Charger Metals NL announced the completion of the maiden drill programme at its 100%-held Medcalf Prospect, located approximately 450km east of Perth, Western Australia. The programme tested pegmatites over a length of 700 metres at surface and up to 280 metres down dip of mapped spodumene-bearing pegmatite outcrops. The drilling programme increased the known extent of the swarm of spodumene-bearing pegmatites, which occur within a 100m zone, and demonstrated that these extend under transported cover and at depth.

OUTLOOK: Down-hole surveys will confirm the dip and provide physical properties of individual pegmatites. The survey tools used will include an optical televiewer and a rock density probe. The information gained is being used in the development of three-dimensional model of the known mineralisation.

When completed, the 3D model will be an aid when planning the next phase of deeper, core drilling. In preparation for core drilling, extensional heritage and flora surveys have been initiated, and a water management plan implemented. All samples from the 2022-2023 RC drilling have been submitted to a commercial laboratory for analysis.

The first samples from 2023 were submitted mid-February, with the laboratory noting that current the assay turn-around time is in the order of 7 weeks. In addition, soil geochemistry and detailed mapping will be undertaken at the recently acquired Medcalf (E63/1883) and the Mt Day Prospects.