Thunderstruck Resources Ltd. reported that the scope for a substantial increase in the scale of the Nakoro zinc/copper/silver prospect has been provided through a recent IP geophysical survey. Nakoro is one of four projects being advanced by Thunderstruck on the main island of Fiji. The current work follows up on exploration by Anglo Pacific in the 1970s.

Historic drilling includes 12 meters grading 12.7% zinc, 0.3% copper, 56 g/t silver. Volcanic Massive Sulphides (VMS) deposits, like this one at Nakoro, typically occur in clusters. The work by Thunderstruck is aimed at expanding outward from the area of the historic work.

The recent IP survey outlined a chargeability/resistivity target 200 meters from the area of historic drilling by Anglo where Thunderstruck geologists identified outcropping mineralization and gossans. Zonge Engineering, a highly regarded international firm specializing in geophysics, conducted the IP survey utilizing a pole-dipole electrode configuration with electrodes spaced at 50m (dipoles) along 200m spaced lines. The survey included a total of 2.5-line kilometres across two lines and identified multiple geophysical features to assist interpretation and target definition.

The survey has successfully identified a priority drill target that aligns with the mineralization at surface. The chargeability/resistivity signature is characteristic of VMS targets. The chargeability and resistivity profiles along the two lines.

Further areas of gossan and mineralization at surface offer further upside potential and will be followed up after drill testing this target. Thunderstruck's geological team carried out further geological mapping and sampling at Nakoro, which features an 8 km untested prospective geologic horizon highlighted through the interpretation of regional magnetics. That work revealed a significant extension to the mineralized system at Nakoro.