Hexagon Energy Materials Ltd. announced important upcoming mineral exploration at its McIntosh Ni-Cu-PGE Project in the East Kimberley Region of northern Western Australia. The current drill program has been delayed from the proposed September commencement date due to a protracted process in securing final heritage approvals. The Priority 1 drill targets which include IP Anomaly A & B, which were discovered by Hexagon in an IP survey over the Greater Mellon Patch area conducted in 2021, along with Anomaly 22 and Anomaly 9 which were highlighted in a geophysical review over the project.

The identified drill targets are prospective for metallic disseminated to massive sulphide Ni-Cu-Co-PGE mineralisation. (The current drill program will be testing the following high priority geophysical anomalies · Two untested airborne electromagnetic (AEM) anomalies Anomaly 22 and Anomaly 9, and · Two untested ground Induced Polarisation (IP) anomalies A and B. Hexagon personnel and drilling contractor are currently mobilising to site with drill pad preparation being undertaken over the weekend, with drilling due to commence early next week. The Melon Patch intrusion was identified as a priority Ni-Cu-PGE target by Hexagon in 2021 .

A Reconnaissance dipole-dipole IP/resistivity surveying of the northern margin of the Melon Patch mafic-ultramafic (. The survey was designed to cover an area of strong Ni-Cu anomalism in soil geochemical sampling and to extend into the country rocks a sufficient distance to cover potential feeder dykes, structurally remobilised mineralization, etc. A chargeability anomaly (A) was defined, close to a Ni-Cu stream sediment geochemical anomaly (anomaly A), with a second anomaly (B) thought likely to be associated with graphite, owing to its high conductivity.

Two in-fill survey lines of dipole-dipole IP/resistivity IP were read to the north of the existing line in August 2022. This follow-up was intended to provide a more accurate definition of the 3D geometry of the chargeable sources and their size than that provided by the reconnaissance lines. The results of the infill IP survey now indicated that two previously separate IP Anomalies (A & B) may be part of the same geological body, with the conductivity varying across the body, which will be tested in the current drill program.

During the historical geophysical survey data review, two previously discounted AEM anomalies were identified which Hexagon will now test in the current program.