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Drilling to Commence at Pitfield Project
Drilling to Commence at Pitfield Project.
About this update from Empire Metals Limited
[{"type":"text","content":"\n\nEmpire Metals Limited / LON: EEE / Sector: Natural Resources\n \n13 September 2023\nEmpire Metals Limited\n('Empire' or the 'Company')\n \nDrilling to Commence at Pitfield:\nFocusing on the Scale and Structure of the Giant Titanium-Enriched Mineral System\n \nEmpire Metals Limited (LON: EEE), the AIM-quoted resource exploration and development company, is pleased to announce that the first phase of the Company's next major exploration campaign at the Pitfield Project in Western Australia ('Pitfield' or the 'Project') is scheduled to commence next week, with a total of 1,500 metres of Diamond Core drilling planned over the coming weeks.\n \nHighlights\n \n· Major exploration campaign launched to confirm the scale of this giant, titanium-enriched mineral system and to provide more information about key parameters such as mineralogy, grades, tonnage potential and geological controls on the thicker, higher-grade mineralisation.\n· The drilling programme will consist of three angled, 500m deep, diamond core drill holes focused on confirming the continuation of the high-grade titanium mineralisation discovered during the Company's maiden drill campaign.\n· Particular focus on the large, very dense core mapped by airborne gravity survey which is believed to be indicative of the thicker and higher-grade parts of this extensively altered, giant titanium-rich mineral system which extends over 40km x 8km.\n· The highest density areas identified by the airborne gravity survey are outside areas tested in the maiden drilling campaign, which consisted of 21 Reverse Circulation (RC) holes totalling 3,206 metres.\n· The next phase of RC drilling, scheduled for Q4 2023, will involve a much larger programme along the length of the high-density gravity core within the regional magnetics anomaly.\n \nShaun Bunn, Managing Director, said: \"I am delighted to announce we are in the final stages of mobilising our drilling contractor, in readiness to commence drilling next week the first of the three diamond core holes we have planned for Pitfield. The diamond core drilling is the first phase of a major exploration push aimed at understanding the grade, mineralogy, thickness and extent of this extensively altered, giant titanium-ric...