Highlights
- Tungsten assays obtained from chosen drill pulp samples from seven holes drilled in 2021 have confirmed a probably important high-grade tungsten discovery at Western Queen
- Important assay intersections embody:
- 12m @ 0.56% WO3 and 0.46g/t Au from 69m (WQRC032)
- together with 2m @ 2.48% WO3 and 0.12g/t Au from 70m
- 3m @ 0.69% WO3 from 90m and 2m @ 1.55% WO3 from 159m (WQRC101)
- 12m @ 0.34% WO3 and three.22g/t Au from 202m (WQRC178)
- together with 7m @ 0.49% WO3 and 4.71g/t Au from 206m
- 2m @ 0.75% WO3 and 0.48g/t Au from 81m (WQRC019)
- 12m @ 0.56% WO3 and 0.46g/t Au from 69m (WQRC032)
- The pulp assays complement the exceptionally high-grade intersection in just lately reported drill gap WQDD0131:
- 4.05m @ 4.58% WO3, 0.72 g/t Au from 174.85m; together with
- 2.05m @ 8.71% WO3, 1.38 g/t Au from 176.85m; and
- 0.65m @ 18.35% WO3, 2.97 g/t Au from 176.85m
- These new assays are largely coincident with a steady tungsten anomaly outlined over a 2km space outlined from drillhole XRF information and parallel the Western Queen Shear and identified high-grade gold mineralisation
- The width and grade tenor of serious tungsten assays obtained at Western Queen up to now counsel that Western Queen may host a big tungsten useful resource
- Evaluation of the Firm’s pXRF analytical information has proven some 87 reverse circulation (RC) and diamond drill (DD) holes accomplished by Rumble reported >500ppm W
- The Firm now plans to additional analyse historic drilling together with RC drill pulps and a considerable diamond core library held in storage for tungsten, which is able to possible represent the majority of the information required to categorise an preliminary useful resource estimate, if one may be decided
- Tungsten is a essential and strategic metallic given its relative shortage, provide threat, defence purposes and restricted substitution choices
Peter Harold, Managing Director and CEO commented“the invention of tungsten at Western Queen has demonstrated the large optionality that we’ve got in our in depth tenement portfolio. The assay outcomes from the 2021 drill pulp samples have confirmed that we’ve got made a big tungsten discovery at Western Queen. That is good work by our exploration workforce and we sit up for receiving additional assays from the substantial quantity of present drill core and pulps. Finest case state of affairs, optimistic outcomes from this future evaluation may enable us to calculate a useful resource with none further drilling.
While the tungsten is a good new discovery, we have already got substantial gold assets at Western Queen on a granted Mining Leases inside trucking distance of quite a few mills. Our main focus is subsequently to monetise these assets within the close to time period.”
Western Queen Tungsten Discovery
Tungsten (W) laboratory assays have been obtained for chosen pulp samples from an preliminary seven holes of earlier RC drilling accomplished by the Firm in 2021 as a part of the Western Queen gold useful resource drill program. The preliminary seven holes had been chosen based mostly on applicable spatial protection throughout the 900m strike size of excessive tenor
>1000ppm W in pXRF (refer Determine 1) and having at the very least one pattern within the gap larger than 5000ppm W within the pXRF database.
Important intersections from the pulp samples embody 12m @ 0.56% WO3, 0.46g/t Au from 69m, with the upper grade part of 2m @ 2.48% WO3 and 0.12g/t Au from 70m in WQRC032, 12m @ 0.34% WO3 and three.22g/t Au from 202m, with a better grade part of 7m @ 0.49% WO3 and 4.71g/t Au from 206m in WQRC178, 9m @ 0.22% WO3 plus 0.35g/t Au from 76m with a better grade part of 2m @ 0.75% WO3 and 0.48g/t Au from 81m in WQRC178 and 5m @ 0.31% WO3, 0.31g/t Au from 220m in WQRC176( check with Determine 1 and Desk 1).
The numerous intersections from the seven holes of pulp samples complement the beforehand reported tungsten mineralisation inside drillhole WQDD013 (Confer with Rumble Sources Restricted ASX announcement Excessive-grade Tungsten Discovery at Western Queen 6 August 2024) which returned a spectacular intersection of 4.05m @ 4.58% WO3, 0.72 g/t Au from 174.85m; together with 2.05m @ 8.71% WO3, 1.38 g/t Au from 176.85m; together with 0.65m @ 18.35% WO3, 2.97 g/t Au from 176.85m(check with Determine 2).
Determine 1 – Western Queen Mission – Plan highlighting contoured most pXRF W in drill holes and site and intercepts of serious W intersections from pulp samples and WQDD013.
Encouragingly, all seven holes of pulps samples returned important intercepts grading larger than 0.1% WO3. Whereas geological investigations are preliminary, the tungsten mineralisation incorporates massive aggregates of scheelite grains (as much as 5mm) occurring parallel to the primary foliation development. The mineralisation is basically a number of scheelite-pyroxene (tremolite)+/-gold endoskarn zones related to the Western Queen orogenic shear zone (host to gold mineralisation) inside dominant Archaean mafic amphibolite lithologies. Tungsten mineralisation happens spatially proximal to gold mineralisation, nevertheless high-grade tungsten mineralisation doesn’t all the time corelate with high-grade gold mineralisation The skarn improvement is assumed to have been a later stage to the primary gold occasion at Western Queen.
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