Drilling at Godolphin Resources Limited’s Narraburra Rare Earth and Rare Metals Project is scheduled to begin in late April 2022. The initial program will comprise up to 80 air core holes for 4,000 metres of drilling.
The drill holes have been designed to test for depth extensions and step outs to known mineralisation and provide the data to complete a JORC (2012) Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE).
Managing Director Ms Jeneta Owens said the planned drill program follows considerable work with landholders and government approvals, as well as an extensive review of previous work undertaken at the project.
“The planned drill program will test mineralisation that potentially remains open in all directions and at depth. Previous drill holes at Nurraburra have failed to reach bedrock and we see this as an exciting opportunity to increase the resource size and grade, prior to a resource upgrade to meet JORC 2012 specifications.”
At Narraburra the rock type hosting the Rare Earth and Rare Metals mineralisation is a highly fractionated, peralkaline (Devonian I-type) granite with an enriched oxide cap. The thickness of the regolith varies and can exceed 60m, however on average is ~ 40m. The Rare Earth and Rare Metals mineralisation is open at depth and requires further delineation in the north and west. The aim of the planned drilling is to identify any potentially higher-grade zones and the distribution of the oxide zones that host the Rare Earth and Rare Metals.
A drill rig has been scheduled and landowner access arrangements are in place. Resourcing of the works have been completed and Departmental ESF4 drilling approvals have been submitted. The Company has also engaged an experienced Resource Geologist to assist with the drill planning and inputs required to deliver an updated JORC (2012) compliant MRE.
The drill program at Nurraburra is expected to confirm historical results, with possible north-western and depth extensions to the current known mineralisation and expand knowledge of the controls on mineralisation and assist the Company’s advancement of this Rare Earth and Rare Metal Project.