Yallalong

Yallalong

The Yallalong Project is located about 220km to the northeast of the port of Geraldton and covers an area of about 130km2

The project area lies within the Yallalong Basin on the western margin of the Yilgarn Craton. The area has been under explored and it is only in more recent times that the prospectivity of these basin areas has been recognised. The project area is considered to be prospective for Ni-Cu-Co mineralisation related to mafic – ultra mafic intrusions and antimony gold mineralisation associated with structures related to the Darling Fault.

Previously reported soil and rock chip programs identified a 10km north-south striking mineralised antimony corridor, including quartz vein sample, YA123, which assayed 60.1% antimony (Sb), 0.28% lead (Pb), 0.14% copper (Cu) and 31ppb gold (Au).

Historic drilling at the Discovery Antimony Prospect in 2015/16 reported significant high grade antimony intersections. Octava conducted an RC drilling campaign over the Discovery Antimony Prospect and, while recording some significant grades of antimony, the drilling was unfortunately unable to repeat the size and quality of the historic intersections.

Additional priority antimony targets were identified following a detailed geophysical survey carried out along the entire 10km Yallalong corridor. These targets are interpreted to be associated with northwest- southeast trending faults.