Empire Metal Ltd has identified more shallow-level titanium from the first five assays received from a four-hole reverse circulation (RC) drill programme at Pitfield in Western Australia.
A new shallow zone of bedded higher-grade TiO2 mineralisation was identified from the assays, in addition to extending the overall broad footprint of significant TiO2 mineralisation already discovered.
Empire said the best result for the assays is an interval of 154 metres at 5.51% TiO2 from the surface.
More good results are expected from the remaining assays, Empire added. At the same time, a consultant has been appointed to carry out an Electron Probe Microanalysis on RC drill hole rock chip samples.
This will help identify the mineral assemblage within the rocks.
Shaun Bunn, Empire’s managing director, said: "These exceptional drill results provide further evidence of the massive 40km long surface footprint of bedded titanium-rich mineralisation.
"These interim results also confirm that higher grade bedded zones of mineralisation can be traced from surface geochemical sampling anomalies which verify our targeting approach.”