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Odessa Minerals Limited (ASX:ODE) (“Odessa” or the “Company”) is pleased to provide an interim update on the exploration programs currently underway at its Yinnetharra Lithium Project at Lockier Range.
Highlights:
- Over 46,000 metres strike-length of pegmatites1 mapped to date by geology crews on tenement. Field programme about 50% complete.
- >16,500 metres strike-length of pegmatites mapped at Robinsons Bore alone, adjacent to Minerals 260’s “Aston” Lithium Project
- 777 soil samples collected pending delivery to laboratory
- 107 rock samples completed pending delivery to laboratory
Lithium Pegmatite Targets
Mapping and sampling at the Robinson Bore Prospect and Eastern Pegmatite Field Target is now complete, with over 16,500m of strike-length of pegmatites mapped. The pegmatites are all situated within 4km of the margin of the lithium-caesium-tantalum (“LCT”) fertile Thirty-Three Supersuite granite. A total of 777 soil samples and 107 rock chips have been collected so far and are pending delivery to the laboratory.
This soil sampling program has infilled the Company’s current Lithium-in-soil anomalies to 100 x 100 metre spacing in order to provide higher definition data on potential drill targets. Rock chip samples have been collected from the outcropping pegmatites. Combined, this sampling program aims to delineate fertile pegmatites and generate drill-ready LCT pegmatite targets.
The on-ground team will complete systematic mapping and sampling of the >30,000m strike length of pegmatites at the Southern Pegmatite Field before mobilising to the Mt Yaragner West REE Target.
David Lenigas, Executive Director of Odessa, said: “Our exploration efforts on the ground at Lockier Range are now in full swing and we are pleased to provide this interim update to shareholders on the findings to date. The abundance of pegmatite outcrop in the areas of highly anomalous lithium geochemistry is highly encouraging and this work is designed to generate drill-ready LCT pegmatite targets.”
Figure 1: Principal pegmatite target areas within the Lockier Range Project showing the extent of mapped pegmatites underlain by gridded soil results coded by Li2O ppm (refer company announcements dated 14 July 2023 & 21st August 2023).
Figure 2: Robinson Bore Pegmatite 1 km from the margin of the Thirty-Three Supersuite granite.
Work Program Timeline
The Company anticipates that the Lockier Range on-ground work will be completed by the end of September, depending on weather conditions, and therefore expects to receive assay lab results and interpretation in mid- November.
Subject to assay results, the Company anticipates that the next steps will be the targeting and identifying drilling locations, obtaining approvals to drill, and then drilling the targets as soon as possible.
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Drilling Commenced at Viani in Fiji
HIGHLIGHTS
- The Phase 1, three-hole diamond drilling program has commenced at the Viani Project, Fiji and will test for extensions to the quartz vein gold mineralisation at depth.
- Phase 1 is expected to be completed in early 2025, with plans for additional drilling under the same program dependent on the initial results
- The Viani Project (SPL1513) covers an area of approximately 200km2 and is largely underexplored.
- At the Dakuniba prospect within Viani, low sulphidation epithermal high-grade gold mineralisation has been mapped over >3km strike length.
- Diamond drilling completed by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in 1995 to 1997 intersected high-grade gold in low sulphidation epithermal quartz veins, including 0.6m @ 27.6 g/t Au.
Alice Queen’s Managing Director, Andrew Buxton said,
With drilling underway, Alice Queen is positioned to test the epithermal gold-style mineralisation identified in historic drilling at the Viani Project. Weather permitting, we anticipate completing the Phase 1, three-hole diamond drilling program in early 2025. Following this, our exploration team will mobilise the drill rig to the Sabeto Project in Fiji to maintain the momentum of this campaign. To deliver timely results to shareholders, we intend to accelerate the analysis of the drill core at ALS Brisbane.”
Image 1 – Diamond drilling at Viani
Details
Geology
The geology of the Viani Project (SPL 1513) comprises olivine basalts and volcaniclastics of the Natewa Volcanic Group which are intruded by andesite sills and dykes. In the 1940s, gold mineralisation was found by local prospectors near the village of Dakuniba. At Dakuniba, low sulphidation style epithermal gold occurs in quartz veins, and silicified rocks along a 3km long NE trending zone.
In 1995-1997, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) drilled six diamond holes at Dakuniba and intersected high-grade gold in chalcedonic, crustiform, colloform banded quartz veins at depths of 50m to 100m below surface (i.e. MJVFV-5 intersected 2.2m @ 11.3 g/t Au, incl 0.6m @ 27.6 g/t Au at 121m downhole). This high-grade gold mineralisation is open in all directions.
Proposed Drill program
The initial Phase 1 drill program at Viani (see Table 1) will comprise three diamond drillholes designed to test continuity to the epithermal gold mineralisation previously intersected in JICA drillhole MJVFV- 5 (2.2m @ 11.3 g/t Au) (see Figure 2). The drilling will test for extensions to the gold mineralisation at depth and along strike.
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Maiden Drill Program Set to Commence at the High-Priority Cangallo Porphry Copper Project
- Maiden RC drill program to commence at Cangallo in mid-December
- Program will test a large-scale, undrilled porphyry copper target
- Assay results expected around the end of January 2025
- Permitting underway for drill programs across other high-priority, large-scale porphyry copper targets at Lantana and Playa Kali
Access and drill pad preparations have commenced with drilling scheduled to start around mid-December. The planned program, which comprises a minimum of eight drill-holes for a total of ~2,500m, will take 3 to 4 weeks to complete with assay results expected around the end of January 2025.
Figure 1: Cangallo Porphyry Copper Prospect showing copper and molybdenum values and permitted drill sites.
Geological mapping and rock-chip sampling has outlined a partially exposed potential copper (+/- gold) porphyry system, within a large-scale (3km x 2km) caldera-like structure containing extensive colluvial and younger sediment cover.
The initial drilling program will test areas containing relatively intense veining (quartz) and porphyritic dykes, where higher copper (up to 0.65% Cu) and gold (up to 0.3g/t Au) values have been found. The possibility of a buried porphyry copper system beneath the extensive cover within the interpreted caldera-like structure will also be tested.
Cangallo is located close to significant infrastructure and is approximately 25km from the town of Chala, and within 10km of the coast.
Commenting on the imminent commencement of drilling at Cangallo, AusQuest’s Managing Director, Graeme Drew, said:
“This is a very exciting time for the Company as we are about to commence the maiden drill program at this high-priority porphyry copper target in Peru which we have been working towards for over 12 months.
Cangallo has never been drilled before and demonstrates classic geochemical and alteration signatures which suggest there is significant potential to discover large-scale copper porphyry mineralisation.
Success at Cangallo has potential to create significant value for our shareholders and we look forward to keeping our shareholders updated as the results become available.”
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