Miramar Resources

Miramar Secures EIS Funding for Bangemall Ni-Cu-Co-PGE Drilling

Miramar Resources Limited (ASX:M2R, “Miramar” or “the Company”) is pleased to advise that it has been successful in securing funding under the WA Government’s Exploration Incentive Scheme (EIS) for drilling at the Company’s 100%-owned district-scale Bangemall Projects in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia.


Miramar has been advised by the Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (DEMIRS) that it has been awarded up to $180,000 towards the drilling campaign, which will target Norilsk-style nickel, copper, cobalt and platinum group element (Ni-Cu-Co-PGE) mineralisation at the Mount Vernon and Trouble Bore Projects for the first time (Figure 1).

Miramar is exploring for mafic intrusion-hosted Ni-Cu-Co-PGE sulphide mineralisation related to 1070Ma aged Kulkatharra Dolerite sills, part of the Warakurna Large Igneous Province and the same age as the large Nebo-Babel deposits in the West Musgraves.

Miramar’s Executive Chairman, Mr Allan Kelly, said the funding validated the Company’s exploration model and the potential district-scale opportunity within the Bangemall Project, and looked forward to the maiden drilling campaign.

“Over the last 24 months, the Company has advanced the Bangemall Projects from an exploration concept to regional-scale area selection followed by collection of project-scale datasets and, more recently, to delineation of individual drill targets through ground EM surveys,” Mr Kelly said.

“We have the opportunity to make a discovery of a new style of mineralisation in an underexplored geological province where we are the dominant landholder,” he added.

Upcoming work programme

Miramar’s initial aim is to show “proof of concept” of the Norilsk-style deposit model by discovering Ni-Cu- Co-PGE sulphide mineralisation.

  • Upcoming work includes:
  • Completion of heritage surveys where required
  • Systematic rock chip sampling
  • RC drilling
  • Working towards grant of various tenement applications

Miramar already has Programme of Work (POW) approval for drilling at Mount Vernon and is currently waiting on approval for Trouble Bore.

Figure 1. Mount Vernon and Trouble Bore Projects showing airborne and ground EM anomalies in relation to Kulkatharra Dolerite sills.

Figure 2. Schematic diagram showing relationship between dolerite sills (green) and sedimentary units of the Edmund and Collier Basins, and the relative position of Miramar’s Ni-Cu-Co-PGE targets (red).

About the Ni-Cu-Co-PGE Bangemall Project

Miramar’s 100%-owned Bangemall Project comprises granted Exploration Licences and Applications covering approximately 2,190 km2 within the Gascoyne region of Western Australia.

The Proterozoic Edmund and Collier Basins have been intruded by numerous 1070Ma aged Kulkatharra Dolerite sills, part of the Warakurna Large Igneous Province, and the same age as the Giles Complex which hosts the large Nebo and Babel Ni-Cu deposits in the West Musgraves.

The region has been identified by both the Geological Survey of Western Australia and Geoscience Australia as having high prospectivity for Ni-Cu-PGE mineralisation associated with the Kulkatharra Dolerite sills, similar to the giant Norilsk-Talnakh Ni-Cu-PGE deposits in Russia.


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