Traka Resources Limited (ASX: TKL) has further enhanced the definition of three recently-identified mineralised intrusive bodies at the company’s 100%-owned Mt Cattlin Gold-Copper Project in south-west Western Australia.
The three buried intrusives sit within the centrally located 3.5km-wide intrusive complex at Mt Cattlin – which hosts all known gold and copper mineralisation within the project area – and may prove to be an important feeder source for the cluster of known near-surface gold and copper targets currently being drilled.
The intrusives were modelled using soil geochemical data assayed for elements commonly associated with the alteration halos surrounding large porphyry and/or IRG (Intrusive Related Gold) deposits.
The modelling indicates that the centre of each intrusive has a core of several hundred metres’ diameter and that they sit between 250m and 800m depth. The largest and shallowest of the intrusives is the northern body.
The mounting evidence for the presence of a large, multi-phased intrusive complex that accounts for the concentration of mineralisation within the Mt Cattlin Gold-Copper Project has positive implications for the future delineation of economic-scale mineralisation.
Managing Director, Patrick Verbeek, said the numerous near-surface gold-copper prospects already drilled at Mt Cattlin all appear to sit within the highly altered, strongly magnetic skarn zones peripheral to the intrusives, eg Revelation (where mineralisation has remobilised into late-stage structures), Sirdar, Maori Chief, Ellendale and Revival.
“This follow-up sampling provides further support for our theory that these mineralised intrusives – which have never been drill tested – could represent the feeder source for all mineralisation identified to date within the Mt Cattlin Project area,” Mr Verbeek said.
“The northernmost intrusive in particular is emerging as a compelling drill target that sits relatively close to surface, with an initial drilling program to be planned once we have received all the remaining data.
“Vectoring in on the heart of the mineralised system at Mt Cattlin would represent a genuine game changer for Traka, providing the keys to unlock the broader potential of this exciting tenement package.”
Current Programme of Work
Rock and soil geochemical sampling is continuing to provide higher resolution and supporting data for the 3D geochemical footprint modelling program underway. Additional geological reconnaissance has also been completed above the northern intrusive body position.
Mafic intrusives and porphyry rocks with multidirectional veining have been sampled in this position, providing evidence of the underlying intrusives, but the position is almost entirely within a cleared wheat paddock so much of evidence is likely to be obscured. Upon receipt the outstanding rock geochemical data, a drill programme will be designed to test the large northern intrusive target.
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