Great Dirt Resources (ASX:GR8) reports up to 50.3% manganese from its most recent round of soil and rock chip sampling at the Doherty Project in New South Wales.
The company, which has a market capitalisation of $6.5 million, says field investigation of geophysical targets has resulted in the discovery of massive manganese mineralisation south of Neranghi.
“High-grade” mineralisation was discovered in both outcrops and floaters and traced for over 650m northeast to southwest.
This has confirmed several manganese anomalies extending for over 3.5km. The latest results extend the Junior targets to both the north and south.
Great Dirt says the mineralisation remains consistent with the southern boundary and will be infilled in the next few weeks.
To the north, ongoing extension and infill surveys are underway to further define extensions.
Managing Director Marty Helean says the discovery of outcrops of high-grade mineralisation up to 50.3% manganese validates Great Dirt’s thorough and systematic exploration program.
“The ground based geophysical survey will further define drill targets for the drilling program anticipated to commence in the latter half of July,” he says.
Ground based gradient-array induced polarisation and gravity geophysical surveys are scheduled to begin this week.
Great Dirt says its Doherty and Basin projects are located in a proven region for high-grade manganese that has supplied battery manufacturers from the 1940s to 1960s.
During this time, the Doherty and Junior mines produced around 9,000 tonnes of high-grade manganese.
Write to Angela East at Mining.com.au
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