News: Windward Resources to start nickel drilling in the Fraser Range

Windward Resources (ASX:WIN) is poised to start drilling at the Kendenup nickel target near Mount Barker in its Fraser Range South Project, Western Australia.

Notably, electromagnetic targets within the project are along strike from Heron Resources’ (ASX:HRR) Rocky Gully nickel-copper prospect where seven priority targets have been identified.

The company will start drilling an initial two drillholes in late August to test the target zone with a third hole contingent on their results.

Drilling results are expected by mid-September.

Kendenup was identified as a high-priority target from a HeliTEM survey flown over the area with follow-up soil geochemistry producing a coherent 20-times background nickel anomaly.

A recently completed ground fixed-loop EM survey confirmed the conductor location, modelling it as a plate conductor with a depth to top of 50 metres, a strike of 250 metre, and a dip extent of 400 metres.

Conductivities were at levels expected from either weathered massive sulphides or fresh disseminated sulphides.

The conductor was still open to the west in the FLEM survey with the HeliTEM survey indicating a further 200 metre westward extension giving an overall strike of 400 metres.

Several other high-order conductors identified from the HeliTEM survey within the Kendenup area are yet to be followed-up.

First-pass roadside geochemical sampling of the entire FRS project area has been completed with numerous areas requiring infill follow-up sampling.

This infill sampling of areas anomalous in nickel, copper, or gold will be conducted in the coming quarter.

There will be significant interest from this drill program given the exploration progress to date.