Lunnon Metals Limited (ASX: LM8) has intersected 6.0m of massive nickel sulphides returned within a 12m mineralised zone at the ECO-H/W prospect in Western Australia.
Blue Spec Drilling’s RC rig returned to the Kambalda Nickel Project (KNP) in November to infill drill the ECO-H/W prospect. The drill spacing once the infill drilling is complete will be better than 40m x 40m with the goal being an initial Mineral Resource estimation.
Managing Director, Ed Ainscough, said, subject to final geological interpretation, these widths approximate a true width. Portable field XRF readings support the presence of nickel associated with the visually identified sulphides. This nickel sulphide mineralisation is located within the hanging-wall komatiite, 40m above the footwall basalt contact.
“ECO-H/W has been both a big surprise and bonus from our early exploration programmes post IPO. To hit a shallow, easily accessible potential source of high-grade nickel sulphides right in the middle of broad spaced historical drilling is obviously satisfying for the team and really highlights the opportunity that sits within the WMC data,” Mr Ainscough said.
“Just because an area wasn’t drilled, or was drilled on a broad spacing and not followed up, doesn’t mean it can’t still deliver the goods“.
Mr Ainscough said the RC drilling infill programme has progressed at an excellent pace which coupled with in field XRF analysis has allowed:
- in field validation of the target mineralised zone;
- more holes to be planned and drilled as needed whilst the programme is on foot;
- focussed sample collection on the target zone to minimise sample job size dispatched to the laboratory to hopefully improve assay turnaround times; and
- planned diamond hole locations to be optimised for structural and future geotechnical and metallurgical assessment.
Assay results for this RC infill programme at ECO-H/W will likely not be received until late January 2022 at the earliest but will be reported as results are returned.
The goal will be to move straight into Mineral Resource estimation work and complete geotechnical and metallurgical assessments in parallel so that a maiden Mineral Resource can be reported as soon as possible in 2022.
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