Western Mines Group (ASX:WMG) has been granted $250,000 to fund an active seismic survey at the Mulga Tank Project in Western Australia, under the state government’s Co-Funded Geophysics Program 2026–27.
The Co-Funded Geophysics Program falls under the Exploration Incentive Scheme (EIS), with Western Mines eligible for funding under Venture 3 to cover 50% of costs towards an active seismic survey.
Western Mines will target the main body of the Mulga Tank Ultramafic Complex with a 35km2 survey to image the architecture and placement of the complex within the Minigwal Greenstone Belt.
Chairman Rex Turkington congratulated the exploration team for its “great work” towards obtaining another EIS grant.
“We’ve waited three years for the regional EIS Geophysical Program to reach the Mulga Tank Project area, and we’re very pleased to receive the maximum $250,000 award towards a seismic survey,” Turkington says.
“This survey will help to unlock the 3D architecture of the complex and, combined with our other datasets, will greatly aid our understanding and targeting of Perseverance-style basal massive sulphide accumulations.”
As reported by Mining.com.au earlier this month, the company elected to sell its Melita tenement and surrender Pinyalling during a strategic review of the company’s project portfolio, which saw it apply for two new tenements.
The two new tenements the company has applied for are in the Fraser Range and near Mt Narryer — hoping to expand its nickel and copper focus in the margins of the Yilgarn Craton in Western Australia.
Located 190km northeast of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia, the Mulga Tank Project is prospective for a magmatic nickel sulphide mineral system and hosts a resource estimate of more than 5.3 million tonnes of contained nickel.
Western Mines Group is a mineral explorer with assets mostly in Western Australia’s Murchison region.
Write to Maddison Elliott at Mining.com.au
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