Tempest Minerals Ltd (ASX:TEM) says there’s more to explore at the Meleya Project, where the company has just identified a 4-kilometre copper anomaly at the Remorse target.
The explorer is reading up to 635 parts per million (ppm) copper and 182ppm zinc in soil at the polymetallic target, while the anomaly’s geochemistry has the hallmarks of a volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) signature.
Tempest recently picked up some new tenements that extend the target along strike, and it’s eager to get back on the ground and explore Meleya’s gold, base and critical metal potential.
With little to no prior exploration recorded in the region, the company is prioritising approvals work to get a drill rig on the ground.
Reviewing Remorse
Meleya is home to a suite of prospective targets, including the Ktulu, Outlaw and Remorse prospects.
Tempest conducted a sampling campaign over Meleya’s eastern wing late last year, uncovering Remorse’s 4-kilometre copper-zinc anomaly.
While this anomaly can be traced through several geochemical elements, sampling has identified a coherent core zone of copper-zinc anomalism — the mineralisation that predominantly shapes the Remorse target.
Interestingly, the copper-zinc findings appear ‘layered’, meaning there’s more copper in the northeast and more dispersed zinc to the southwest.
This kind of zonation is typical of VMS deposits, so there’s strong impetus to see what a drill rig could uncover.
Next up
While Tempest is looking forward to securing more assays from the campaign, there’s no sign of slowing down: more sampling is on the cards at its newly acquired Meleya tenements.
There’s also scope for some geophysical surveys as the explorer chases the drilling approvals.
Beyond Meleya, Tempest says it continues the hunt for precious, base and energy metals across the wider portfolio.
The company has exposure to lithium projects in the eastern and southern Africa and the US, as well as exploration and development interests across Papua New Guinea and WA.