HIGHLIGHTS
- Assay outcomes from a tenement-wide soil survey have recognized 16 new sturdy, coherent Niobium/Uncommon Earth Component (REE) anomalies on the Firm’s 100% owned Wabli Creek Challenge.
- The outcomes display a major extension to the beforehand reported Niobium/REE targets recognized on the north-western margin of the challenge space inside tenement E09/2377 (ASX Bulletins 01 June & 28 June 2023), (Determine 1).
- A number of new targets recognized throughout each Wabli Creek tenements (E09 2377 – Wabli Creek) and (E09 2748 – Wabli Creek North) (Figures 2 & 3).
- The highest 3 precedence targets outline a semi-continuous arcuate zone of sturdy anomalism extending over 4km’s which can mirror a standard supply/tectono-stratigraphic management.
- Extremely anomalous rock chip outcomes beforehand reported embrace, Niobium:
- 32% Nb2O5 (ASX Announcement 1 June 2023) (Determine 1)
- 14.3% Nb2O5 (ASX Announcement 1 June 2023) (Determine 1)
Uncommon earth components:
- 2.57% TREO (ASX Announcement 13 December 2022) (Determine 1)
- Not one of the targets have been beforehand drill examined.
- RR1 plans to undertake systematic rock chip sampling, mapping and drilling in 2024, as soon as all regulatory approvals, together with heritage surveys, are obtained.
Tenements E09/2377 (Wabli Creek) and E09/2748 (Wabli Creek North) collectively comprise the Wabli Creek Challenge space (Figures 2 & 3).
Positioned within the extremely potential Gascoyne “Battery Metals” Province of Western Australia, the soil assay outcomes define a number of sturdy, coherent geochemical anomalies indicative of Niobium, REE and Lithium mineral programs.
A complete of 1,489 soil samples have been taken throughout the 2 tenements. Sampling was usually performed alongside 200m to 100m spaced strains with a 100m to 50m pattern spacing, to evaluate the potential extent of the high-grade Niobium/REE prevalence recognized within the northwest of E09 2377 (ASX Announcement 01 June and 28 June 2023), and to additional assess the broader potential of each tenements.
Confer with Annexure 1 for a abstract of serious soil outcomes and Annexure 2 for all soil outcomes.
Outcomes from the soil survey have been interpreted by the Firm’s Consulting Geochemist, Sugden Geoscience. A complete of 16 precedence targets ranked from 1 to 4 have been recognized (beneath), for additional analysis, which can embrace rock chip sampling, mapping and in the end drill testing.
The assay outcomes have clearly recognized a major extension to the high-grade Niobium/Uncommon Earth Components (“REE”) goal beforehand recognized which has returned outcomes as much as 32% Nb2O5, 14.3% Nb2O5 and a couple of.57% Whole Uncommon Earth Oxides (“TREO”) (ASX Announcement 1 June 2023).
Jeremy Bower CEO commented:
“We’re excited to announce that our large-scale soil survey has confirmed a major extension to the high-grade Niobium/REE goal close to the western margin of tenement E09/2377.
Not solely have we had an knowledgeable geochemist determine a big extension to the beforehand reported excessive grade Niobium and REE as much as 14.3% Nb2O5 and a couple of.57% TREO, we now have targets on a separate second tenement within the Wabli Creek challenge space (Wabli Creek North).
It is very important perceive that the goal space is substantial, and with a number of new targets with sturdy multi-element pathfinder geochemical signatures throughout each tenements (Wabli Creek and Wabli Creek North), the size of prospectivity throughout the tenure could be very compelling.
We stay dedicated to endeavor a methodical method to our evaluation, with each stage designed to refine our closing targets forward of drill testing.
The Future is inside Attain”
Determine 1: Earlier rock chip outcomes & mapping at Wabli Creek (ASX Announcement 28 June 2023)
Determine 2: Massive Nb goal extension from earlier work and unfold to a second Firm tenement at Wabli Creek North, Yinnetharra, W.A. Rock chips have been beforehand reported.
Typical geochemical “fingerprints” for these kinds of mineralisation are as follows:
- Niobium: Nb, Zr, Ta, Hf, F, Y, Th, U, REE
- Uncommon Earth Components: TREO
- Lithium- LCT Pegmatites: B, Be, Cs, Ga, Hf, Okay, Li, Mn, Nb, P, Rb, REE’s, Sn, Ta, W & Zr
(Notice: Components displayed in daring are the primary commodity components)
Given the similarities of pathfinder component signatures for every of those deposit kinds and spatial patterns, a weighted sum was calculated to determine and rank targets which included the primary commodity and the related supporting components. The concentrating on examine was undertaken by Sugden Geoscience utilizing the levelled weighted sum and RR1’s soil and, the place out there, historic rock chip knowledge. Weighted sum modelling is a technique primarily based on prior data in regards to the mineral system(s) of curiosity. It’s an trade accepted process recognised as being a easy and sensible approach of mixing multi-element geochemical knowledge to deal with a specific metallogenetic and/or geochemical affiliation.
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