Empire Metals Ltd (AIM:EEE) has released the results of the dipole-dipole induced polarisation (DD-IP) surveys carried out at the Pitfield copper project in Western Australia.
These DD-IP surveys have identified multiple drilling targets and provided further evidence to support the view that Pitfield has the potential to contain multiple sediment-hosted stratabound copper deposits across a 40 kilometre long alteration footprint.
Several anomalies have been identified that show chargeable values exceeding the threshold that would be considered characteristic of the presence of disseminated sulphides.
These anomalies are closely associated with magnetite-altered stratigraphy and are coincident with strong copper anomalism in both soils and rocks.
They are also located in the same vicinity as high-grade soil and rock samples that were recently collected.
One anomaly, detected in three DD-IP survey lines just southwest of Mt Scratch, appears to be very extensive, covering an area of at least 1,500 metres in length and up to 800 metres wide.
"I am delighted to provide an update on our initial DD-IP survey activities, a reconnaissance mission focussing on areas that were previously under-explored by the major mining companies that have worked the area,” said Shaun Bunn, managing director of Empire Metals in a statement.
“These highly encouraging results from the DD-IP surveys suggest the presence of large, disseminated sulphide mineralised zones, thus providing multiple drill targets and providing another leap forward in our plans to commence drilling activities at Pitfield. Our immediate focus will be on drilling at the Mt Scratch prospect, where we have identified a massive highly chargeable anomaly. It is important to note that the Mt Scratch prospect on its own only represents 5% of the overall project areas," he added.