Rafaella Resources Limited has announced that Geotech Limited has completed Versatile Time-Domain Electromagnetic (VTEM Max) airborne EM surveying across the Midrim and Laforce nickel-copper-platinum-group elements (PGE) mineralised projects in Quebec, Canada.
The VTEM Max, combined with Groundfloor Electromagnetic (GFEM), is an excellent system for locating discrete conductive anomalies as well as mapping lateral and vertical variations in resistivity.
GFEM utilises an airborne EM transmitted with a set of surface-based receivers. The larger transmitter-receiver separation in Groundfloor EM over standard airborne techniques gives the ability to compute the step-response with sufficient accuracy to study extremely high conductivity targets that are commonly encountered in nickel-copper sulphide exploration.
The primary objective of the survey at both projects was to detect/delineate potentially blind/deep level bedrock conductors associated with nickel-copper-PGE mineralisation.
Geotech completed 100 per cent of the planned 821.8 line kilometres over the projects. The survey took 12 days to complete, excluding mobilisation and demobilisation.
The survey identified one strong, discrete new anomaly and three clusters of previously unknown moderate strength anomalies.
Of key interest is the newly identified discrete, late time bed-rock conductor within a recognised nickel-copper-PGE region, as this is the exact style of anomaly that the company was seeking to target.
Managing Director of Rafaella Resources, Steven Turner, said the identification of several deeper anomalies of significance is extremely exciting for the prospects of the company’s Canadian nickel-copper-PGE assets.
“Rafaella continues to deliver excellent results across its portfolio of critical metals and will now plan a drilling campaign to unlock the significant upside that these Canadian assets hold for the company and its shareholders,” Mr Turner said.
“We look forward to further updating the market once SGC completes their detailed analysis of the survey data.”
