Godolphin Resources Limited advised it has commenced both metallurgical and mineralogy test work for the Narraburra Rare Earth Element and Rare Metals Project, located 12km northeast of Temora in central west New South Wales. The Company has recently compiled a number of samples from its 31-hole diamond drill core programs. The samples have been sent to the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation. ANSTO is a statutory body of the Australian Government focused on national infrastructure, research and providing bespoke services to the resources sector facilitating the transition to renewable energy.

The samples are currently undergoing multiple assessments at ANSTO. A first-pass approach is aiming to characterise REE-in-clay mineralisation with the objective of determining if the REEs can be simply and cheaply extracted by leaching. Mineralogical characterisation by QEMSCAN1 (SEM in Particle Mineral Analysis mode) will be conducted at the same time.

Repeating of assays will also be conducted, which is designed to reconfirm previously reported assay results to provide greater confidence in the Project grades. Results from the ANSTO test work are expected early in the June quarter. The Narraburra area was first explored for rare earth elements (REE) associated with the Devonian-aged Narraburra Granite.

It is listed as a Critical Minerals Project by the Critical Minerals Office of the Australian Government's Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources and Australian Trade and Investment Commissioni. Narraburra highlights a major low-carbon metal opportunity in an established mining region. To date, diamond drilling undertaken by Godolphin at Narraburra has intersected broad zones of REE and RM mineralisation in clay, saprock (clay-weathered rock) and in underlying fresh rock protolith material.

The primary target at Narraburra is an Ionic Adsorption Clay REE style of mineralisation. Ion-adsorption clay deposits are the result of weathering of rare earth-rich host rocks which, over time, results in the formation of clays. The clays and clay-weathered saprock become enriched in REE through water table effects, resulting in flat sheets of REE regolith mineralisation.