Zeus Resources (ASX:ZEU) will be submitting a Program of Works (PoW) application to begin drilling on E09/2147 at its Mortimer Hills Project, located 130km northeast of the Gascoyne Junction in Western Australia.
The company has proposed reverse circulation (RC) drilling after a field trip to the project. The drilling will test previously mapped pegmatites in the Pooranoo Metamorphics along the contact with the Thirty-Three Supersuite granite.
Additionally, Zeus reports the initial drilling is planned for about 1,700m, which will concentrate on the mapped pegmatites centrally located in E09/2147 and across the granite-greenstone contact in the northwest of E09/2147 closer to Red Dirt Metals’ (ASX:RDT) Yinnietharra tenement.
Commenting on the proposed drilling, Zeus Resources Executive Director, Jian (Daniel) Liu says: “We are very pleased to see the drilling will be starting in our highly prospective lithium and REE project area.
The potential to add more tenements to our Mortimer Hills Project will also help us build up our lithium and REE assets portfolio.”
“The potential to add more tenements to our Mortimer Hills Project will also help us build up our lithium and REE assets portfolio”
Zeus has applied for 2 new tenements (E09/2791 and E09/2798), which covers an area of 18.69km-square and 24.92km-square.
Once all of the necessary approvals have been acquired, the company intends to progressively RC drill on an appropriate grid, along strike of Red Dirts’ Yinnietharra Lithium Project pegmatites, as well as along the contact between the Thirty-Three Supersuite granites and the Pooranoo Metaphorics.
Zeus also notes that about 14 companies have applied for the tenement of E09/2791, and 13 companies have applied for the tenement of E09/2798, which are both subject to ballots to determine the successful applicants.
During March 2023, Zeus geologists carried out a field trip to confirm earlier mapping of pegmatites, take selected rock chip, soil, and stream sediment samples for chemical analysis, and plan access for the planned RC drilling program.
Zeus reports the pegmatites mapped in 2022 were confirmed during the field trip. Additionally, since the creeks had recently flowed, some of the pegmatites were better exposed and several previously buried pegmatites have now been exposed.
The Mortimer Hills Project sits along the northern edge of the Mutherbukin Zone, along the Ti Tree Syncline, and dominated by the Thirty-Three Supersuite, a belt of plutons encompassed primarily of foliated meta monzogranite, monzogranite, and granodiorite in contact with the Pooranoo Metamorphics.
Zeus Resources is an Australian mineral exploration and development company, focused on exploring a range of commodities, including uranium, copper, and gold. The company’s portfolio assets include the Mortimer Hills, Wiluna, Blue Hills, and Musgrave projects in Australia.
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