New high-grade ridge targets defined at Hancock
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30 March 2022
Alien Metals Ltd
("Alien" or "the Company")
A further 3km of new high-grade ridge targets defined at Hancock Iron Ore Project
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Alien Metals Ltd (LSE AIM:UFO), a minerals exploration and development company, is pleased to provide an update on the Company's Hancock Iron Ore Project, part of its Hamersley Iron Ore Project, Western Australia, further to its announcement of 2 March 2022.
Highlights
- Results from a recent rock chip sampling programme conducted at part of the Hancock Phase 3 drilling has confirmed the potential for additional DSO grade Fe mineralisation at surface
- During the programme, 67 rock chip samples were taken across newly identified target areas with 25 samples returning assays of greater than 60% Fe and with an average grade of 63% Fe
- The programme highlights excellent continuity of potential high-grade zones with at least 5 new high-grade ridge targets defined
- In total, over 3km strike length of new drill targets have been identified and the results further support the Company's belief of repeat high-grade ridges across the Hancock Project
- None of these newly identified targets have yet been drill tested
Bill Brodie Good, Chief Executive Officer & Technical Director of Alien Metals, commented: "Ongoing exploration across the Hancock Project continues to deliver outstanding results. To have identified further potential high-grade ridges is very encouraging and, once the weather permits, we will aim to continue our programme of drill testing.
"The Company's iron ore assets in Australia are progressing very rapidly. At Hancock, the bulk sample testing is nearing completion and the work programme to secure the necessary permits in getting the project shovel-ready remains ongoing. Across at the Brockman Project, planning of our maiden drill programme has been completed and we are looking forward to testing the project during the next field season."
Further to the announcement of the 12 January 2022, the Company now has the laboratory results of the 67 rock chip samples taken on the untested western and central parts of ridges F, G and H while the team was in the field working on the third drilling phase. The initial results as reported were already very positive and these completed full analysis results cement the early interpretation and give the Company numerous new drill targets to test.
Of the 67 samples taken, 25 returned assays greater than 60% Fe (with an average of 63% Fe).
These significant new high-grade green iron ore values are excellent and continue to show the untapped potential of the project. Furthermore, these are not isolated results but in almost all cases show continuous high-grade strike lengths on all ridges tested, which the Company believes could represent new localised resources, similar to those already defined on ridges C and E. The similarity of the high-grade extensions to what has already been defined is also highly encouraging and the Company is now planning the next phase of drilling to turn these surface targets into potential new resources.
The deleterious elements from the results are also all within acceptable range to not affect the overall grade and potential of these targets.
There are three 1400m+ high-grade targets on ridge F, two targets on ridge G of 900m and 600m, and significantly there still remains 6.5 kilometres of ridge to test on G and H. It is also worth noting that the ridge E resource is approximately 800m long at this stage, containing well over 1Mt of high-grade iron ore, while the ridge C resource is even shorter at 650m and also contains over 1Mt of high-grade material. As such, having a further 3km of highly prospective targets still in the central western area of the tenement illustrates the excellent progress thus far. Figure 3 below demonstrates part of the F Ridge anomaly in relation to the existing E Ridge resource outline.
Table 1: Summary of high-grade results, rock chip sampling, Hancock Iron Ore Project, March 2022
