Errawarra Resources Ltd. announced that the Andover West maiden drilling campaign, which comprised 3 diamond core holes for a total 489m, has been completed. The Andover West project is located in the north-western portion of Pilbara Craton, approximately 35 km to the southeast of Karratha in Western Australia and is immediately adjacent to Azure Mineral Limited's Andover Nickel Project. The project is within the Andover Complex, an Archean-age mafic-ultramafic intrusive complex covering an area of approximately 200km2 that intruded the West Pilbara Craton. The Andover Complex comprises a lower ultramafic zone 1.3 km thick and an overlying 0.8 km gabbroic layer intruded by dolerites. The magmatic Ni-Cu-Co sulphide mineralisation at Azure's Andover Deposit to the east of the project is hosted in a fractionated, low MgO gabbro with taxitic textures proximal to the mineralisation. The Andover West project is close to the Ridgeline Ni-Cu prospect discovered by Azure Minerals which is situated1.6km to the north-east. Azure recently reported a maiden resource of 1.3Mt @ 1.11% Ni, 0.46% Cu and 0.05% Co at its Ridgeline Ni-Cu prospect. While the mineralised zone that the Company discovered at priority Target A is only 35m downhole from surface, it is important to note that Azure's Ridgeline deposit features most nickel and copper mineralisation and high grade intersects at depths around 400m and greater from surface. In November 2022, two Fixed Loop Electromagnetic (FLEM) surveys were completed at the Andover West
project. Due to challenging topography a large Fixed Loop array was selected rather than a Moving Loop array. Fixed loops 1 and 2 were designed to verify and better define a strong airborne electromagnetic VTEM anomaly and a weaker one to the north of the tenement. Based on the results of these surveys several conductors were detected and modelled by Newexco Exploration as Category 1 and Category 2 plates that warranted drill testing. Several drill hole collar locations were proposed with three sites finally being confirmed after taking into consideration the steep topography and the difficulty in constructing drill pads. An archaeological heritage survey was completed in late January to allow the construction of drill pads and access tracks. No heritage sites were uncovered, and all three proposed sites were prepared for the track mounted rig. Drilling commenced on February 1st targeting a moderate conductance plate representing Target B. Hole 23EWDD001 was collared drilling from north to south in order to intersect the Target B modelled plate conductor, which was subsequently intersected from 141.3m to 151.5m. The mineralisation observed consisted of magnetite, pyrrhotite, pyrite and chalcopyrite in a pyroxenite host rock. Textures observed were disseminated to heavily disseminated sulphides and stringers of pyrrhotite, pyrite and chalcopyrite associated with a magnetite envelope. Weakly disseminated iron sulphides and thin pods of massive pyrrhotite were noted from188.5m to 199.3m with stringers of chalcopyrite. The visual presence of copper
mineralisation was confirmed using a handheld Olympus Pxrf analyser. Drillhole 23EWDD002 targeted a weak shallow dipping conductor measuring 145m x 70m with a conductance of 125 Siemens. At target depth of 138m massive to semi-massive magnetite associated with chlorite was intersected over approximately 54m until end of hole at 192m. While the intersection was impressive as regards magnetite-chlorite alteration, no significant sulphides were observed, and the immediate target was effectively tested. Further work is warranted to review the surface FLEM surveys to determine if there are other targets deeper or lateral to this body that may host sulphides.