Tempest Minerals Ltd (ASX: TEM) has commenced drilling at the Master Target at the Meleya Project in Western Australia.
The drilling will comprise approximately 500m of diamond drilling into the ‘Master’ target which is a high priority coincident geophysical and geochemical target to the south east of the recent high profile Orion drilling.
Master Target
The target known colloquially as ‘Master’ sits in the southern portion of the Meleya Project (8km south-east of the high profile Orion Target).
The target was previously identified through magnetics and geochemistry but has recently been re-ranked to high priority after the results of incorporating large datasets generated from analysis of 2022 drilling in conjunction with preliminary results from a number of geophysical techniques being currently used in the region by TEM.
An initial 500m of diamond drilling has been designed to test the underlying geology with potential for follow up drilling.
Geology
The Master Target is one of numerous targets identified 3 through ongoing data interpretation and fieldwork which has been occurring since 2018 at the Meleya Project. This particular anomaly is located in the central southern section of the Meleya Project – approximately eight km south of the high profile Orion target – and east of the project namesake Meleya Well.
The target is defined by a large >1.5 km-long north-west south-east striking magnetic feature and is interpreted as representing part of or another previously unidentified segment of the mineralised ‘Eastern Yalgoo Greenstone belt’.
The Master target is a ‘blind’ (no outcropping rocks nearby) target and was identified in early exploration data analysis by the presence of a prominent magnetic high and coincident anomalous geochemistry.
The area is dominated by fluvial surface material and subsequently some samples may contain minerals that are not representative of the rocks at depth. However, multiple samples over several kilometres contain up to 3% sulphur and multiple indicator metals which are considered highly anomalous irrespective of the presence of transported cover.
TEM has recently conducted further data analysis based on multiple new sources including extensive alteration and mineralisation in WARDH72/73 at the Orion target drilled earlier in 2022 and preliminary results from geophysical and other work currently in progress in the Yalgoo region.
These indicate the possibility of the presence of magnetite/pyrrhotite and sulphide-bearing mineralisation buried under cover.
Next Steps
- Drilling at Master scheduled to complete mid September
- Multiple further drill programmes in preparation to commence late September to October
- Multiple geophysical survey results due September
- Ongoing fieldwork and surface sampling across TEM projects suite with results due in October
