Second sulphide hit supercharges Litchfield NT copper-zinc hunt
With similar mineralization confirmed at Litchfield’s Silverado, Bomb-Diggity cluster and VT2 targets, the company is assembling what could potentially be a massive, folded, mineralized corridor stretching for miles and powered by a deeper intrusive engine.
Litchfield Minerals managing director Matthew Pustahya said: “The VT2 intercepts mark a significant milestone for the Litchfield at Oonagalabi. We are already seeing chalcopyrite and sphalerite in both diffuse and massive textures aligned with a strong 500 m + VTEM response. This combination of observations and the VTEM anomaly strongly supports the system scale and suggests that we are vectoring towards the core of a large, mineralized system.”.”
The company doesn’t waste any time either. A downhole electromagnetic (DHEM) survey will be launched next week, aiming to lock in on the core of the VT2 conductor and pinpoint targets for the next round of drilling.
Management says DHEM’s results will also help fine-tune plate modeling and shed light on how fresh sulfur connects to the broader, fast-growing mineralized corridor.
With hole 11 in VT2 now completed, the rig is already heading six kilometers southwest towards another electromagnetic target called VT1. The conductor is three times more conductive than VT2 and is associated with outcrops such as gold, silver, copper and tellurium-bearing iron, an unusual but promising geochemical cocktail.
Litchfield says he’s back to a single rig while he waits for a higher-performing team in the field to come online. For now, this rig will remain locked on the highest priority targets in VT1 and VT2 while the company works on DHEM and logs data.
A second rig could be recalled once the geological picture clears and the next big move becomes clear.
With each step, Litchfield lights up a previously blind corridor; this corridor is now filled with sulphides, conductors, and signs of a massive mineralized system in the making.
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