|
Sample Nbr |
Fe |
Al2O3 |
K2O |
MgO |
Na2O |
P |
SiO2 |
|
WPT543 |
60.39 |
2.12 |
0.006 |
0.06 |
0.014 |
0.124 |
4.17 |
|
WPT544 |
62.47 |
1.76 |
0.003 |
0.07 |
0.01 |
0.097 |
2.64 |
|
WPT545 |
65.4 |
1 |
0.011 |
0.32 |
0.16 |
0.085 |
2.33 |
|
WPT548 |
61.01 |
0.33 |
0.004 |
1.11 |
0.007 |
0.056 |
1.77 |
|
WPT549 |
55.87 |
0.26 |
0.002 |
0.05 |
0.008 |
0.074 |
13.25 |
|
WPT550 |
63.42 |
1.64 |
0.003 |
0.07 |
<0.005 |
0.08 |
2.99 |
|
WPT551 |
63.46 |
1.22 |
0.002 |
0.08 |
0.005 |
0.081 |
2.57 |
|
WPT552 |
63.64 |
1.07 |
0.001 |
0.05 |
<0.005 |
0.091 |
1.96 |
|
WPT557 |
61.32 |
0.83 |
0.004 |
0.04 |
0.011 |
0.273 |
6.76 |
|
WPT569 |
63.74 |
0.69 |
0.004 |
0.01 |
<0.005 |
0.162 |
2.05 |
|
WPT570 |
62.3 |
0.95 |
0.002 |
0.01 |
<0.005 |
0.168 |
2.27 |
|
WPT572 |
60.63 |
0.85 |
0.001 |
0.02 |
<0.005 |
0.252 |
4.61 |
|
WPT592 |
62.06 |
0.54 |
<0.001 |
0.01 |
<0.005 |
0.208 |
3.22 |
|
WPT593 |
64.21 |
1.45 |
0.002 |
0.02 |
<0.005 |
0.07 |
2.66 |
|
WPT594 |
62.94 |
1.38 |
0.003 |
0.02 |
<0.005 |
0.142 |
2.69 |
|
WPT595 |
64.62 |
0.91 |
0.009 |
0.03 |
<0.005 |
0.161 |
1.59 |
|
WPT607 |
64.22 |
1.34 |
0.004 |
0.03 |
<0.005 |
0.044 |
3.5 |
|
WPT608 |
62.16 |
1.72 |
<0.001 |
0.03 |
<0.005 |
0.178 |
2.49 |
|
WPT609 |
64.26 |
0.46 |
0.001 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.108 |
1.26 |
|
WPT610 |
63.66 |
0.8 |
0.011 |
0.02 |
0.007 |
0.156 |
1.76 |
|
WPT629 |
64.72 |
1.36 |
0.006 |
0.02 |
0.007 |
0.15 |
2.51 |
|
WPT631 |
62.01 |
1.46 |
0.011 |
0.03 |
0.005 |
0.071 |
5.86 |
|
WPT632 |
62.69 |
1.36 |
0.002 |
0.02 |
<0.005 |
0.105 |
2.1 |
|
WPT636 |
60.1 |
0.77 |
0.003 |
0.03 |
0.009 |
0.142 |
8.69 |
|
WPT637 |
65.52 |
1.18 |
0.005 |
0.04 |
0.007 |
0.095 |
2.31 |
|
WPT638 |
64.99 |
0.89 |
0.009 |
0.11 |
0.009 |
0.079 |
2.02 |
See Appendix 1 for the full set of results
The Company is very pleased with this continued positive exploration work and will continue to develop all these targets as well as new untested ground in the coming months.
Brockman
Maiden drilling on the Brockman tenement is now in final planning and the Company hopes to carry out its maiden drilling on Brockman in the coming months.
Further updates will be provided in due course as appropriate.
Figure 1: Location of Hancock Iron Ore Project, Western Australia
Figure 2: Location and results of rock chip sampling programme, Hancock Iron Ore Project, Western Australia, March 2022
Figure 3: Detail of rock chip samples and Iron Ore Grades (%), part of Ridge F, Hancock Iron Ore Project, March 2022 - (Note relative size of Ridge E Resource)
Figure 4: Detail of rock chip samples and Iron Ore Grade, Ridge G, Hancock Iron Ore Project, March 2022
For further information please visit the Company's website at www.alienmetals.uk, or contact:
Alien Metals Limited
Bill Brodie Good, CEO & Technical Director
(via St-James' Corporate Services, Company Secretary)
Tel: +44 (0) 203 811 2144
Beaumont Cornish Limited (Nomad)
James Biddle / Roland Cornish
www.beaumontcornish.com
Tel: +44 (0) 207 628 3396
Turner Pope Investments (TPI) Limited (Joint Broker)
Andrew Thacker / James Pope
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3657 0050
WH Ireland Ltd (Joint Broker)
Harry Ansell / Katy Mitchell
Tel +44 (0) 207 220 1666
Yellow Jersey PR (Financial PR)
Sarah Hollins / Annabel Atkins / James Lingfield
alienmetals@yellowjerseypr.com
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3004 9512
Notes to Editors:
Alien Metals Ltd is a mining exploration and development company listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange (LSE: UFO). The Company's focus is on precious and base metal commodities, with its operations located in proven mining jurisdictions and it has embarked upon an acquisition-led strategy headed by a high-quality geological team to build a strong portfolio of diversified assets. In 2019, the Company acquired 51% of the Brockman and Hancock Ranges high-grade (Direct Shipping Ore) iron ore projects and with a conditional agreement to increase its interest to 90% in May 2021 also being put in place.
