Trek Metals (ASX:TKM) has begun geophysical surveying at the Kuro manganese discovery within the Christmas Creek Project in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.
The company has engaged Moombarriga Geoscience to conduct induced polarisation (IP) surveying at the deposit, along with Atlas Geophysics undertaking extensional ground gravity surveying.
Gravity surveying is co-funded through the Western Australian Government’s Exploration Incentive Scheme.
Trek has also begun pre-drilling earthworks at Kuro, supervised by Traditional Owner monitors.
Drilling is expected to begin at Kuro early this month. Construction of access tracks and drill pads are currently underway, with a reverse circulation (RC) drill rig from Precision Exploration Drilling expected to arrive onsite shortly.
CEO Derek Marshall says the beginning of these surveys marks an “important step in the next phase of exploration” at Kuro.
“Previous rock chip sampling completed late last year indicated that IP surveying may be an effective tool for detecting sub-surface manganese mineralisation,” Marshall says.
“The program has commenced with Gradient Array surveying and will progress to deeper penetrating dipole-dipole surveys, which we expect will enhance drill targeting ahead of the upcoming drilling campaign.
“The ground gravity survey extends the highly successful program completed last year, which identified interpreted extensions to the high-grade manganese mineral system discovered at Kuro.
“Given the high density of manganese mineralisation and limited surface exposure, we expect the new data to become an increasingly valuable targeting tool as exploration advances.”
Trek Metals is an exploration company focused on unlocking value in underexplored regions.
Write to Maddison Elliott at Mining.com.au
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