WA1 Resources is celebrating promising results from resource definition drilling at its West Arunta niobium and rare earths project in Western Australia.
According to assay results from the drilling program, WA1 has successfully increased the project’s scope for high-grade mineralisation at the Luni deposit, with new significant intersections found.
Field operations will continue at Luni with further assay results expected over the coming months to support an updated mineral resource estimate during the first half of 2025.
WA1 managing director Paul Savich said the ongoing drilling campaign at Luni is “extensive”.
“These latest assay results from the north-east zone of the deposit further demonstrate the significance of one of the key high-grade areas at Luni,” Savich said.
“This zone is currently planned to support our early development ambitions and will be an important part of the updated mineral resource estimate targeted for the first half of 2025.
“Once the requisite drilling is completed to inform a mineral resource estimate update, site-based activities will pause with equipment and infrastructure remaining on site to allow for an efficient restart in 2025.
“Planning is well-advanced for next year’s field activities which will continue to focus on the collection of data that is critical toward technically de-risking Luni and expediting the permitting process.”
A number of other key activities have been recently completed at the site, including the field component of detailed flora and fauna surveys, a dedicated program of monitoring bores, and downhole geophysical surveys.
In addition, metallurgical testwork programs are ongoing with results expected over coming months.
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