Bryah Resources Ltd (ASX:BYH) has identified an electromagnetic (EM) conductor at least 600 metres long after geophysical survey work over the Bryah Basin project in Western Australia.
This conductor lies in an area where no drilling has been undertaken and Bryah will initiate on-ground investigations, including a ground geophysical survey, as soon as possible.
It is circa 7 kilometres north of the Peak Hill Gold Mine within the Narracoota Formation, which is prospective for copper-gold.
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The conductor was picked up in three adjoining flight lines, indicating an east-west length of at least 600 metres.
It is characterised as a moderate conductive source, which is potentially indicative of VMS copper-gold mineralisation.
Preliminary results from the helicopter-borne Versatile Time-Domain EM (VTEM) survey by UTS Geophysics Pty Ltd have identified several anomalous EM responses.
Focus of future modelling
These will be the focus of future modelling once the final processed data is received from Resource Potentials Pty Ltd, which is interpreting the survey data.
The survey involved 1,860 line-kilometres flown over five areas totalling circa 325 square kilometres.
As well as focusing on the largest conductor, Bryah will also carry out ground work at other high-priority target areas.
Moving Loop EM survey recommended
A ground-based Moving Loop EM (MLEM) survey has been recommended by Resource Potentials to assist in better defining the orientation of the EM conductor ahead of any drill testing.
Planning for the MLEM survey is underway.
Final VTEM data processing will take UTS Geophysics circa six weeks to complete with a full geophysical interpretation of EM responses by Resource Potentials to start immediately thereafter.
In October 2017 Bryah Resources raised $5 million and was admitted to the official list on the Australian Securities Exchange.
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The company is a copper-gold focused explorer with two projects in central Western Australia, being the Bryah Basin project and the Gabanintha project.
Bryah Resources’ projects are in central Western Australia, near Meekatharra.
Bryah Basin hosts the high-grade copper-gold mines at DeGrussa, discovered by Sandfire Resources NL (ASX:SFR) in 2009, and at Horseshoe Lights, which was mined until 1994.
At Gabanintha, Bryah holds the rights to all minerals except vanadium, uranium, cobalt, chromium, titanium, lithium, tantalum, manganese and iron ore.
Australian Vanadium Ltd (ASX:AVL) retains 100% rights in the excluded minerals.
In mid-January, Bryah’s maiden exploration program at Gabanintha returned an intersection of 3 metres at 23.8 g/t gold and 0.32% copper from 45 metres.