Nevada Organic Phosphate (CSE:NOP) says recent drilling has intersected the target zone at its flagship Murdock Mountain Project and returned encouraging assays, further confirming the strike length of mineralisation.
Assays from the recently completed MM26-10 hole, a 1.5km step-out, returned 10.89% phosphorus pentoxide (P₂O₅) over 3.6m, the company has reported.
CEO Robin Dow calls the result a “significant milestone” for the company, as the hole successfully intersected the Upper Phosphate Zone and extended the confirmed strike length of phosphate mineralisation to more than 3km.
The assays follow preliminary core logging that indicated MM26-10 had intersected the Upper Phosphate Zone, consistent with the company’s geological model.
Nevada Organic’s exploration team interprets the Upper Phosphate Zone as a laterally extensive, nearly flat-lying sedimentary horizon within the Meade Peak Member of the Phosphoria Formation.
The step-out drilling aims to test strike continuity and refine the understanding of true thickness and grade controls across the broader Murdock Mountain trend.
“The successful intersection of the Upper Phosphate Zone at a 1.5km step-out is a foundational requirement for future evaluation work,” Director Garry Smith says.
“Each assay-confirmed step-out increases confidence in the scale potential of the sedimentary system and supports NOP’s strategy of advancing a clean, organic-certifiable low-contaminant phosphate project,” he adds.
Nevada Organic Phosphate is a junior exploration company with a 6.6km-long organic sedimentary raw rock phosphate bed in northeast Nevada, US.
Write to Jackson Chen at Mining.com.au
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