Lightning Minerals Ltd (ASX:L1M) has confirmed a timeline for drilling at its 100% owned Dundas Project in WA, chasing lithium and other critical minerals.
The Dundas Project is near the Norseman area – which has a history of mining dating back to 1892 – and consists of eight tenements over an area of around 454 square kilometres.
The program is designed to follow up a combination of recent priority targets identified through the mapping of outcropping pegmatites, geophysical interpretations and lithium-rubidium in soil anomalism identified in the south-eastern corner of tenement E63/2001.
Drill on site in June
A drill contractor will now mobilise to the tenement at the beginning of June, when the company has an up-to-12,500-metre drill campaign planned, which breaks down as around 2,500 metres of reverse circulation (RC) drilling and 10,000 metres of aircore drilling.
The planned aircore drilling will focus on further delineating the broad anomalism and generating hard rock targets for follow-up RC drilling, while the RC drilling will focus on previously identified soil anomalies and outcropping pegmatites.
Gyro Australia has been appointed as the preferred RC, aircore and auger drill contractor.
“Since our IPO, all work completed has been leading to this inaugural drilling campaign,” Lightning Minerals CEO Alex Biggs said.
“Our team has been working with the Ngadju Native Aboriginal Title Corporation (NNTAC) and thank them for their continued assistance throughout this process.
“We look forward to starting our drilling with multiple targets to follow up and welcome Gyro Australia as our drilling partner on this campaign.
“The company has completed a significant amount of work since its admission to the ASX and now looks forward to a transformational period as it furthers its exploration for lithium and critical minerals.”
What’s next?
A heritage survey is now scheduled for completion by mid-May ahead of mobilisation of drilling rigs to site at the beginning of June.
Soil sampling has been conducted across the entire project, with some 2676 samples collected and final results still pending.
Also in the works is an auger infill campaign, expected to kick off shortly on tenement E63/2000, where a significant 8-square-kilometre lithium-in-soil anomaly awaits.