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Nickel Sulphide Discovery Confirmed at Emu Lake

Ardea Resources Limited (Ardea or the Company) confirms a massive nickel sulphide discovery at its Kalpini Project, 70km northeast of Kalgoorlie, WA (Figure 1 and 2).


Highlights:

  • Diamond drill hole AELD0003 intersects massive nickel sulphide mineralisation on an intact basal contact in the West Channel
  • The nickel sulphide is on the same komatiite basal flow contact intersected in adjoining diamond drill hole AELD0002 (4.8m of mineralisation, up to 4.78% nickel from 365.9m depth) (ASX release 10 June 2021)
  • With two intersections of massive nickel sulphide now established on the same basal komatiite horizon, Ardea confirms a discovery
  • Identification of pentlandite (nickel sulphide) and chalcopyrite (copper sulphide) confirmed by handheld XRF
  • Down Hole Electro-Magnetic (DHEM) contractor has commenced work aimed at extending the target zone for follow-up drilling

Ardea ResourcesFigure 1: ALED0003, NQ2 core at 392.1m showing massive sulphide zone containing visible pentlandite (nickel sulphide), chalcopyrite (copper sulphide) and pyrrhotite-pyrite (iron sulphides).

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