Albion Resources Limited (ASX:ALB) has commenced Reverse Circulation (RC) drilling on the company’s Ni-Cu prospects at its 100% owned Leinster Project, located 30km southeast of Leinster in Western Australia.
The Project covers the same conductive, nickel sulphide bearing unit as Auroch’s the Horn and related Ni-Cu prospects, and lies adjacent to BHP’s Nickel West Weebo Ni deposit.
The programme is anticipated to comprise ten holes for approximately 1,500m with K&J Drilling appointed as the drill contractor. The holes target anomalous magnetic features, interpreted as being associated with high- magnesium nickeliferous ultramafic rocks, and test beneath several drill intersected nickel and copper hits generated by previous explorers. Drilling will test the nickeliferous horizon over a strike length of ~2.5km.
The Leinster Project covers an area of 42 sq. km and is highly prospective for nickel-copper and gold. This strategic and significant tenement is along strike from Auroch Minerals the Horn and related Ni-Cu prospects and adjacent to BHP’s Nickel West Weebo Ni deposit.
Geophysical imagery indicates that the same ultramafic host rocks of the Horn Ni-Cu Prospect extend into Albion’s tenement. Data compilation across the Leinster Project has also highlighted the limited drilling at depths below 100m, despite drill-indicated nickel mineralisation from shallow historic drilling.
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