If any Geologist following could give further insights I would appreciate it. Wondering if this area has has any MLEM surveys done in
previous exploration or planned in recent announcements . Interested to see some decent hits of low grade nickel close to surface as shown in old announcement.
S2R have applied for a large area above ours
PLATSEARCH NL CYMBRIC VALE PROJECT2Cymbric Vale - Copper ProspectTwo holes approximately 600 metres apart, were completed at the Cymbric Vale copper prospect to test the historic Cymbric Vale Copper Mine and related workings. This drilling is the first drilling in this area, which was prospected in the late 1800s, yet apart from the current work by the PlatSearch/Bondi Joint Venture, no modern exploration has been conducted. Work by the PlatSearch/Bondi joint venture has discovered secondary copper mineralisation cropping out sporadically within ferruginous schists and gossanous outcrops. Previously reported rock chip sampling by Bondi confirmed a strike length of over 1.2 kilometres with copper values up to 5.61%. The prospect’s southern extension is covered beneath later sediments.A number of drill samples contained secondary copper mineralisation and broad zones of alteration and anomalous copper grades. Furthermore, both holes were collared in what has been discovered to be copper anomalism, leaving the prospect open to the west, along strike north and south, and downdip. Re-sampling of individual metres is in progress. However, initial results from these holes are as follows:• 20 metres at 0.33% Cu in aircore drillhole CVAC0012, starting from surface;• 20 metres at 0.73% Cu in aircore drillhole CVAC0013, starting from surface.
Horseshoe Hills - Nickel ProspectFurther south from the Cymbric Vale Copper Prospect, on the same aeromagnetic anomaly, ultramafic rocks were intersected under shallow cover in all holes drilled at the Horseshoe Hills ultramafic body. A very similar lithology to that observed in outcrop and previous Bondi/PlatSearch joint venture rock chip sampling was intersected within drilling. Where tested, the ultramafic body was found to be at least 500 metres wide. Wet and boggy conditions prevented testing the eastern limits of the ultramafic body. Anomalous nickel results from the drilling are as follows:• 24 metres at 0.19% Ni in aircore drillhole CVAC0017, starting from a depth of 4 metres;• 13 metres at 0.14% Ni in aircore drillhole CVAC0019, starting from a depth of 12 metres;• 7 metres at 0.15% Ni in aircore drillhole CVAC0020, starting from a depth of 4 metres;• 26 metres at 0.11% Ni in aircore drillhole CVAC0016, starting from a depth of 8 metres.The relatively low copper values in the elevated nickel intervals may suggest that the nickel in these intervals is associated with silicate minerals rather than sulphides. However, the results are currently being analysed in more detail in order to determine their implications for the nickel potential of the project.
Thanks Vic
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