Aldoro Resources Ltd (ASX:ARN) is encouraged by initial diamond drilling outcomes at the Narndee Igneous Complex, which is prospective for nickel-copper-platinum group element (PGE) mineralisation, in Western Australia's Murchison Terrane.
Four diamond holes have been completed for 1,851 metres within IP anomalies at the Target (NYSE:TGT) 2 area with all holes intersecting variable quantities of disseminated sulphides at depth.
There were 61 metres of drill core bearing disseminated sulphides from hole NDD0025 cut with 1-metre half cores dispatched to Intertek for analytical assaying.
Encouraging assays
The core from a disseminated sulphide zone from 228 to 289 metres depth produced two anomalous zones of PGE, gold and nickel.
Highlights are:
- 4 metres at 0.57 g/t palladium, 0.09 g/t platinum and 0.04 g/t gold (0.69 g/t 3E), 0.54% nickel and 0.15% copper from 247 metres; and
- 1-metre at 0.92 g/t palladium, 0.16 g/t platinum and 0.06 g/t gold (1.15 g/t 3E) and 0.26% nickel from 269 metres.
High-powered IP sounding
Aldoro has conducted surface high-powered IP sounding over a broad area encompassing Targets 1 and 2, which has provided depth control resolution and interpretation of a number of anomalous structures.
The company’s exploration program at Narndee resumed in the first week of January 2023 and planning includes:
- Further drilling along the Eastern Target anomaly.
- Testing the Target 3 Central Target.
- Drilling the possible displaced extension of VC1 on line 5100.
- Further IP sounding over the central and eastern targets to refine the placement of drill collars.