Talisman Mining encouraged by early results at Sinclair nickel mine
THE DRILL SERGEANT: Talisman Mining (ASX: TLM) has provided an update to recent activities carried out at the company’s Sinclair nickel project in Western Australia.
The company has completed a series of detailed near-mine and regional exploration reviews, which it said has provided some encouraging results.
Last year Talisman struck an agreement with major player Glencore to acquire the Sinclair nickel project, since when it has commenced detailed assessment of the Stirling and Skye prospects with the aim of defining potential drill targets.
So far the company has had a review of high-priority historical geophysical data carried out, as well as completing 3-dimensional geological modelling of the Stirling and Skye prospects.
“3D geological modelling indicates that massive-to-heavily-disseminated nickel sulphide mineralisation at Skye and Stirling is clearly developed along at least two well-constrained basal ultramafic positions beneath, and immediately to the south of, the Sinclair mine infrastructure,” Talisman Mining said in its ASX announcement.
The company claims to have also identified a number of strong late-time down-hole EM conductors along the down-plunge basal extensions of the prospective Skye and Stirling mineralised ultramafic units, which it considers to present as potential future drill targets.
Talisman is now planning to determine the best positions to undertake potential drill testing and further down-hole electromagnetics.
Other work has identified massive nickel sulphides from limited historical drilling carried out at the Delphi prospect, which is located four kilometres along strike to the south of the Sinclair nickel mine.
The company’s geophysical consultant, Newexco is completing a review of the historical ground and down-hole electromagnetic data along the Delphi trend.
“Two target areas have been identified by this work,” Talisman said.
“Supported by down-hole and surface electromagnetic conductors, plus evidence of nickel sulphide mineralisation in prospective ultramafic rocks.”
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