource during December 2022.”

 

TO READ THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT: CLICK HERE

 

Web: www.blackcatsyndicate.com.au