Black Canyon (ASX:BCA) has detected numerous near surface targets after completing an induced polarisation (IP) survey at the Fig Tree Project in Western Australia, part of the Carawine Joint Venture with Carawine Resources (ASX:CWX).
The IP survey completed at Fig Tree targeted hydrothermal manganese mineralisation similar to the Woodie Woodie Manganese Mine.
Black Canyon used high-quality historic exploration datasets at the project to evaluate the known manganese prospects, and then used that information to generate new IP survey targets.
Meanwhile, a dipole-dipole IP survey (DDIP) tested a 1,400m long zone of subcropping manganese mineralisation along strike from the HD1 prospect where rock chip samples and limited reverse circulation drilling encountered medium to high-grade manganese.
The DDIP survey confirmed chargeable resources coincident with outcropping manganese mineralisation and extending down dip.
Managing Director Brendan Cummins says after discovering large, shale-hosted manganese deposits across the Balfour Manganese Field, the company is now turning some of its attention to explore for near-surface, high-grade mineralisation at Wandanya and Fig Tree.
“Several prospects along the Fig Tree Manganese Trend have been mapped and drilled in the past, establishing the tenement’s potential to host higher grade, hydrothermal-style mineralisation,” Cummins says.
“Its geological similarities to Woodie Woodie and previous reverse circulation drilling have confirmed the prospectivity of the tenement, which is located only 35km south of Woodie Woodie.
“Manganese deposits are often associated with chargeability anomalies which can be detected using IP techniques, so we were keen to deploy IP to the area and now have several new targets that warrant follow-up.”
Black Canyon has planned further IP surveys to better resolve the size and strength of these new chargeable anomalies and establish their “significance” prior to refining potential drill targets, in addition to other prospects across Fig Tree.
The Fig Tree Project is part of Black Canyon’s Carawine Project, which is subject to a joint venture with Carawine Resources. Black Canyon has earnt a 75% interest in the Carawine Project tenements, while Carawine holds the remaining 25%.
Black Canyon is a manganese-focused company that has consolidated a landholding totalling 2,100km2 in the underexplored Balfour Manganese Field and across the Oakover Basin in Western Australia.
Write to Aaliyah Rogan at Mining.com.au
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