Aircore Drilling Recommenced Ahead Of Schedule At Kaolin-Halloysite Project
Latin Resources Limited (ASX: LRS) has commenced the next phase of aircore drilling at the 100% owned Noombenberry Kaolin-Halloysite Project in Western Australia, where the company recently released a 207Mt inferred Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) at the Cloud Nine Deposit.
The planned drilling aims to test for kaolinized granitic material for a further 4.5km to the north of the Cloud Nine deposit, within the companies 100% owned granted tenement.
Exploration Manager, Tony Greenaway, said Latin believes potential exists for the kaolin-halloysite material to extend both north and south of Cloud Nine for up to 100km covered by the company’s extensive regional tenement package.
Drilling will initially comprise an estimated 3,700m of aircore drilling on a 400m by 400m grid pattern, before moving the drilling rig back to complete selective infill drilling within the Cloud Nine deposit targeting the known high grade halloysite zones, and ultra-bright while kaolin zones within the existing Infrared MRE.
It is expected that this drilling campaign will be completed in early July 2021, followed immediately by the second phase infill drilling, with all composite samples to be dispatched to various specialised laboratories in South Australia for detailed analysis.
“With the drilling rig back out on site, we are looking forward to the potential of significantly expanding our Cloud Nine Halloysite-Kaolin Deposit,” Mr Greenaway said.
“We are testing a new area that is equal in size to the footprint of the existing Cloud Nine resource, so there is significant potential for resource growth.
“We will also be completing some infill drilling within the existing inferred resource, with the aim of better defining some of the known high-grade zones and increasing our confidence levels to enable an upgrade to indicated or measured status.”
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