White Cliff Minerals (ASX:WCN) extends Danvers 3 copper system with step out drilling
White Cliff Minerals has reported further assay results and drilling observations from the Danvers prospect within its Rae Copper Project, with step out drilling extending the Danvers 3 copper system.
The latest results include 42m @ 1.43% Cu from diamond drillhole DAN26025, while regional drilling continues across the Teshierpi Fault Zone and Danvers structures.
Highlights
DAN26025 returned 42m @ 1.43% Cu from 200m, including 5.25m @ 2.72% Cu from 207.15m, 4.00m @ 2.42% Cu from 226m, and 4.73m @ 2.23% Cu from 232.5m.
DAN26028 returned 8m @ 0.9% Cu from 309m, including 5m @ 1.18% Cu from 312m.
DAN26036 logged 83.1m of combined copper sulphides, with chalcocite dominant mineralisation, extending the Danvers 3 system by more than 280m.
Assays confirm copper mineralisation across 6.6km of strike, with copper sulphides visually logged across 9.8km.
White Cliff’s latest drilling at Danvers 3 follows the company’s diamond drilling campaign at the Rae Copper Project.
DAN26025 was collared 250m northwest of DAN26012 and intersected the broader breccia body identified in DAN26012, extending the mineralised system approximately 250m to the northwest.
Oriented diamond core confirmed comparable chaotic and crackle breccia textures and provided additional structural data to guide follow up drilling.
The company reported that DAN26036 was collared 105m west of DAN26012 and drilled westward, intersecting 83.1m of visually logged copper sulphides, including chalcocite rich chaotic and crackle breccias, with oriented core data being used to refine the interpreted geometry and controls on mineralisation.
White Cliff Minerals Managing Director Troy Whittaker said:
“DAN26025 is a strong step-out result that expands Danvers 3 collared 250m northwest of the exceptional-grade intersection in DAN26012, returning 42m @ 1.43% Cu, with several higher-grade internal intervals, the result demonstrates that the mineralised breccia system extends well beyond the initial discovery area.”
Beyond Danvers 3, White Cliff has continued regional drilling across the broader target corridor.
Phase 1 regional drilling has tested more than 7,000m of strike along the Teshierpi Fault Zone and 2,700m along the Danvers 1 structure.
Regional diamond drilling has also progressed into the Danvers 1 Extension and Danvers 4 areas, testing geophysical targets that had not previously been drilled.
DAN26031 was the first hole to test more than 1km of greenfield strike northeast of Danvers 1 and intersected 4m of visually logged chalcocite veining.
Additional drilling recorded visually logged copper sulphides in DAN26033, DAN26034 and DAN26035, extending observed copper sulphide occurrences along the fault zone.
The company has 2 diamond rigs active at the Rae Project, with assays pending for more than 20 holes, while the next phase of drilling will prioritise step outs from copper zones at Danvers 3, test strike and depth extensions at Danvers 1, and assess extensions to Danvers 2 and Danvers 4.
Further assay results are expected as drilling progresses across the Danvers prospect, with samples continuing to be submitted to the laboratory and results currently being received approximately every 10 to 14 days.