Asian Battery Metals PLC (ABM or the Firm, ASX: AZ9) is happy to report the outcomes of the remaining assay knowledge from the Part 1 diamond drilling program on the 100% Oval Cu-Ni-PGE prospect, situated within the Gobi-Altai area of Mongolia.
HIGHLIGHTS:
- Huge sulphide intercept in gap OVD021 of 8.8m @ 6.08% Cu, 3.19% Ni, 1.63g/t E31, 0.11% Co (CuEq2 12.57%) from 107.2m is encountered in between excessive grade zones of:
- Dense disseminated intercept – 7.85m @0.75% Cu, 0.78% Ni, 0.15g/t E31, 0.04% Co (CuEq2 2.25%) from 99.35m and
- Internet textured intercept – 15.8m @ 1.36% Cu, 1.00% Ni, 0.44g/t E31, 0.04% Co (CuEq2 3.4%) from 116m.
- OVD021 is situated inside 800m+ of strike which stays open at depth and within the SE, NW, NE and SW instructions. The copper-nickel sulphide mineralisation represents a brand new fashion of deposit for the South Western a part of Mongolia.
- Drilling to recommence instantly upon receipt of Downhole Electromagnetics (pending).
Photograph-1. Huge sulphide and matrix/internet textured sulphide interceptions from OVD021 with particulars. Picture represents the fashion of mineralisation briefly segments from longer assay intercepts, given within the determine.
The Firm’s Managing Director, Gan-Ochir Zunduisuren commented: “After 4 years of systematic exploration in Mongolia, with the assistance of the BHP Xplor program in 2023, it’s thrilling to be part of an impressive Copper-Nickel discovery. It’s an distinctive end result that exhibits the mineralisation system at Oval has potential for internet hosting a considerable deposit with the next grade zone of copper and nickel. With the affirmation of high-grade large sulphide intercepts, future exploration work on the Oval Cu-Ni discovery will primarily deal with the extension of the high-grade zone and understanding its dimension, true dip, and orientation. We’ll recommence drilling inside two weeks and sit up for persevering with the journey of discovery with our shareholders”.
Abstract of the Part 1 Diamond Drilling Program
Throughout the Part 1 program, a complete of 19 holes had been accomplished (with an extra 2 being deserted resulting from drilling and core loss points) totalling 2896.85 metres (Appendix 1), on the Yambat Undertaking. This included 2183.85 metres of drilling on the Oval Cu-Ni-PGE discovery, 459.8 metres of scout drilling within the South-East space and 253.2 metres of diamond drilling on the Copper Ridge prospect. The deserted holes SC02 and OVD013A (as proven in Appendix 1) supplied no significant info and had been excluded from the totals.
The Firm beforehand reported the outcomes of seven Part 1 2024 drill holes from the Oval discovery (OVD011, OVD012, OVD014, OVD015, OVD017, OVD018, and OVD019) and a pair of drill holes from the Copper Ridge prospect3. Laboratory assay outcomes from all of the remaining samples from the Part 1 drilling program have now been obtained. These samples cowl Oval drill holes (OVD009A, OVD010, OVD013, OVD020 and OVD021) and scout drill holes (SC01, SC03, and SC04). Vital intercepts are supplied in Desk 1.
Probably the most important achievement of this drilling section has been intercepting large sulphides in gap OVD021, now confirmed by the assay outcomes to have excellent grades of Cu-Ni-PGE. This additional confirms that the Oval magmatic sulphide system is a wealthy system able to forming high- grade ore.
Along with the high-grade large, internet textured, and disseminated sulphide intercepts in OVD021, different important assay outcomes from drill holes with disseminated mineralisation returned:
- OVD013 – 33.4m4 @ 0.23% Cu, 0.22% Ni, 0.07g/t E3, 0.01% Co from 111m
- OVD009A – 16.7m4 @ 0.17% Cu, 0.14% Ni, 0.11g/t E3, 0.01% Co from 200.5m
- OVD021 – 92.35m4 @ 0.27% Cu, 0.30% Ni, 0.08g/t E3, 0.02% Co from 7m and – 31.2m4 @ 0.19% Cu, 0.20% Ni, 0.10g/t E3, 0.01% Co from 131.8m
Drill gap OVD021
The drill gap OVD021 was designed to focus on a 98m x 16m DHEM conductor and was drilled at an acute angle alongside the strike of the mineralised gabbro. The true width of the mineralisation is at the moment unknown and the mineralisation stays open in NE, SW, up dip and down dip instructions. Additional investigation of the huge sulphide is the first goal of the Part 2 drilling program and can be focused primarily based on the DHEM that was used to design the OVD021 drill gap and lately accomplished DHEM described under.
For a extra detailed breakdown of the drilling outcomes, please discuss with Tables 1, 2 and Determine 5 (Appendix 2).
Drill gap OVD021 gives extra proof (along with the DHEM plate proven in Determine 2) supporting the interpretation that the huge sulphide could also be injected at a excessive angle relative to the Oval gabbro. The opening was drilled semi-parallel to the strike of the Oval mineralisation and intersected prolonged intervals of disseminated mineralisation, which aligns with expectations for a gap on this orientation. Nevertheless, the huge sulphide was intercepted over a shorter distance, and no extra intercepts had been encountered. This end result is per the outlet not being drilled parallel to the huge sulphide physique and never traversing out and in of the huge sulphide resulting from adjustments in touch geometry. Drill holes being deliberate for the subsequent drilling section will take a look at this interpretation and supply info to determine true widths of the huge sulphide, that are at the moment unknown.
Photograph-2. Drill core from OVD021, large sulphide between 107.2m and 116m
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