Metal Hawk Limited provided an update on nickel sulphide exploration activities at the Berehaven Project, 20km south-east of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia.
The Torana Prospect is located 1.5km north and along strike from the Company's high-grade Commodore nickel sulphide discovery within the Berehaven tenements. Drilling at Torana has intersected thick units of high-MgO ultramafic rocks, with zones of visible disseminated nickel sulphide mineralisation identified in several RC holes drilled to date. New downhole electromagnetic (DHEM) surveys at Torana have been carried out in BVNC056 and BVNC021 in order to refine the off-hole DHEM conductor TDC_029. The new data has enabled the Company's geophysical consultants, Newexco, to further refine the modelled late-time conductor as a highly conductive (7,300 Siemens) discrete west-dipping 300m x 300m plate. The target plate is positioned at a depth of 350m below surface under a thick package of mineralised ultramafic rocks. Diamond drilling to test this priority massive sulphide target is scheduled to commence in late November. Assay results have been received from the 3,300m campaign of RC drilling completed in the September quarter (BVNC038 to BVNC055). Additionally, two new RC holes (BVNC056 and BVNC057) have been drilled at the northern end of the Torana prospect, extending the strike extent of the mineralised ultramafic unit to over one kilometre. New assays returned from RC drilling at Torana have confirmed additional broad zones of strongly anomalous nickel sulphide mineralisation, including: 32m @ 0.39% Ni from 90m (BVNC045), 25m @ 0.26% Ni from 155m (BVNC054), 38m @ 0.23% Nu from 167m (BVNC055), Including 1m @ 0.89% from 175m In addition to the drilling at Torana, regional RC drilling east and southeast of the main Commodore ultramafic trend has intersected significant intervals of high MgO ultramafic rocks. Planning for follow-up work is in progress. A campaign of up to 30 aircore (AC) holes is currently underway, targeting a number of new and historical geochemical anomalies at Metal Hawk's southern Berehaven tenements. This program is aimed at defining new nickel sulphide targets for RC drilling.