McLaren Minerals (ASX:MML) will begin drilling along the Eastern Shoreline target within its wholly owned McLaren Titanium Project, located in the Eucla Basin of Western Australia.
Clearing of drill lines is currently underway, with drilling to begin later this week.
The area is yet to face systematic exploration campaigns. McLaren has conducted an extensive heritage survey across the target, which aligns with the company’s heritage agreement with the Ngadju.
The Eastern Shoreline target has been cleared for work, and physical clearing to allow for drilling has commenced.
McLaren will conduct drilling for 19 widely spaced holes, testing 12km of the target. The company will expand the drilling campaign if initial holes are considered successful.
The Eastern Shoreline target was identified late last year, where historical shallow drilling encountered mineralisation.
Managing Director Simon Finnis says the target area has “potential to materially impact the scale and quality of mineralisation” at the project.
“I personally will be glad to see this exploration target assessed with a few strategically placed holes,” Finnis says.
“No matter how much we talk about it, the drill will tell the tale and while we have been encouraged by early reconnaissance, we won’t know for sure until that work is done.”
McLaren Minerals is a junior explorer focused on developing projects considered prospective for critical minerals.
Write to Maddison Elliott at Mining.com.au
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