C29 Metals Limited (ASX:C29) is preparing to commence a project-wide aeromagnetic and radiometric survey at the Stadlers project in licence E08/3122 in Western Australia.
Stadlers is located 60km south of Paraburdoo in the Ashburton Basin and is considered highly prospective for structurally-controlled epithermal copper deposits related to the Capricorn Orogen.
With structurally-controlled mineralisation such as Stadlers, it is crucial to have high-quality aeromagnetic data to facilitate detailed interpretation of the structural framework. Whilst the existing Stadlers aeromagnetic and radiometric datasets are considered low resolution by modern exploration standards, there is still an observable correlation between copper geochemical anomalies and areas of structural complexity identified in the aeromagnetic data.
Executive Director Mark Major said the company believes the upcoming survey will greatly enhance its understanding of the relationship between structure and mineralization at Stadlers, leading to the identification of new exploration targets. The new data will allow more refined targeting of future electrical geophysical surveys, which in turn leads to enhanced targeting of exploration drilling.
The planned survey will be flown with a fixed-wing aircraft collecting data on a 50m north-south line-spacing, plus east-west tie lines at 500m spacing, for a total of 1410 line kilometres. Sensor height will be 50m above terrain and the sample rate for the magnetic component will be 20Hz which equates to approximately 3.0m sample intervals.
The survey design covers the entirety of the exploration license and should take approximately three days to complete. It is scheduled to begin on October 13th, with results to be received by the company within 30 days after completion of the survey.
C29’s exploration team are also finalising designs for a tenement-scale soil geochemical sampling program at Stadlers. Previous soil geochemical work has been limited in scope and has focused on individual prospects with outcropping gossanous material, whereas the new survey will employ a broader approach and seek to generate new exploration targets in previously untested areas.
“It’s been a slow start at Stadlers due to external factors. We are now getting stuck in with some potentially discovery-based exploration. We understand the limitations in the historical exploration data however we are excited with the high grade geochemistry over the area,” Mr Major said.
“The acquisition of new geophysical and geochemical datasets will allow the company to move into a new phase at the Stadlers Project, ranking prospects according to known prospectivity indicators and then performing targeted geophysics.
“Ultimately, our goal is to define a pipeline of drill-ready targets at Stadlers and begin systematically testing these and hopefully a discovery. There is a lot of smoke in this system and if we can find the main source or collector zones, it will be a great win for the company and its shareholders.”
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