In 2020 the Company agreed to acquire 100% of the Elizabeth Hill Silver Project, which consists of the Elizabeth Hill Historic Silver Mine Mining Lease and the 150km2 exploration tenement around the mine. The Company also holds two silver projects, San Celso and Los Campos, located in Zacatecas State, Mexico, Mexico's largest silver producing state, which produced over 190m oz of silver in 2018 alone, accounting for 45% of the total silver production of Mexico for that year. The Company also holds a Copper Gold project in the same region, Donovan 2.
In March 2022 the Company acquired 100% of the former joint venture interest in the Munni Munni Platinum Group Metals and Gold Project in the West Pilbara, Western Australia, one of Australia's major underexplored PGE and base metals projects. Munni Munni holds an historic deposit containing 2.2Moz 4E PGM: Palladium, Platinum, Gold, Rhodium.
The Company was also awarded an Exploration Licence in Greenland in late 2020, which surrounds the world class Citronen Zinc-Lead deposit.
Competent Person
The information in this announcement which relates to Exploration Targets, Exploration Results and the Scoping Study has been approved by Mr. Allen Maynard, who is a Member of the Australian Institute of Geosciences ("AIG"), a Corporate Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy ("AusIMM") and independent consultant to the Company. Mr. Maynard is the Director and principal geologist of Al Maynard & Associates Pty Ltd and has over 40 continuous years of exploration and mining experience in a variety of mineral deposit styles. Mr. Maynard has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 Edition of the "Australasian Code for reporting of Exploration Results, Exploration Targets, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves" (JORC Code). Mr. Maynard consents to inclusion in the announcement of the matters based on this information in the form and context in which it appears.
Glossary:
Mineral Resource - A concentration or occurrence of solid or liquid material of economic interest in or on the Earth's crust in such form, grade (or quality), and quantity that there are reasonable prospects for eventual economic extraction. The location, quantity, grade (or quality), continuity and other geological characteristics of a Mineral Resource are known, estimated or interpreted from specific geological evidence and knowledge, including sampling. Mineral Resources are sub-divided, in order of increasing geological confidence, into Inferred, Indicated and Measured categories.
Inferred Mineral Resource - that part of a Mineral Resource for which quantity and grade (or quality) are estimated on the basis of limited geological evidence and sampling. Geological evidence is sufficient to imply but not verify geological grade (or quality) continuity. It is based on exploration, sampling and testing information gathered through appropriate techniques from locations such as outcrops, trenches, pits, workings and drill holes. An inferred Mineral Resource has a lower level of confidence that that applying to an Indicated Mineral Resources and must not be converted to an Ore Reserve. It is reasonably expected that the majority of Inferred Mineral Resources could be upgraded to Indicated Mineral Resources with continued exploration.
