Raiden Resources (ASX: RDN) has confirmed that a heritage survey will go ahead next month at its Andover North lithium project in Western Australia, coming straight after similar work at its Andover South play.
The completion of both will allow Raiden to progress to air core drilling at Andover North, with a plan to extend this across the company’s whole Andover holding in the Pilbara region.
Surveying will start on April 2, focusing on the section of Andover North said to be underlain by the ultramafic rocks of the Andover complex, which they believe to be rich in pegmatite mineralisation, indicated by its hosting of Azure Minerals’ Andover lithium deposit.
The survey – which will follow immediately from an earlier one delineating the priority areas of Andover South – will also look at defined spodumene bearing pegmatites at the latter project.
Raiden managing director Dusko Ljubojevic said that locking in the two heritage surveys would ensure a quick move onto drilling campaigns to define the mineralisation at Andover.
“We are very pleased to have secured heritage surveys over both the Andover North and Andover South projects,” he said.
“The Andover North project survey will be conducted immediately after the after the Andover South survey, allowing the company to commence with targeting work on Andover North, which may hopefully lead into a broader drilling campaign across all the Andover projects.”
Targeted air core drilling will be the initial focus once heritage work is completed, with Raiden aiming to define potential pegmatites and develop targets for later diamond and RC drilling work.
Raiden acknowledged the Ngarluma Traditional Owners with whom it engaged during the surveying process.
Raiden Resources is trading at 2.5 cents.