Gold explorer Tempest Minerals (ASX:TEM) has commenced a sampling program at the Range Project in Western Australia, to gather high-priority subsurface geochemistry in the southern half of the project area.
With the recent gold in rock chips at numerous prospects aligning with newly understood geological prospectivity, Tempest is progressing gold exploration in the area and further definition of drill targets at Range.
Tempest says the program will provide a stronger geological understanding in areas where surficial cover do not allow direct outcrop observation and the resulting geochemistry will rapidly progress further target generation and definition at the project.
This work is being conducted ahead of an upcoming 1,500m reverse circulation drilling program, which will begin before the end of this month.
Drilling is primarily testing the Wrangler prospect, as well as several other possible mineralised target zones.
The Range Project, located in the Mount Magnet mineral field, sits 5km-along strike of the more than 6 million ounce Mount Magnet Operations. The project, covering 20km2, consists of 17 tenements.
Tempest Minerals is an Australian mineral explorer focused on its diversified portfolio of assets in Western Australia. The company’s portfolio of assets includes iron ore, precious, base, and energy metals.
Write to Aaliyah Rogan at Mining.com.au
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