Viridis Mining and Minerals (ASX:VMM) reports that a maiden aircore drilling program to target potential areas of kaolin-halloysite mineralisation has begun at the company’s 100% owned Poochera Project in South Australia.
Viridis plans to drill up to 60 holes for 3,000m to an average depth of 50m.
Drilling targets were selected based on references to clay in historical drillholes and areas with bedrock geophysical characteristics similar to known kaolin deposits elsewhere on the Eyre peninsula.
Drilling targets were selected based on references to clay in historical drillholes and areas with bedrock geophysical characteristics similar to known kaolin deposits elsewhere on the Eyre peninsula
During the program, all 1m intervals will be recovered in plastic bags directly from the cyclone ensuring no loss of material.
Each 1m interval will be analysed by pXRF to test for geochemical parameters related to kaolin.
Mobile XDR will also be completed on selected samples believed to contain kaolin-halloysite, in order to confirm mineralogy.
The program is being completed by McLeod Drilling, an aircore drilling company with considerable kaolin experience on the Eyre Peninsula.
Drilling at Poochera is expected to take approximately 2 weeks to complete, with all selected samples being sent to Bureau Veritas in Adelaide, and other specialty laboratories.
The Poochera Project comprises one exploration licence (EL6733) that covers an area of 329km-square in the Eastern Eucla Basin in South Australia.
The project is located adjacent to major halloysite-kaolin deposits, including the Great White Kaolin Project, but the area has never been systematically explored for kaolin-halloysite.
Viridis Mining and Minerals is a resource exploration and development company with assets in Canada and Australia.
The company’s projects include the gold prospective South Kitikmeot Project, the gold prospective Boddington West Project, the nickel, copper and platinum prospective Bindoon Project, and the kaolin-halloysite prospective Poochera and Smoky Projects.
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