Adelaide Resources (ASX: ADN) has identified the new Blue Tongue West copper target at Moonta in South Australia, via portable fluorescence XRF geochemical sampling.
The new copper anomaly, which warrants drill testing, is located to the west of the Blue Tongue target defined in December 2013.
Moonta lies within the Olympic iron ore-copper-gold-uranium belt, one of the premier mineral provinces in the world, and host to several globally significant deposits.
At Moonta, ADN can count BHP Billiton (ASX:BHP), Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO), Sandfire Resources (ASX:SFR) and Xstrata as neighbours.
Copper values in individual samples approach those seen in the soil anomalies at Alford West and Blue Tongue, with the core of the new feature extending over a distance of 600 metres.
Individual surface soil assays range up to 81ppm copper, matching the higher levels seen at the 3,500 metre Alford West.
Blue Tongue West has not previously been drill tested, and the aircore drilling program currently underway to test the Alford West, Blue Tongue and Kambula targets has been modified to include it.
The XRF survey has additionally identified a soil copper anomaly near the eastern limits of the previously identified Wombat Prospect, located 1 kilometre to the west.
Aircore drilling is continuing at Alford West, with minor amounts of copper carbonate visually observed in weathered bedrock.
Assays will be presented as they become available.
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