Celsius Coal (ASX: CLA) has confirmed that most coal seams intersected in a drillhole at the Tuyuk Kargasha Prospect in Central Kyrgyzstan have strong coking properties.
Laboratory results showed that 15 of the 16 coal samples had Free Swelling Index (FSI) levels greater than 4.5, which is typically assessed as the threshold for coking coal.
Most samples from DD12TK003 show FSI in the range of 6.5-8.5 indicating coking coals could be higher quality coking coal and are consistent with results from DD12TK001 that were reported in October this year.
The tests also show a continuing trend of low phosphorous and sulphur.
Celsius noted that given the distance between the two drillholes, it is likely that a substantial portion of the coal at Tuyuk-Kargasha is coking coal.
Testing is currently underway on drill core samples from five other diamond drill cores.
Celsius has also maintained its Exploration Target of 501 to 700 million tonnes of coal with significant coking coal potential for the Uzgen Basin Projects.
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