Western Mines Group diamond drilling has intersected around 950m of high magnesium oxide meso-adcumulate dunite with disseminated nickel sulphide mineralisation and numerous remobilised sulphide veinlets at the Mulga Tank Ni-Cu-PGE Project on the Minigwal Greenstone Belt in Western Australia’s Eastern Goldfields
The drilling to 1,107.5 meters below the surface has revealed similar geological observations to nearby holes MTD022 (600m W) and MTD023 (500m E).
The company is confident that mobilised massive nickel sulphides will likely be a hybrid Type 1/2 mineral system.
Meanwhile, 8 shallow RC holes have already been completed.
“MTD028 was both an infill hole between MTD022 and MTD023, to test lateral continuity of the disseminated mineralisation seen in those holes, and also aimed to test further the basal contact in this area – associated with the W Conductor EM anomaly and numerous remobilised massive nickel sulphide veinlets seen in surrounding holes MTD012, MTD013, MTD022 and MTD023,” WMC Managing Director Caedmon Marriott said.
“The hole certainly met our expectations, and the predictability is starting to become something of a feature of Mulga Tank; there are almost no bad holes, with sulphide mineralisation encountered nearly everywhere we drill.”
MULGA TANK DRILLING PROGRAM
WMG is undertaking diamond and RC drilling programs at the Mulga Tank Project. With this two-pronged approach, the recently announced RC drilling program (ASX, RC Drilling Program Commences at Mulga Tank, 20 September 2023) aims to test the extent of shallow disseminated nickel sulphide mineralisation, whilst the diamond drilling program, ongoing since November 2022 (ASX, Phase 2 Drilling has Commenced at Mulga Tank, 28 November 2022), continues to test deeper targets.
Further drill holes will continue to be added to these programs, with ongoing targeting work, as the Company systematically explores the Mulga Tank Ultramafic Complex.
