Sheffield Resources claims discovery of next Eneabba mineral sands generation

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THE DRILL SERGEANT: Sheffield Resources (ASX: SFX) has claimed discovery of four new mineral sands prospects from first-pass aircore drilling carried out at the company’s 100 per cent-owned Eneabba mineral sands project in the Mid-West region of Western Australia.

The news follows the recent completion of a Pre-feasibility Study at the company’s Thunderbird minerals sands project.

The four dunal deposits have been named Robbs Cross, Thomson, Ding Road and Mt Adams.

Noteworthy results from the deposits include:

Robbs Cross

RCAC001
21 metres at 1.96 per cent heavy minerals (HM) from 3m, including 9m at 2.76 per cent HM from 12m; and

RCAC005
19.5m at 1.98 per cent HM from 3m, including 9m at 2.58 per cent HM from 10.5m

Mineral assemblage: 12.5 per cent rutile, 14.7 per cent zircon, 4.1 per cent leucoxene, 47 per cent ilmenite.


Ding Road

DCAC153
10.5m at 2.35 per cent HM from 0m, including 6m at 3.02 per cent HM from 3m; and

DCAC154
9m at 2.7 per cent HM from 0m, including 7.5m at 2.97 per cent HM from 0m

Mineral assemblage: 15.4 per cent rutile, 20.3 per cent zircon, 3.8 per cent leucoxene, 44 per cent ilmenite.


Thomsons

TMAC016
22.5m at 2.16 per cent HM from 0m, including 4.5m at 4.37 per cent HM from 18m; and

TMAC005
16.5m at 1.83 per cent HM from 0m, including 7.5m at 2.22 per cent HM from 6m.

Mineral assemblage: 12.3 per cent rutile, 15.1 per cent zircon, 3.6 per cent leucoxene, 50 per cent ilmenite.


Mt Adams

MAAC017
10.5m at 2.11 per cent HM from 0m, including 7.5m at 2.48 per cent HM from 1.5m.

Mineral assemblage: 10.4 per cent rutile, 13 per cent zircon, 2.1 per cent leucoxene, 57 per cent ilmenite.

According to Sheffield Resources managing director Bruce McQuitty the four discoveries represent a new frontier for exploration in the world class Eneabba mining district.

“The dunal style of heavy mineral deposit we are targeting has many favourable characteristics for mining, including a high value mineral assemblage and favourable deposit geometry with little or no overburden,” McQuitty said in the company’s announcement to the Australian Securities Exchange.

“We are confident the region will yield further discoveries, enabling us to build on our existing high-grade Eneabba Resource base of 4.5 million tonnes of contained valuable heavy mineral.”

Sheffield explained these latest results are from a round of initial, first-pass drilling which utilised existing tracks for access and placement of drill holes.

This work resulted in the identification of encouraging mineralisation, with additional drilling required at each prospect.

Sheffield indicated it has identified a number of additional targets similar in setting to those tested by this drilling program, for which it will prioritise additional investigative work.

Website: www.sheffieldresources.com.au