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- Aston Minerals (ASO) has extended nickel and cobalt mineralisation to 250 metres at the Bardwell prospect, located at the Boomerang target in the Edleston Project in Canada
- Drilling across 10 holes covering 250 metres of strike have been completed across Bardwell, with core processing and analytical results are pending for five of these holes
- Results from one of the drill holes showed mineralised intercept increasing to 83 metres at 0.38 per cent nickel and 0.012 per cent cobalt
- Aston dropped 3.23 per cent on the market and is trading at 15 cents per share
Drilling at Aston Minerals’ (ASO) Bardwell prospect has extended nickel and cobalt mineralisation to 250 metres.
Bardwell is located within the Boomerang nickel-cobalt target at the Edleston Project in Canada.
A total of 10 holes covering 250 metres of strike have been completed across Bardwell, with core processing and analytical results are pending for five of these holes.
Results from on of the drill holes, DDED21-059, showed mineralised intercept increasing to 83 metres at 0.38 per cent nickel and 0.012 per cent cobalt ending in mineralisation.
Significant results also include 293 metres at 0.32 per cent nickel and 0.012 per cent cobalt ending in mineralisation, starting from 52 metres including 51 metres at 0.45 per cent nickel and 0.016 per cent cobalt.
“We have confirmed 250 metre of strike so far at Bardwell from a total of around 1000 metres of prospective strike and have hit substantial nickel sulphides on each
section,” Managing Director Dale Ginn said.
“The incredible thickness and consistency of mineralisation gives us a strong degree of
confidence in the substantial potential endowment of this prospect.”
To further understand the mineralisation at Boomerang, the company drilled a hole at the Elbow prospect, which is around 2.7 kilometres north-east of Bardwell.
The hole intersected 321.2 metres at 0.28 per cent nickel and 0.01 per cent cobalt ending in mineralisation starting from 41.8 metres.
“As we progress through infill between areas of defined mineralisation, on an extremely broad spacing, we are yet to find a zone within this 6.5 kilometre long intrusion that is not
mineralised to a significant degree,” Mr Ginn said.
On the market, Aston dropped 3.23 per cent and traded at 15 cents per share at 1:30 pm AEDT.
