Rumble Resources Limited (ASX: RTR) has received heritage clearance to undertake a new phase of exploration at the Chinook Zn-Pb deposit at the exciting Earaheedy Project, located 140km north-east of Wiluna, Western Australia.
Since the exciting Chinook discovery in April 2021, drilling has rapidly uncovered an emerging world class Zn-PbAg-Cu metal system with provincial scale potential.
Within tenement E69/3464, the Zinc sulphide dominant mineralisation occurs within two well defined deposits (Chinook and Tonka) with a combined strike of 13km and 2km cross strike, which remain open in all directions and at depth.
Higher-grade zones within the mineralised Navajoh Unconformity Unit and underlying dolomite (Sweetwater Well Dolomite – formerly Navajoh Dolomite) are associated with multiple inferred feeder faults/zones that are oriented both northwest and east-west.
• The Tonka and Navajoh Prospects are linked by higher-grade east-west feeder fault zones within a large 8km x 2km northwest trending mineralised footprint that remains open in all directions. Two mineralised feeder faults/zones (Colorado and Magazine) have been outlined to date, with the opportunity to define multiple additional zones.
• The Chinook Prospect is a large 5km by 2km northwest trending mineralised footprint which remains open in all directions. Higher-grade zones associated with both northwest and east-west trending feeder structures with two principal feeder zones (Kalitan and Spur) interpreted to date.
• The Earaheedy Project has provincial scale potential with the newly granted 100% owned E69/3787 & E69/3862 tenements providing:
o A further 23km’s of potential unconformity type mineralised strike along the Sweetwater and Navajoh Southeast trends, which is yet to be drill tested. These trends have increased the overall strike of this unconformity mineralised horizon to 42km’s. There is likewise potential to discover new high grade mineralisation styles in the untested underlying geological formations including the Iroquois Dolomite where Strickland Metals announced the intersection of high-grade zinc intersections.
The broad Iroquois Dolomite unit occurs over a 35km strike and is interpreted to surface within the recently granted E69/3787 (100% RTR) which also remains to be drill tested.
Sweetwater Trend E69/3787 – RTR 100% – RC Drilling Commenced
Drilling by Rumble has defined extensive Zn-Pb-Ag mineralisation on the boundary between E69/3464 and the recently granted E69/3787 (100% Rumble) tenure, which is host to the 15km long untested Sweetwater Trend.
Excitingly, Rumble has now received the necessary heritage clearances from the Wiluna Native Title Holders, the Tarlka Matuwa Piarku Aboriginal Corporation (TMPAC) to commence RC drill testing a 6km section, which hosts the potential western continuation of the large Chinook Zn-Pb deposit.
Rumble has submitted a heritage survey request for clearance of the remainder of the Sweetwater Trend and the 8km long Navajoh Southeast Trend that also remains untested. RC drilling has commenced targeting shallow higher-grade domains associated with potential mineralised feeder structures in the Navajoh Unconformity Unit within E69/3787. The only two shallow historic RC holes previously drilled along the Sweetwater Trend intercepted Zn-Pb mineralisation, 12km to the west of Chinook.
Iroquois Carbonate Trend E69/3787 – RTR100%
Rumble has completed a new interpretation of the Iroquois Dolomite unit which is interpreted to surface within the recently granted E69/3787 (100% Rumble) and has over 35km of untested strike. Rumble has received heritage clearances to start regional aircore reconnaissance drill testing along two sections of the Iroquois Carbonate Trend.
Very limited drilling conducted in the 1970’s intercepted shallow Zn-Pb mineralisation in the Iroquois Carbonate Unit including:
• RWAC002 – 9m @ 0.97% Zn + Pb (from 60m to EOH)
• RWAC031 – 1m @ 1.09% Zn + Pb (from 32m to EOH) These intercepts are along strike from Strickland Metals Ltd high-grade intercepts at the Iroquois Prospect, which included 23m @ 5.5% Zn+Pb from 108m and 12m @ 5.4% Zn+Pb from 58m, and emphasizes the potential for further near surface discoveries in the region.
Earaheedy Project – Multiple Mineralisation Styles
The overall geological deposition model for the Earaheedy Base Metal Province is continually evolving with some five (5) styles of mineralisation identified.
Rumble has confirmed at least four of these styles have been defined within the Earaheedy Project and based on recent drilling completed by Strickland Metals, the likelihood of significant Iroquois Dolomite hosted mineralisation below Chinook, Tonka-Navajoh and near surface along the Iroquois Carbonate Trend is very high.
The current drilling has outlined laterally extensive flat lying unconformity related zinc-lead-silver sulphide mineralisation at the Chinook, Tonka-Navajoh Prospects (mineralisation styles.
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