Ragusa Minerals Limited (ASX: RAS) has commenced drilling operations at the company’s 100% owned Burracoppin Halloysite Project, located ~300 kilometres east of Perth in Western Australia.
The company has planned the maiden wide-spaced air-core drilling programme at the Project – targeting the open strike extensions of the adjacent halloysite-kaolin deposit, with the aim to delineate a JORC mineral resource.
The planned first phase drilling programme comprises up to 60 drill-site locations in a grid pattern based on 400 metre centres across the approved Programme of Work area in tenement E70/5708, for a total of up to ~1750 metres.
The company is excited to commence the maiden drilling programme at our Burracoppin Halloysite Project,” Chairperson, Jerko Zuvela, said.
‘This is a significant step for the potential development of our Project – with the drilling campaign expected to delineate a JORC mineral resource, targeting the open strike extensions of the adjacent mineralisation. We look forward to progressing the development potential for a fast-track DSO operation at Burracoppin.
The Project area adjoins Latin Resources Ltd Noombenberry Halloysite Project, and specifically the Cloud Nine deposit, where Latin have estimated a global Inferred Mineral Resource of 207 million tonnes of kaolinised granite, comprising 123 million tonnes of bright white kaolin-bearing material and 84 million tonnes of kaolin/halloysite-bearing material, with the potential for the strike extension to extend into the Burracoppin Halloysite Project area.