Western Gold Resources announced it has identified several new mafic intrusions hosting nickel-platinum-palladium (NI-PGE) targets over a 3.6km strike length (so far) at its Gold Duke Project, located west of Wiluna in WA. Exploration work (at surface) within the Gold Duke tenure has discovered highly prospective komatiite-hosted nickel sulphide mineralisation along with Platinum and Palladium anomalies over a 3.6km strike length. Multiple cohesive Nickel-Platinum-Palladium anomalies generated by the Ultrafines+TM soil sampling programme identified within the Gold Duke tenure. Geochemical signature indicates underlying mafic/ultramafic host lithologies and potentially higher-grade Ni-PGE mineralisation with similarities to BHP's Mt Keith Open Pit Nickel mine and the highly productive Agnew-Wiluna belt. The geochemical soil sampling program is part WGR's extensive collaboration with the CSIRO soil research initiative using Ultrafine+ analysis and interpretation where 1,104 samples were collected: Target A ­ 500m x 125m anomaly with maximum values up to 939ppm Ni, 23ppb Pd, 13ppb Pt and 1,710 ppm Cr that remains open to the north. An interpreted north-west trending fault offsets Target A and Target B. Target B ­ 800m x 125m anomaly with maximum values of 672ppm Ni, 13ppb Pd, 29ppb Pt and 1890ppm Cr. Target C ­ 400m x 175m anomaly with maximum values of 435ppm Ni, 11ppb Pd, 11ppb Pt. The anomaly remains open to south. Target D - 800m x 125m anomaly with maximum values of 435ppm Ni, 17ppb Pd, 14ppb Pt and 1100ppm Cr. WGR will expedite an in-fill and extensional geochemical survey to follow up the highly encouraging first pass regional soil sampling results prior to an extensive geophysics campaign with targeted moving loop EM
(MLEM) ahead of drilling.