Stelar Metals Ltd (ASX:SLB) has fielded multiple new laboratory assays confirming high-grade zinc mineralisation on the surface at its 100%-owned Linda Zinc Project in South Australia.
The company has five 100%-owned projects in South Australia’s premier world-class exploration and mining district.
High-grade zinc
Stelar has collected multiple high-grade rock-chip samples assaying up to 42% zinc from outcrops across the Linda Prospect and to the west of Linda, where outcrops responded positively to the presence of high-grade zinc using a wet-chemical zinc-zap test.
There were five samples above 20% zinc and 21 out of the 46 samples registered above 1% zinc at surface.
The anomalous rock chips extend over a new area to the west of Linda, which is ripe for exploration, and a recently identified soil anomaly extending north from Linda will be rock chip sampled in coming weeks.
Follow-up geological mapping will kick off alongside upcoming rock chip sampling program.
Doubled surface footprint
Stelar recently announced it had extended the soil sampling coverage across the broader Linda region which has doubled the size of the coherent Linda surface footprint.
This footprint now extends over a 600-metre by 300-metre area with portable XRF soil results up to 0.7% zinc.
Added to this, several areas have been discovered outside of the Linda Prospect that returned strong zinc anomalism, including at the contact with the Linda Breccia, to the west of Linda where stratigraphic contacts contain visible mineralisation and to the south in NeoProterozoic units of Wonoka Formation carbonates.
Fieldwork at Linda has also included new geological mapping which has better resolved the structural architecture and the lithofacies distribution.
Stelar Metals CEO Colin Skidmore said: “As an ex-Pasminco zinc geologist from Broken Hill, I am very encouraged by both these grades and the magnitude of the surface footprint.
“The continued flow of new high-grade zinc results from Linda are impressive and highlight the prospectivity of these targets for high-grade zinc mineralising with DSO potential similar to past zinc production from Perilya’s nearby Beltana Zinc Mine.”
Next steps
Follow-up detailed mapping to optimise drill program design is planned in the coming months alongside additional soil and rock chip sampling programs.
This fieldwork will aim to extend the surface sampling coverage and validate the newly discovered areas.
Additionally, rock chip samples will be taken to verify the anomalous soil results.
Stelar is in the process of negotiating a Native Title management agreement with the Traditional Owners. Once this is agreed, the company will commence heritage clearance surveys and seek drilling approval from the South Australian regulators.