Koba Resources (ASX:KOB) has started a 3,000m drilling program across two Queensland tin-tungsten projects, with completion expected in about three weeks.
The company has received all necessary approvals for the second phase of drilling. The approvals cover three prospects at its Stannary Hills and Mt Garnet Tin-Tungsten Projects in North Queensland.
Drilling begins at the Kitchener Trend, where seven historical mines produced about 120,000 tonnes of ore at an average 2.3% tin (Sn) over 1.3km of strike before 1930. This is the first drilling at Kitchener in more than 40 years.
Koba will then move to the undrilled Jiminy Prospect, which hosts historical tin mines and ‘high-grade’ rock chip samples within a 1.5km by 0.3km tin-in-soil anomaly.
The third target is the Gilmore Tin Mine, which produced 26,169 tonnes @ 7.6% Sn before 1930.
Koba plans follow-up drilling after hole MGRC011 intersected 29m @ 1.2% Sn, 0.36% copper, 0.017% tungsten trioxide, and 22 grams per tonne silver from 111m. This includes 15m @ 2% Sn from 117m and 2m @ 6.3% Sn from 126m.
Assay results are expected in about six weeks, with a larger Gilmore program planned for 2027.
The three prospects are located within the Herberton Tin District, which Koba identifies as Australia’s second-largest tin district.
Managing Director Ben Vallarine says the company is ‘prioritising rapid testing’ of the undrilled targets and the recent Gilmore discovery.
“We are very excited to be drilling our first programs at Kitchener and Jiminy and to be able to follow-up the significant intersection at Gilmore so quickly,” Vallarine states.
Koba Resources is an Australian explorer advancing a diversified portfolio of critical minerals assets, including its flagship Yarramba Uranium Project in South Australia.
Write to JC Villarba at Mining.com.au
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