Assay results from WA copper project

This morning our junior exploration Investment Techgen Metals (ASX: TG1) announced a batch of assays from one of its WA copper projects at Mt Boggola.

While the drilling results returned nothing worth following up, the three drill results were completed across only a small section of TG1’s project and provides TG1 with valuable information about the project’s geology.

The results came from three RC drillholes that were testing three distinct EM anomalies sitting adjacent to high grade rock chips which returned copper grades of up to 8.7% copper.

When drilling EM anomalies, an explorer is generally looking to verify whether or not the drill targets are mineralised host rock.

TG1 confirmed in today’s release that “drilling intersected a sequence of strongly graphitic and pyritic shales which has explained the source of the EM anomalies being targeted” - this in effect means that the company hit no significant mineralisation that warrants follow up drill testing.

TG1 still however has multiple follow up exploration targets at Mt Boggola including the following:

1. Other EM anomalies where TG1 has picked up high grade rock chips measuring up to 17.8% copper and 5.08g/t gold.
2. Follow up exploration on rare earth targets recently found at the project.
3. Recently identified VTEM (geophysical) anomalies.
4. Radiometric Thorium and Uranium anomalies.