Aston Minerals Limited (ASX: ASO) continues to confirm extensive nickel sulphide mineralisation and continuity of mineralisation to surface at the Bardwell Prospect within the Boomerang Nickel-Cobalt target at Edleston in Ontario, Canada.
“The results of the drilling program we commenced in Q3 2023 have shown that a continued trend of nickel sulphide exists within the Bardwell Prospect and has been specifically targeted closer to the surface,” Managing Director, Russell Bradford, said.
“The infill nature of the drilling has increased our geological confidence in the maiden mineral resource estimate and this data will now be used to update the mineral resource estimate. We will be utilising the updated mineral resource estimation and supporting metallurgical information to undertake further pit optimisation, scheduling and development assessments.
“The recent metallurgical flowsheet development work conducted at Corem shows a clear relationship between not only nickel grade, but sulphur as well. Its very pleasing to see this drilling will potentially not only continue to add nickel tonnes in a higher resource classification category but also the sulphur grades have come back to support strong metallurgical performance. The mineral resource estimate can now be updated with these latest drill results.”
Aston has appointed Caracle to update the global resource for the Boomerang deposit and to incorporate all drilling conducted in Q3 and Q4 2023 from both B2 and Bardwell.
