Pinnacle Minerals Limited (ASX:PIM) has applied for the Tammin kaolin project, located 215 kilometres from Perth.
The project borders Anglo American’s southwest Yilgarn exploration project, where active exploration for base and precious metals, including battery metals such as copper and nickel, is underway.
Prior exploration by Minerals Corporation Limited and Swan River Kaolin Pty Ltd highlighted the prospectivity of the project with reconnaissance drilling campaigns in 2004 and 2006 delivering numerous thick and bright Kaolin intercepts across a wide area and over 2km of potential strike.
Multiple kaolin intercepts from near surface exceeding 15 metres in thickness with ISO brightness greater than 80 were drilled during previous exploration.
Significant assay results (ISO brightness greater than 80) over two kilometres of strike included:
- 17 metres kaolin at average ISO brightness 85.8 from 8 metres downhole;
- 25 metres kaolin at average ISO brightness 85.9 from 3 metres downhole; and
- 17 metres kaolin at average ISO brightness 86.8 from 4 metres downhole.
The region is well serviced by local towns and has extensive transport infrastructure with a rail line and sealed road running through the northern portion of the project area and the towns of Tammin and Kellerberrin nearby.
From Tammin to the deep-water port at Fremantle is only a short 204-kilometre haul.
This brings into the Company a fourth project in Western Australia in addition to the Bobalong, Holly and Latham projects.
The previous positive reported results and favourable logistics makes Tammin an immediate priority to delineate a resource.
Pinnacle Minerals managing director Nic Matich, said: “The exploration potential at the Tammin Kaolin Project can’t be understated.
“The team at Pinnacle Minerals team moved rapidly to secure the project as soon as it became available.
“Previous work has shown the potential for there to be a sizable kaolin resource which will be invest”
