Western Mines Group (ASX:WMG) reports final assay results from seven reverse circulation (RC) holes at its Mulga Tank Nickel-Cobalt-Copper-PGE (platinum group elements) Project in Western Australia.
The company received geochemical assay results for holes MTRC088 to MTRC094. Notably, all seven holes show broad zones of nickel sulphide mineralisation.
Results include elevated nickel and sulphur coincident with ‘highly anomalous’ copper and PGE.
‘Standout’ results include MTRC090 with 186m at 0.30% nickel (Ni), 145 parts per million (ppm) cobalt (Co), 101ppm copper (Cu), and 28 parts per billion platinum plus palladium from 109m; and MTRC091 with 113m at 0.31% Ni from 104m, including 5m at 0.77% Ni.
‘Higher-grade’ shallow intersections were recorded across multiple holes, with MTRC091 returning 2m @ 1.29% Ni, 520ppm Co, and 550ppm Cu from 107m.
Managing Director Caedmon Marriott says the seven holes were designed to follow up previous drilling within the main body of the Mulga Tank Complex.
That work covered both the current mineral resource estimate (MRE) and to the south where recent drilling has extended known mineralisation.
“All seven holes showed broad zones of mineralisation, with MTRC090 and MTRC091 returning the strongest results with multiple shallow intersections of higher-grade [approximately] 0.4% Ni results,” Marriott says.
The 32 holes from phase-four and phase-five programs will be incorporated into a new MRE in the coming weeks. The company says this will upgrade and expand on the original resource based on 58 holes up until phase three.
Western Mines’ initial MRE for Mulga Tank was based on 58 RC holes and seven diamond holes. The updated resource will form the basis of a mine plan to feed into a Scoping Study the company aims to produce for the project.
The company was awarded $300,000 in co-funding from the Western Australian Government’s Exploration Incentive Scheme (EIS) for an active seismic survey over the Mulga Tank Complex.
The survey will commence in the coming weeks once shire roads reopen after recent rainfall in the area.
Western Mines Group is a diversified WA explorer advancing gold and nickel sulphide projects across the Yilgarn Craton’s major mineral belts.
Write to JC Villarba at Mining.com.au
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