Highlights• Widgie Nickel Ltd maiden drilling program scheduled...

Highlights
• Widgie Nickel Ltd maiden drilling program scheduled to commence in early November 2021
• Program primarily focused on the extension of mineralisation at the Gillett Resource
• New Gillett West basal contact identified as additional high-priority target for new nickel mineralisation in
addition to existing resources Widgie Nickel Limited (ASX:WIN, “Widgie” or “the Company”) is pleased to provide an update on the upcoming maiden drilling program at the Mt Edwards Nickel Project in Western Australia. Widgie has appointed Kalgoorlie-based Challenge Drilling Limited for its Reverse Circulation (RC) drilling program. The Company’s initial focus will be in the Widgie South area, located on the northeast margin of the Widgiemooltha Dome (Figure 1), host to the Widgie Townsite, Widgie 3 and Gillett Mineral Resources. The initial program targets extensional opportunities at Gillett, to both the Mineral Resource and to recently identified new basal contact targets.
As detailed further in this announcement, Widgie has identified that the Gillett West contact, adjacent to the Widgie 3 and Gillett mineral resources, has potential to host repetitions of similar mineralisation. Widgie has 20 holes planned for a total of 6,115 metres in this area.
Managing Director Steve Norregaard commented “In Gillett West, we are very excited to have potentially identified another zone of mineralisation in such close proximity to existing Mineral Resources. With only a small number of historical holes identified on Gillett West, covering 250m of strike at shallow depths, I look forward to the results we can deliver with the Company’s maiden drilling campaign.”
“Widgie was formed with the aim to be production ready by the end of 2023. This drilling campaign is a significant contributor to that aim, by looking to both increase the size and confidence of our existing resources and to seek additional discoveries which will allow us to fully realise the potential of the Widgie South area.” The Gillett deposit was discovered relatively recently (2006) and sits at the basal contact of a komatiitic ultramafic unit, which overlies a basaltic mafic unit. At Gillett, the basal contact trends to the northwest, dipping steeply to the southwest and is interpreted to be a folded repetition of the same basal contact which hosts the previously mined Widgie 3 deposit located approximately 300m to the southwest.
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