MinRex Resources Limited (ASX: MRR) has commenced RC drilling at the Tambourah North Project along with the completion of drilling over the Talga- Moolyella North Lithium- Tin-Tantalum Project near Marble Bar in Western Australia.
Drilling over the Tambourah North Project has now commenced, with a total of 10 to 12 RC proposed drillholes totalling approximately 1,540m. MinRex will target Zone 1 which mainly consist of spodumene rich pegmatites hosted within the Apex Basalt located in the northern portion of the tenement which previously yielded rock chip samples consisting of MRR028: 2.56% Li2O, 1.59% Li, 1,293 ppm Rb, 115 ppm Cs, 40 ppm Ta.
MinRex has also completed the first pass RC drill program over the Talga- North Moolyella Project. The total programme consisted of 39 RC holes, totalling 2,825m. The drilling targeted the following:
“We are excited to have commenced drilling over the Tambourah North Lithium Project as part of the last drilling program for 2022,” Managing Director George Karageorge said.
“Based on the geological mapping and high- grade surface rock chip that yielded high grade lithium rock chips mineralisation on surface outcropping pegmatites. Tambourah has become a lithium hot spot with Infinity Mining, and Rivers Gold launching maiden drilling programs with MinRex sharing common boundaries over the untested Pegmatites with modern exploration techniques”.
Tambourah North Lithium Project
Tambourah is located approximately 200 km south southeast of Port Hedland and 80km southwest of Marble Bar within the Pilbara Mineral Field. The Tambourah project area has become a lithium exploration hub with recent maiden RC drilling programmes launched by Infinity Mining Limited, Rivers Gold Limited and Trek Metals Limited all confirming spodumene rock chip and RAMON tested high grade lithium assay results and petrophysical identification.
MinRex will drill untested Zone 1, a series of stacked sheeted pegmatites hosting spodumene striking 450 over 300 metres with approximately 50m in width were located within the Apex Basalt Greenstone Belt.
The proposed drill programme will comprise 10 RC drill holes, totalling 1,540m to test the outcropping high-grade lithium bearing pegmatites identified from the initial rock chip sampling program reported in April 2022.
The North Moolyella Project is situated five km west of Global Lithium Ltd Archer Lithium Deposit, which hosts 10.5Mt @ 1.0% Li2O and four km SSW of the historical Moolyella Tin Fields.
The Talga-North Moolyella RC 39 drill hole pilot programme was completed in early December 2022 with targeted drilling over highly elevated lithium soil anomalies extended east from the Global Lithium Limited Archer lithium deposit.
A total of 39 RC holes, totalling 2,825m was completed with the collar positioned.
Drilling intersected coarse-grained individual pegmatites ranging from 2m to 24m width yielding multiple intersections of Pegmatite in drill holes with differing composition in muscovite, feldspars and garnet rich mineralogy.