OD6 Metals Ltd (ASX:OD6) has extended the Centre and Prop prospects at the Splinter Rock clay-hosted rare earths project in Western Australia, leveraging a phase 3 drilling program to identify a strike length of 16 kilometres and 11 kilometres respectively.
While assays are still pending for the 145 holes drilled over 7,435 metres, the company has welcomed the strong clay targets on the tenure, now known to be up to 16 kilometres in length and 4 to 5 kilometres in width, with an average depth of 51 metres and a maximum of 104 metres.
Government support fuels exploration
“This third phase of drilling at our flagship Splinter Rock Project program continues the advancement of our key Centre and Prop prospect areas,” OD6 Metals managing director Brett Hazelden said.
“Our focus was to further test the significant length of these areas, whilst also determining the continuity of grade and thickness of clay extensions.
“We are delighted to confirm clay thicknesses initially observed, strongly correlate with, and validate, the airborne electromagnetic survey data, providing our team with further confidence in our exploration methodology.
“OD6 is grateful for the continued support from the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety whose funding, via the Exploration Incentive Scheme helped facilitate the expedition of this drill program.
“We eagerly await assay results and look forward to confirming our aim of significantly expanding on the length of the main prospects and growing our clay-hosted rare earths discovery even further.”
OD6 expects to receive the assays from this phase of drilling in the third quarter of this year. From there, the company will target a mineral resource estimate expansion and classification upgrade for the fourth quarter.
Splinter Rock Project completed drilling locations.
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