Golden Mile Resources Identifies Potential Primary REE Targets at Quicksilver

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Golden Mile Resources (ASX: G88) declared the identification of what it described as “promising primary rare earth elements (REE) targets” at the company’s Quicksilver nickel-cobalt project near Lake Grace in Western Australia.

The Quicksilver project already boasts an Indicated and Inferred Resource totalling 26.3 million tonnes at 0.64 per cent nickel, 0.043 per cent cobalt for 168,000 tonnes contained nickel and 11,300 tonnes contained cobalt.

Golden Mile carried out a review of the resource drill hole database at Quicksilver to understand the potential source of REE mineralisation it has encountered at Quicksilver.

The company said the review had identified potential carbonatite source for the oxide clay hosted REE mineralisation it encountered in nickel-cobalt resource drilling at Quicksilver, either at depth or along strike.

Results within the oxide include:

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4 metres at 3,295ppm total rare earths oxide (TREO), including 1m at 7,915ppm TREO;

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10m at 2,548ppm TREO, including 1m at 3,949ppm TREO;

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1m at 10,600ppm TREO from 57m; and

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1m at 6,700ppm TREO from 8m.

“Determining what lies underneath the nickel and cobalt is crucial for optimising infrastructure positioning,” Golden Mile CEO Damon Dormer said in the company’s ASX announcement.

“The fact that there is the potential for further REE mineralisation underneath the nickel and cobalt is hugely exciting for a deposit that just seems to keep on giving.

“The original plan was to test what lies beneath the resource as a part of the infill drilling to confirm the infrastructure strategy, however it makes sense to accelerate this work based on the improved geological understanding.

“It will also be fascinating to see the resultant REE grades in the concentrates from the metallurgical testwork.”

 

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