Reverse Circulation Drilling - Often referred to as RC drilling, is a method of drilling which uses dual wall drill rods that consist of an outer drill rod with an inner tube. These hollow inner tubes allow the drill cuttings to be transported back to the surface in a continuous, steady flow. Drill results using this method with adequate QA/QC can be used in Mineral Resource Calculations
DSO - Direct Shipping Ore
Deleterious Elements - Elements that can be detrimental to the overall product, such as Phosphorus.
Green Iron Ore - High Grade > 60% Iron Ore needing lease processing for manufacture of steel
Fe - Iron
Al - Aluminium
Ca - Calcium
K - Potassium
Mg - Magnesium
Mn - Manganese
Na - Sodium
P - Phosphorus
S - Sulphur
Si2O3 - Silica
Mt - Million Tonnes
BIF - Banded Iron Formation
Appendix
|
Sample Nbr |
Fe |
P |
SiO2 |
Al2O3 |
|
WPT541 |
59.63 |
0.101 |
6.19 |
2.96 |
|
WPT542 |
38.69 |
0.047 |
41.8 |
0.93 |
|
WPT543 |
60.39 |
0.124 |
4.17 |
2.12 |
|
WPT544 |
62.47 |
0.097 |
2.64 |
1.76 |
|
WPT545 |
65.4 |
0.085 |
2.33 |
1 |
|
WPT546 |
37.42 |
0.035 |
44.4 |
0.73 |
|
WPT547 |
35.42 |
0.054 |
47.4 |
0.41 |
|
WPT548 |
61.01 |
0.056 |
1.77 |
0.33 |
|
WPT549 |
55.87 |
0.074 |
13.25 |
0.26 |
|
WPT550 |
63.42 |
0.08 |
2.99 |
1.64 |
|
WPT551 |
63.46 |
0.081 |
2.57 |
1.22 |
|
WPT552 |
63.64 |
0.091 |
1.96 |
1.07 |
|
WPT553 |
45.49 |
0.079 |
31.6 |
1.1 |
|
WPT554 |
48.16 |
0.078 |
25.5 |
1.73 |
|
WPT555 |
50.04 |
0.071 |
21.6 |
2.69 |
|
WPT556 |
58.61 |
0.108 |
10.85 |
0.65 |
|
WPT557 |
61.32 |
0.273 |
6.76 |
0.83 |
|
WPT560 |
35.2 |
0.054 |
47.6 |
0.61 |
|
WPT561 |
37.92 |
0.048 |
44.3 |
0.41 |
|
WPT563 |
54.07 |
0.129 |
18.05 |
0.58 |
|
WPT564 |
47.07 |
0.148 |
27.7 |
0.6 |
|
WPT565 |
47.19 |
0.083 |
30.5 |
0.57 |
|
WPT566 |
55.21 |
0.092 |
6.39 |
3.36 |
|
WPT567 |
40.16 |
0.089 |
39.5 |
0.58 |
|
WPT568 |
41.75 |
0.136 |
36.2 |
0.47 |
|
WPT569 |
63.74 |
0.162 |
2.05 |
0.69 |
|
WPT570 |
62.3 |
0.168 |
2.27 |
0.95 |
|
WPT571 |
58.77 |
0.277 |
5.8 |
1.06 |
|
WPT572 |
60.63 |
0.252 |
4.61 |
0.85 |
|
WPT573 |
41.82 |
0.145 |
31.2 |
2.55 |
|
WPT574 |
29.79 |
0.058 |
55.1 |
0.65 |
|
WPT575 |
34.32 |
0.049 |
49.5 |
0.29 |
|
WPT576 |
40.74 |
0.142 |
38.6 |
0.79 |
|
WPT577 |
39.59 |
0.051 |
41.7 |
0.35 |
|
WPT592 |
62.06 |
0.208 |
3.22 |
0.54 |
|
WPT593 |
64.21 |
0.07 |
2.66 |
1.45 |
|
WPT594 |
62.94 |
0.142 |
2.69 |
1.38 |
|
Sample Nbr |
Fe % |
P % |
SiO2 % |
Al2O3 % |
|
WPT595 |
64.62 |
0.161 |
1.59 |
0.91 |
|
WPT596 |
54.78 |
0.084 |
17.8 |
0.97 |
|
WPT597 |
50.7 |
0.037 |
25.7 |
0.46 |
|
WPT598 |
47.19 |
0.066 |
28.8 |
0.45 |
|
WPT607 |
64.22 |
0.044 |
3.5 |
1.34 |
|
WPT608 |
62.16 |
0.178 |
2.49 |
1.72 |
|
WPT609 |
64.26 |
0.108 |
1.26 |
0.46 |
|
WPT610 |
63.66 |
0.156 |
1.76 |
0.8 |
|
WPT611 |
47.47 |
0.145 |
27.7 |
0.75 |
|
WPT612 |
36.18 |
0.038 |
46.4 |
0.52 |
|
WPT613 |
52.03 |
0.067 |
22.1 |
0.42 |
|
WPT615 |
56.18 |
0.066 |
8.42 |
2.8 |
|
WPT626 |
54.29 |
0.056 |
19.3 |
1.02 |
|
WPT627 |
46.44 |
0.079 |
28.3 |
0.92 |
|
WPT628 |
64.72 |
0.15 |
2.51 |
1.36 |
|
WPT629 |
56.97 |
0.115 |
11.9 |
0.71 |
|
WPT630 |
62.01 |
0.071 |
5.86 |
1.46 |
|
WPT631 |
62.69 |
0.105 |
2.1 |
1.36 |
|
WPT632 |
58.69 |
0.056 |
11.8 |
0.74 |
|
WPT633 |
55.82 |
0.048 |
16.4 |
0.83 |
|
WPT634 |
45.52 |
0.077 |
30.8 |
0.93 |
|
WPT635 |
60.1 |
0.142 |
8.69 |
0.77 |
|
WPT636 |
65.52 |
0.095 |
2.31 |
1.18 |
|
WPT637 |
64.99 |
0.079 |
2.02 |
0.89 |
|
WPT638 |
57.42 |
0.091 |
14.1 |
0.5 |
|
WPT639 |
29.04 |
0.059 |
55.3 |
0.58 |
|
WPT640 |
46.14 |
0.074 |
31.2 |
0.66 |
|
WPT644 |
43.2 |
0.152 |
26 |
3.98 |
|
WPT645 |
43.28 |
0.196 |
30.3 |
1.38 |
|
WPT646 |
41.53 |
0.089 |
35.4 |
1.84 |
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