Western Gold Resources (ASX: WGR) has identified several new mafic intrusions hosting nickel-platinum-palladium (NI-PGE) targets over a 3.6km strike length (so far) at its Gold Duke Project, located west of Wiluna in Western Australia.
The targets were identified following receipt of results from a recent successful geochemical sampling program, where 1,014 soil samples were collected and submitted for Ultrafine+ analysis at LabWest Laboratory in Perth.
“The identification of these extensive (3.6km) mafic hosted nickel-platinum-palladium anomalies are a very exciting development which stems from our ongoing collaboration with the CSIRO in utilising their proprietary Ultrafine+ geochemical sampling technique,” Managing Director, Warren Thorne, said.
“It’s rare to see such a large, strong, and coherent nickel-platinum-palladium anomaly from geochemical sampling and this represents a compelling drill target in a completely unexplored area which could host a komatiite style nickel sulphide deposit with high grade Platinum and Palladium. These results are expected to be the first of many across both our projects in the coming months.”
A total of 1,014 soil samples were collected and submitted to Labwest in Perth for Ultrafine+ Analysis with this geochemical program forming part of the regional CSIRO soil research initiative.
Soil sampling was conducted on a 200m line spacing by 25m sample intervals, with infill 100m by 25m lines, testing extensions of targets defined by previous exploration results and geophysical surveys.
Initial interpretation of the Ultrafine gold and multi-element results has generated four high-priority targets at two new prospects, Duran’s and Big Z’s.
Next Steps
WGR to undertake further soil sampling to north and south of Duran’s Ni-Pt-Pd prospect. On receipt of updated UFF+ soil results, geophysical surveys will be commissioned across the targets, followed by drilling in Q4 2022.
WGR’s systematic approach to exploration continues to add value to the Gold Duke Project.
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