Samples from White Cliff’s Yinnetharra project recorded total rare earth oxides as high as 780 parts per million.
Matt Birney - Fast-track results from rock chip samples have confirmed the presence of anomalous rare earth rare earths at White Cliff Minerals at the Silver Netra Project, approximately 100 kilometers northeast of Gascoyne Junction in Western Australia.
13 returned sample results showed total rare earth oxides as high as 780 parts per million, which, combined with nearby thorium anomalies, gives the company a deeper understanding of potential exploration targets in the coming weeks.
The Yinnetharra lithium and rare earths project consists of six tenements located in the Gascoyne lithium district, approximately 85 kilometers south of Hastings Technology Metals' world-class Yangibana rare earths district.
Rare earths are becoming more and more important around the world due to their application in modern technology. They are used to make strong magnets for electric motors and hybrid car powertrains, and are also used as catalysts in rechargeable batteries.
White Cliff said it plans to aggressively advance its lithium and rare earth element project portfolio following good first-round results from the Yinnetharra and Hines Hill rare earth projects.
In a geochemistry project completed earlier this month, we sampled a number of targets and anomalies at Yinnetharra, with results expected within three weeks.
In April this year, the company completed a reconnaissance soil sampling program as part of the first inspection, covering 128 square kilometers of flats in Hines Hill, Western Australia's Wheatbelt.
Samples from Hines Hill 11 showed highly anomalous rare earth results, with over 300ppm total rare earth oxides and a peak of 550ppm TREO.
Our understanding of Yinnetharra is growing at an exponential rate, and with the return of positive rock section results for a small subset of REEs, and the regional success of the thorium anomaly being added to our exploration models, we are starting from a basically Project areas without exploration have exploration potential.
White Cliff Minerals Technical Director, Ed Mead
A field trip to Initara late last year, supported by a helicopter, focused on lithium and rare earth elements at 15 sites, which were identified through satellite imagery and Western Australia Determined by Historic Geological Survey Agency (GSWA) sampling procedures.
GSWA’s survey results showed that the cerium content was as high as 332 parts per million. Cerium is considered one of the most abundant rare earth elements by Geoscience Australia.
Other historical exploration at the project has uncovered minor amounts of lithium-bearing pegmatite at the nearby 33 Supersuite – a massive northwest to southeast granite unit that runs along the Ti Tree shear zone and was discovered in its basement A series of rare earth containing pegmatites.
White Cliff said the company was compiling a detailed geophysical data set to also target nickel, copper and gold mineralization associated with greenstone zones at its Diemals lithium and rare earths project.
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