Bryah Resources Ltd (ASX:BYH) will receive government co-funding of up to $150,000 for a reverse circulation drilling program at its Bryah Basin Project in Western Australia.
Drilling will be targeted at the Aquarius copper-gold prospect and comprise 24 holes over 4800 metres to test several high priority targets identified from a Versatile Time-Domain Electromagnetic geophysical survey.
The survey was undertaken to identify conductors which potentially could be volcanogenic massive sulphide copper-gold deposits similar to that found at the nearby Horseshoe Lights Copper-Gold Mine.
Potential of the Bryah Basin
The Bryah Basin is host to the high-grade copper-gold mines at DeGrussa, discovered by Sandfire Resources NL in 2009, and at Horseshoe Lights, which was mined up until 1994.
The basin has a history of high-grade +40% manganese mines and several current mines.
Manganese exposure for Bryah Resources
The Bryah Basin Project also hosts manganese potential, with the company's exploration to focus on finding economic resources amenable to short-term production within project area.
WATCH: Bryah Resources looks at getting into manganese production at Bryah Basin
The manganese exploration complements the company’s active copper-gold strategy in a multi-commodity mineral province.