Western Mines extends nickel mineralisation at WA | Australian Markets

Western Mines Group has intersected seen mineralisation at its Mulga Tank nickel and copper–cobalt-platinum group factor project in Western Australia’s Eastern Goldfields within the first 4 reverse circulation (RC) holes accomplished in its latest part 4 drilling program.

These holes have been drilled within the primary physique of the Mulga Tank ultramafic advanced, stepping out 300 metres south of the company’s earlier drilling to check new areas.

All 4 holes, totalling 1309m, intersected seen disseminated sulphide mineralisation, with some coarser sulphide occurrences, efficiently extending identified nickel sulphide mineralisation past the present mineral useful resource estimate of more than 5 million tonnes of contained nickel.

The part 4 program, funded by the company’s current capital raise and two WA Government Exploration Incentive Scheme (EIS) grants totalling $440,000, consists of each RC and diamond drilling to outline shallow high-grade zones – at grades round 0.4 per cent nickel – for potential shallow “starter pit” areas and to check deeper basal huge sulphide targets.

The RC holes, spaced about 400m aside, have been aimed at increasing the useful resource and figuring out higher-value tonnages. The noticed sulphide mineralisation in these holes helps the company’s initial strategy to develop the shallow disseminated nickel sulphide system within the Minigwal Greenstone Belt.

These first 4 RC holes type a extensively spaced fence roughly 300m to the south of earlier drilling, with the holes round 400m aside. All 4 holes confirmed seen disseminated, and a few coarser sulphide mineralisation, extending areas of identified mineralisation outdoors the present mineral useful resource shell.

Since finishing the holes, the drill rig has transformed and transitioned to diamond drilling at the northwestern Panhandle space of the project, boring a 131.4m diamond tail on a earlier part three RC gap that led to mineralised olivine cumulate.

The extension examined the footwall contact to confirm the geometry of the 1.3-kilometre-long physique which was recognized by aeromagnetic imagery.

WMG has additionally commenced its first EIS-funded diamond gap to log a full part by the komatiite system’s stratigraphy, building on its earlier part three outcomes which have already confirmed a fertile nickel sulphide atmosphere.

Meanwhile, the company has additionally undertaken a multi-hole downhole electromagnetic (DHEM) geophysical survey in July, utilizing 4 part three RC holes that intercepted shallow high-grade nickel responses.

The survey picked up EM anomalies linked to sulphide mineralisation in all 4 holes, highlighting a notable off-hole conductor plate anomaly under one of the RC holes.

This conductor anomaly is being modelled to design a potential diamond tail extension or twinned gap to check for deeper high-grade mineralisation.

The DHEM outcomes reinforce the potential for important nickel sulphide systems within the intensive Mulga Tank advanced.

The end result seems to be according to the outcomes of WMG’s exhaustive exploration over the previous three years that has established Mulga Tank as a national and presumably globally important nickel sulphide mineral system.

The mixture of RC drilling to outline shallow assets, coupled with diamond drilling to probe deeper targets within the project, displays the company’s purpose of increasing the useful resource base by building the comparatively shallow disseminated nickel useful resource for early exploitation – doubtlessly by open pit mining – whereas additionally regularly uncovering huge sulphide deposits at depth.

With drilling ongoing and assays pending, WMG continues to unlock the potential of this intensive mineral system.

Its part 4 RC drilling at Mulga Tank has prolonged sulphide mineralisation past the present useful resource, whereas diamond drilling and DHEM surveys at the moment are concentrating on deeper high-grade zones. These efforts spotlight the project’s growing potential within the Eastern Goldfields.

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