Moab Minerals Limited is making progress on its exploration activities at the Woodlands gold and base metal project located in the Murchison region of Western Australia.
Woodlands is characterised by gold targets in its southern region, associated with east-west structures and a distinct bright green alteration mineral, variscite.
The northern region hosts base metals targets (Cu-Pb-Zn) linked with gossanous zones in Proterozoic carbonaceous sediments, aiming for Mt Isa style stratiform base metal mineralisation.
Situated in the western stretch of the Jillawarra Belt, the Woodlands Project is a part of a structurally controlled zone of sedimentary rocks. Notably, the contact between the Irregully Formation’s dolomitic sediments and the Kiangi Creek Formation’s polymictic conglomerate is a crucial marker for the Abra lead-zinc-copper-gold deposit.
Moab’s Managing Director Malcolm Day said the soil program at Woodlands is significant, targeting gold linked with variscite in the southern part of the tenement.
The variscite-gold prospect is located in the excised tenement E52/2790, held by a third party. While Moab doesn’t possess WMC’s gold results, the available arsenic results indicate anomalous trends extending from the variscite prospect into the Moab tenement.
Given the strong correlation between gold and arsenic in this geological setting, soil sampling is planned along the variscite-gold prospect’s strike.
Gossanous ironstones in the tenement’s northern region have shown anomalous Ag, Cu, and Zn values. This prospect, yet to be drill-tested, will undergo ground geophysics to identify specific sulphide conductors in the bedrock. The EM survey, currently in its planning phase, will be detailed further once a geophysical contractor is finalized.