Aquila Discovers High Grade Manganese on Two Project Areas in South Africa
Highlights of intersected manganese mineralisation include:
6.69m at 46.13% Manganese 6.09m at 48.60% Manganese 3.70m at 40.81% Manganese
Carbon steel resources producer and developer, Aquila Resources Limited (ASX:AQA Aquila or the Company) is pleased to announce promising manganese assay results from its Avontuur Projects located 75km north west of Kuruman, in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. The results are from the first three holes assayed from the 74% owned Avontuur Projects, which comprise a permit area of 370sq km. The manganese discoveries were identified on two mineralised prospects some 20km apart and adjoining the northern-most farms of the main Kalahari Manganese Field. The permit was taken up initially for iron ore, but modelling of aeromagnetic data and assessment of previous exploration identified two targets for manganese mineralisation. Southern Project Drilling on the southern part of the permit has discovered manganese mineralization in the Hotazel Formation, which could represent an extension of the Kalahari Manganese Field. The permit boundary is only eight km north of the Wessels underground mining operations, where ore is mined over a depth range of 300 to 500m.
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