Stelar Metals Ltd (ASX:SLB) has kicked off on-ground exploration at the Trident Lithium Project at Broken Hill in Far West New South Wales, paving the way for an inaugural drill program later this year.
The critical minerals explorer is hard at work with soil sampling and data processing campaigns, ensuring it has the geochemical and geophysical bases covered as it evaluates Trident’s lithium prospects.
Stelar is particularly interested in the northern portion of the Euriowie Pegmatite Field, which extends over Huel Bijerkerno, The Ruby and a number of smaller historical tin workings.
Soil sampling regions and the area designated for Stelar’s maiden drilling.
Huel Bijerkerno is one of the largest historical tin pegmatite mines in the Euriowie Tin Field, making it a high-priority prospect as Stellar begins on-ground exploration.
Off the field, the company is applying for environmental and drilling approvals — authorisations that will support the hunt for lithium during the maiden drill campaign.
Where to?
Stelar has a few irons in the fire on the exploration front; a number of campaigns are underway in a bid to build a robust suite of hard-rock pegmatite targets at Trident.
Initial soil sampling programs should complete by month’s end but further sampling and mapping campaigns are expected to follow in the coming weeks.
The team is also working with fellow ASX-lister SensOre Ltd (ASX:S3N) to process recently acquired radiometrics for the Trident project area.
It’s hoped this information can integrate with geochemical datasets to support artificial intelligence machine learning, which SensOre leverages to define exploration targets.
On the regulatory front, Stelar is preparing drilling applications and will look to undertake cultural heritage clearance surveys ahead of its inaugural drill program.
As part of this process, the explorer has completed an environmental assessment study alongside a Broken Hill-based, BAM-accredited ecologist and botanist.
The maiden campaign is designed to confirm pegmatite orientation and lithium fertility before Stelar embarks on a deeper, more comprehensive drill to evaluate lithium resource potential.
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