Brilliant Mining readies two surveys on Tramways
Brilliant Mining Corp (C:BMC)
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Monday September 25 2006 - News Release
Mr. Mike Sieb reports
BRILLIANT MINING CORP.: DRILL PROGRAM AND AIRBORNE GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY TO COMMENCE TRAMWAYS TENEMENTS, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Brilliant Mining Corp.'s Lanfranchi joint venture has approved a drill program designed to test a high-priority geophysical conductor within the unexplored northern portion of the Tramways tenements, in Western Australia. This area has recently been interpreted as highly prospective for nickel mineralization. In addition, an airborne geophysical survey will be flown over the Tramways tenements land package to provide comprehensive coverage of the entire property to identify buried conductive nickel sulphide bodies. Both programs are planned to commence by the end of September.
Key points:
initial two hole -- 700-metre diamond drill program designed to test one strong high-priority conductor indicative of massive sulphides within the unexplored northern portion of the property;
VTEM airborne geophysical survey will be flown property-wide to identify buried conductive nickel sulphide bodies;
map known sulphide body geophysical signatures to identify new targets; and
focus follow-up ground geophysical grids on selected airborne high-priority conductors.
Kambalda nickel district
The Tramways Tenements are located in the prolific Kambalda nickel district. The Kambalda district is one of the most prolific nickel-producing regions in the world, hosting 11 major deposits with the majority of these deposits focused around the Kambalda dome. Nickel mineralization occurs in a series of Komatiitic flow channels on the flanks of the dome. Over the last 40 years of mining activity the Kambalda district has produced over 1.1 million tonnes of nickel metal valued at approximately $30-billion (U.S.), based on current nickel prices.
Tramways tenements
Mining operations commenced in 1987 at the Lanfranchi nickel mine and over a 14-year period more than 100,000 tonnes of nickel metal has been mined from Lanfranchi within the Tramways tenement land package. All past mining activity has been restricted to the southern portion of the property as previous geological modelling suggested that the northern portion of the property was not prospective for the occurrence of nickel sulphide bodies. Recent stratigraphic drill holes and the steep dip and orientation of the conductors identified by the Geoferret ground geophysics survey (as reported in Stockwatch on July 20, 2006) supports the interpretation that a stratigraphic dome, similar to the "Kambalda dome," underlies the Tramways mineral tenures. The significance of a "Tramways dome" is that there exists the potential of the known nickel channels on the southern flank to trend over the apex of the dome and plunge along the same basal contact down the unexplored overturned northern flank. This new model indicates that the northern portion of the property is now highly prospective for nickel mineralization.
Exploration program under way
The initial two-hole, 700-metre diamond drill program is designed to test one strong high-priority conductor with a geophysical response indicative of massive sulphides within the unexplored northern portion of the property. This initial drill program will be followed by a more extensive reverse circulation drill program in November when a rig becomes available.
The VTEM airborne geophysical survey is primarily used to identify buried conductive nickel sulphide bodies and will comprise a comprehensive high-resolution deep-penetrating electro-magnetic (EM) coverage of the entire property. In addition, the survey will map known sulphide body geophysical signatures to extrapolate and evaluate prospective targets. The Lanfranchi JV will be able to focus follow-up ground geophysical grids on selected airborne high-priority conductors for future drill testing. The survey will also provide valuable near surface mapping of geological structures, lithologies and weathering profiles.
The project is supervised by John Williamson, PGeol, of Edmonton, Alta., chief executive officer and a director of Brilliant, the qualified person as defined in NI 43-101. |
