Argent Minerals (ASX:ARD) is starting the first surface geochemical program over the Mt Palgrave and Illirie Creek prospects areas, within its wholly owned Copperhead Project in Western Australia.
At the Mt Palgrave prospect, the company reports rock chip assay results confirmed extensive copper mineralisation, including 2.42% Cu, 4.14% Cu, 5.92% Cu, 8.8% Cu, 14.96% Cu, and 21.1% Cu.
Meanwhile at Illirie Creek, the company’s rock chip reconnaissance program results confirmed copper mineralisation over the prospect, Anomaly A, Anomaly C (a), and Anomaly C (b).
The soil sampling programs for both prospects are designed to identify geochemical anomalism around the entire regional synclinal structure, where most of the copper mineralisation has been defined to date.
The soil sampling programs for both prospects are designed to identify geochemical anomalism around the entire regional synclinal structure, where most of the copper mineralisation has been defined to date
Additionally, Argent states the program for the Mt Palgrave prospect will include the collection of about 580 soil samples on a 200m by 100m grid. Meanwhile, the program for Illirie Creek will incorporate the collection of about 2,275 soil samples on a 200m by 100m grid.
In November 2022, the company completed a first pass exploration program over Copperhead and the surrounding copper prospect areas. The ‘highly successful’ helicopter-borne program yielded very ‘high-grade’ copper results hosted within the discovery formation siltstones.
The Copperhead Project is located about 350km east-northeast of Carnarvon and 950km north of Perth in Western Australia. The exploration licences are wholly owned and operated by Copperhead, a wholly owned subsidiary of Argent Minerals.
Argent Minerals is an ASX-listed public company, focused on the discovery, extraction, and marketing of precious and base metals. The company’s portfolio of assets include its flagship Kempfield Project, Mount Dudley, Trunkey, Pine Ridge, and Copperhead projects in Australia.
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