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Reverse Circulation (RC) Drilling has commenced on NuPower’s 100% owned
Arganara Phosphate Project in the Northern Territory.
NuPower’s Phase 3 Arganara drill program will consist of approximately 320 holes
for 8000m of drilling over the next 6 to 8 weeks. The primary aims of the Phase 3
program is to infill and extend the 2011 Phase 1 drill program with a view to
establishing a maiden JORC resource for the Arganara Prospect. Preliminary
resource modeling has already been completed using assay results from the 205
hole Phase 1 program, this initial work will enable swift integration of the Phase 3
results into the resource model when assays are received back from the labs.
Preparations for drilling over the last few weeks have included re-establishment
of the fully equipped containerized Arganara field camp, grading access tracks and
new drill lines, and general site preparation.
The 2012 Phase 3 Arganara Drill program may be divided into 4 key components:
• Infill between the existing 1km drill lines to refine the preliminary
Arganara Prospect resource for release as a maiden JORC resource.
• Extension drilling to the south and east of the 2011 Phase 1 drill program
at an adequate density so results can be included/added to the Arganara
Prospect resource model.
• Infill 200x200m spaces holes over the shallowest high-grade phosphate
zones defined along the Murray Downs road, that were discovered during
the 2011 phase 1 drill program. It is hoped that the 200x200m drilling will
confirm this zone as a priority for future DSO development.
• Three fences of holes aimed at extending 2011 Phase 2 footprint at
Central Arganara, located approximately 14km east of Arganara Prospect.Bullion Drilling Setting up Rig for first RC hole, Arganara Phase 3 Program – May 2012
Arganara Camp 2012, looking North - North West – May 2012Assessment of field based hand held XRF results vs lab assay results from the 2011 Phase 1 drill program
has shown field XRF has performed well in determining the phosphate grade on site whilst drilling.
Hand held field XRF units will now be used during the Phase 3 program to quickly assess phosphate
grades in each hole to determine intersections to be sent for traditional lab analysis. This will both
reduce the number of samples being submitted for lab analysis and subsequent assay cost for the
program. The field XRF units will also be used in conjunction with traditional methods to determine
when to stop holes once mineralisation is closed off, refine which holes and in what order they are
drilled. These measures should reduce the number of un-mineralised meters drilled and will reduce
costs.
The field XRF unit is an Olympus Innov-X Delta specifically calibrated for Phosphate and light elements.
The XRF results are only an indication of phosphate present and Lab based XRF analysis being carried
out by ALS in Brisbane which will determine final grade in all mineralised samples collected.
NuPower expects assay results to be returned swiftly from the labs this year, largely through initiating
field work earlier in the season and submitting less samples for analysis by the labs.
Signed:
Andrew Johnstone
Managing Director
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