Lodestar Minerals Limited (ASX:LSR) has commenced a soil geochemistry programme at Earaheedy-Imbin exploration project in Western Australia.
The Earaheedy-Imbin project is located on the northern margin of the Earaheedy Basin and 70km north east of Rumble Resource’s Chinook Zn-Pb discovery.
Highlights
- An extensive program of soil geochemistry commences over multiple priority EM conductors identified by the Xcite heli-EM survey.
- Programme of approximately 2,000 samples designed to test 28 conductors representing potential base metal targets within the “Imbin Corridor”, a 20km long zone of Cu-Au anomalism and drill intersections grading up to 7% copper.
- Lodestar joins with CSIRO in the NextGen Ultrafine project, bringing CSIRO expertise to bear on the under explored northern margin of the Earaheedy Basin.
The wide-ranging programme of soil sampling is underway following significant unseasonal rainfall recorded in May.
The programme represents the next step in confirming high value drill targets expected to be tested in the coming months.
The key objective of the programme is to define drill targets using geochemistry to prioritise the most prospective conductors.
The ultrafine UFF soil sampling method is a comprehensive multi-element method suited to the Earaheedy-Imbin project where generally thin sand cover has previously impeded effective geochemical sampling.
The programme will take up to three weeks to complete with CSIRO applying a sophisticated analysis package to aid interpretation of the data.
