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Airborne Gravity Survey Completed at Pitfield
Airborne Gravity Survey Completed at Pitfield.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\nEmpire Metals Limited / LON: EEE / Sector: Natural Resources\n \n2 August 2023\nEmpire Metals Limited\n(\"Empire\" or \"the Company\")\n \nAirborne Gravity Survey Completed at Pitfield\n \nEmpire Metals Limited (LON: EEE), the AIM-quoted resource exploration and development company, is pleased to announce that an Airborne Gravity Survey has recently been flown at the Pitfield Project ('Pitfield' or the \"Project\"), located in the premier mining jurisdiction of Western Australia.\n \nHighlights\n \n· Airborne gravity data will help build a robust, detailed geological model of the Yandanooka Basin, host to the previously announced massive titanium discovery and coincident with the 40km long magnetics anomaly that has been correlated to the extensively altered and mineralised sedimentary beds.\n· Discrete high-density bodies of rock such as thick iron-titanium mineralised beds or large zones of hematitic iron oxides typically associated with copper mineralisation can be directly detected by this type of survey.\n· Initial petrographic studies confirmed the presence of ilmenite, a highly valued source for titanium oxide ('TiO2') and which accounts for over 85% of the feedstock for the entire titanium industry.\n· The gravity data will be used in conjunction with all other exploration data sets towards defining priority drill targets across the entire length of the magnetics anomaly.\n· The fully funded next drill programme, including both diamond core and additional RC drilling, will be carried out to confirm the scale of this giant, titanium-enriched mineral system and also provide more information about key parameters such as mineralogy, grades, tonnage potential and geological controls on the thicker, higher-grade mineralisation.\n \nShaun Bunn, Managing Director, said: \"We are making good headway in understanding the size and scale of this globally significant titanium discovery. The main objective of the gravity survey is to map variations in the subsurface rock density at Pitfield across the 40km by 8km magnetics anomaly at a high resolution that will assist in drill target selection, with priority given to identifying and testing the thicker and higher-grade parts of this giant titanium-rich mine...