Aston Minerals Limited (ASX: ASO) has extended the drill tested strike to 250m with multiple significant intercepts at Bardwell Prospect at the Edleston Project, Canada
Managing Director, Dale Ginn, said the company has exploration underway across the Bardwell and Elbow Prospects within the Boomerang Nickel-Cobalt Target at Edleston.
“We have confirmed 250m of strike so far at Bardwell from a total of ~1,000m of prospective strike and have hit substantial nickel sulphides on each section,” Mr Ginn said.
“The incredible thickness and consistency of mineralisation gives us a strong degree of confidence in the substantial potential endowment of this Prospect.
“To further extend the understanding of the distribution of mineralisation within the Boomerang Target, we decided to drill a hole at the Elbow Prospect.
“This is located 2.7km east-north-east of Bardwell. DDED22-078 reported 321.2m at 0.28% Ni and 0.01% Co from the shallow downhole depth of 41.8m.
“As we progress through infill between areas of defined mineralisation, on an extremely broad spacing, we are yet to find a zone within this 6.5km long intrusion that is not mineralised to a significant degree.
“We look forward to providing further regular updates on the progress underway across Bardwell and other prospects within the Boomerang Target.”
Bardwell Drilling
A total of 10 holes covering 250m of strike have been completed across Bardwell. Core processing and analytical results are presently pending for five of these holes.
The final batch of results for DDED21-059 was returned which resulted in the mineralised intercept increasing to 83m at 0.38% Ni and 0.012% Co ending in mineralisation.
In addition, significant results were reported for DDED21-060 and DDED21-061:
• DDED21-060 intersected 293m at 0.32% Ni and 0.012% Co ending in mineralisation, starting from 52m including 51m at 0.45% Ni and 0.016% Co
• DDED21-061 intersected 165.1m at 0.33% Ni and 0.013% Co ending in mineralisation, starting from 220m including 50m at 0.4% Ni and 0.016% Co Detailed geological logging of DDED22-080, DDED22-082 and DD22-084 has defined extensive nickel sulphide mineralisation.
Edleston Project
The Edleston Project is located approximately 60km via road to the south of Timmins, Ontario, Canada.
The Project is located within the Abitibi Greenstone Belt of Archean metavolcanic and medi-sedimentary units that have been steeply folded with axes trending in general east-west orientation.
The Boomerang Target is interpreted to be a dunite/peridotite unit which has undergone extensive serpentinisation. This process of is responsible for the reaction of olivine to produce magnetite and brucite, resulting in a strongly reducing environment whereby nickel is released from decomposition of olivine. The nickel which has been released is typically partitioned into low sulphur nickel sulphide minerals. Due to the magnetite association with mineralisation, a 3D inversion model of magnetics has been generated and has been utilised to assist with targeting.
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