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Western Australia

Danakali granted WA exploration licences

The Department of Mines, Petroleum and Exploration has granted Danakali’s (NSX:DNK) Boodanoo North, Boodanoo South, and Dongquan West exploration licences to the company. 

On-site inspections of granted tenements have begun to evaluate geological and operational conditions in collaboration with RSC Mining and Exploration (RSC). 

Danakali is conducting investigations into geological anomalies that have historical significance. Additionally, RSC will carry out a comprehensive desktop study of identified exploration areas.

On 31 October 2025, it was announced that three tenements had been granted in the Yalgoo Mineral Fields of Western Australia. 

An additional three tenements have since been granted in the same area, located some 75km to 120km southeast of Mount Magnet. 

The tenements are in the Murchison Domain of the Yilgarn Craton, where Archaean maficultramafic intrusions and related dykes and sills make up about 40% of local greenstones. 

The southern group centres on the Narndee Igneous Complex – the area’s second largest intrusion. 

The northern group features parts of the Windimurra Igneous Complex, as well as felsic intrusives from the Mount Kenneth and Tuckanarra Suites, and metasedimentary rocks from the Yaloginda Formation.

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