Oar Resources Ltd’s first phase of on-ground exploration is well underway at its Crown nickel-copper-platinum group element (PGE) and gold project in Western Australia’s Julimar District.
Importantly, the company’s initial geological mapping and rock chip sampling programs have already been conducted, with this preliminary assessment showing promise.
Oar has quickly mobilised to site to begin fieldwork, with the first round of samples sent to the laboratory for detailed geochemical analysis.
Exploration at the Crown Project is the core priority for Oar, where fieldwork continues and further results will be released as they become available.
Reconnaissance-focused program
Oar’s strategic landholding in the Julimar District is located just 8 kilometres from Chalice Mining Ltd (ASX:CHN, OTCQB:CGMLF)’s Gonneville discovery, which is hosted in a layered mafic-ultramafic complex comprising serpentinites, pyroxenites and gabbro-norites lithologies.
The Crown Project contains numerous magnetic features that are interpreted to represent mafic volcanic rocks considered to be highly prospective for similar nickel-copper-PGE and gold mineralisation.
The initial phase of exploration is a reconnaissance-focused program, designed to improve understanding of the local geology within the project area.
It includes geological mapping and rock chip sampling, which is aimed at testing and validating a detailed interpretation of regional magnetic data within the project area conducted by independent consultants Southern Geoscience which identified at least 20 separate priority target areas.
Notably, these techniques will determine the major elements with the rocks, including gold, platinum-group elements, nickel and copper, among others.
Proposed maiden drilling program
Oar’s latest data from laboratory analysis will be used to confirm the in-field observations and provide a critical understanding of the origin and geological setting of the mapped lithologies.
The laboratory analysis will also include detailed petrography work on a selection of hand specimens.
The second phase of geological mapping and rock chip sampling will begin in the coming days and will be followed up by systematic geochemical soil sampling designed to define and refine drill targets ahead of a proposed maiden drilling program.
- Ephrems Joseph