Voltaic Strategic Resources Ltd announced encouraging first-stage field results from the El Dinero prospect within its Meekatharra Project in Western Australia, where reconnaissance work identified malachite-rich, highly weathered gossanous material at multiple locations across an approximately 100 metre area, supporting the presence of copper mineralisation within an established copper-gold target. Four visibly copper-mineralised rock samples returned average indicative portable XRF copper readings of 1.88%, 4.91%, 5.30% and 8.31%, although the company emphasised these are semi-quantitative spot readings from selected mineralised portions only and not representative whole-rock grades, with laboratory assays required for confirmation. The results build on previously reported June 2024 laboratory rock-chip assays from El Dinero that returned up to 2.57% Cu and 2.25 g/t Au, reinforcing the prospect’s copper-gold potential. A total of 40 rock samples were collected in the current program, including 36 targeting gold mineralisation and four targeting copper mineralisation, and follow-up work will include laboratory analysis, systematic geological mapping and surface sampling, plus heritage, access and permitting activities to support prioritisation of targets and potential maiden drilling.
Key Points
Field work at El Dinero identified malachite-rich gossanous material across multiple locations within an approximately 100 metre area.
Four selected copper-mineralised rock samples returned average indicative pXRF copper readings of 1.88%, 4.91%, 5.30% and 8.31%.
The pXRF readings are preliminary and semi-quantitative and were taken from selected visibly mineralised parts of the samples, not whole-rock averages.
The findings build on earlier June 2024 laboratory rock-chip assays from El Dinero of up to 2.57% Cu and 2.25 g/t Au.
A total of 40 rock samples were collected, including 36 targeting gold mineralisation and four submitted for further copper laboratory analysis.
The current copper mineralisation extent and continuity remain unknown and require systematic follow-up mapping and sampling.
Voltaic plans further geological mapping, surface sampling, and permitting work to refine targets for potential maiden drilling at El Dinero.
El Dinero is part of Voltaic’s Meekatharra Project in the Murchison Goldfields of Western Australia.
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