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Wildcat Resources adds drill rig to litter in expanded drill program at Tabba Tabba in WA

Wildcat Resources (ASX:WC8) says the second reverse circulation (RC) drill rig is mobilising to expand its phase one drill program at the Tabba Tabba Lithium Tantalum Project in Western Australia. 

The $129.78 million market capitalisation company says the rig has been contracted and will be deployed to site in mid-August 2023. 

Commenting on the second drill rig, Wildcat Resources Managing Director Samuel Ekins says: “We are really pleased with the progress of the initial drilling at Tabba Tabba and are looking forward to adding a second RC rig to speed up the testing of our numerous targets. 

“Our field team has done a great job to build capacity and is constantly growing their knowledge of the Tabba Tabba system”

Our field team has done a great job to build capacity and is constantly growing their knowledge of the Tabba Tabba system.”

The expanded drill program is extending the area of drill testing of outcropping pegmatites across the mining leases and begins following up in the northern target area. 

Tabba Tabba is located about 80km by road from Port Hedland in Western Australia. 

Wildcat Resources is an ASX-listed company focused on uncovering strategic landholdings in ‘world-class’ provinces in Australia. The company has key landholdings for gold in the Lachlan Fold Belt in New South Wales, gold and lithium in Western Australia, and greenfields exploration projects in Western Australia.

Images: Wildcat Resources Ltd
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Written By Aaliyah Rogan
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