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Auroch Minerals Completes First Kangaroo Hill Lithium Project Drilling

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THE DRILL SERGEANT: Auroch Minerals (ASX:AOU) has recently completed a phase 1 reverse circulation (RC) drilling exploration program targeting Lithium–Caesium–Tantalum (LCT) pegmatites at the Kangaroo Hill lithium project (KHLP) in Western Australia. (Auroch Minerals 80%, Lodestar Minerals Ltd 20%).

Commencing in mid–January, the program tested three high priority LCT pegmatite targets that had been defined by surface geochemistry.

Twelve out of the 14 holes drilled encountered visual pegmatite lithologies with all pegmatite intercepts now delivered to the laboratory for assaying, with results expected over the next one to two months.

“We are pleased with the geology, having successfully intercepted pegmatites in 12 out of the 14 holes drilled and we now eagerly awaiting the assay results!” Auroch Minerals technical director Robin Cox said in the company’s ASX announcement.

“We have learnt much about the geometry of the pegmatite, however it is clear that further ground work is required to fully evaluate the potential of this project.

“We have commenced our geophysical review work and it is anticipated the magnetic litho-structural interpretation will assist in targeting pegmatites where there is no surface expression.

“The culmination of the drill hole assays, lithology and geophysical work will greatly assist the company in planning a highly targeted second phase of exploration at Kangaroo Hills!”

 

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Auroch Minerals Confirms Kangaroo Hills LCT Pegmatites

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THE DRILL SERGEANT: Auroch Minerals (ASX: AOU) reported assay results from pegmatite rock chip samples taken at the company’s 80 per cent-owned Kangaroo Hills Lithium Project (KHLP) in Western Australia (Lodestar Minerals 20%).

Auroch Minerals said the results achieved had exceeded its expectations, returning 2.37 per cent lithium oxide (Li2O) and 0.17 per cent Li2O.

The company made note that the mineralised outcrops it encountered are located over 600 metres south-east of drill hole NPRC084 that provided the first hit of lithium mineralisation observed at KHLP (6m at 1.38 per cent Li2O from 198m) in November 2022.

Auroch considers the latest results could potentially expand the mineralised footprint of the project.

“The discovery of outcropping mineralised pegmatites at a different location to the earlier November 2022 discovery at the Kangaroo Hills project is extremely exciting,” Auroch Minerals technical director Robin Cox said in the company’s ASX announcement.

“Just as exciting are the elevated pathfinder elements for LCT pegmatite in the weathered outcrops across the project.

“The company now has confirmed three high priority targets that present the potential for significant strike length mineralisation and will be tested in the first phase of drilling at Kangaroo Hills.”

 

TO READ THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT: CLICK HERE