Raiden Resources (ASX:RDN|DAX:YM4) intersects wide & shallow Ni-Cu sulphide mineralisation at Mt Sholl, shares up ~47% - Kalkine Media

Highlights:

• Raiden Resources Limited (ASX:RDN|DAX:YM4) has intersected wide and shallow nickel-copper sulphide mineralisation in the first four holes at its flagship Mt Sholl project.
• Massive, semi-massive and disseminated nickel and copper bearing sulphide mineralisation intersected over significant widths and at shallow depths
• Pentlandite, pyrrhotite, and chalcopyrite are logged in the intersections
• Drilling operations ongoing with all 3 of the known deposits to be drill tested (A1, B1, and B2).

In the latest key development, diversified mineral explorer Raiden Resources Limited (ASX:RDN|DAX:YM4) has intersected wide and shallow nickel-copper sulphide mineralisation in its first four holes at its flagship Mt Sholl Ni-Cu-Co-PGE project. As per the update, all four initial drill holes at the company’s flagship Ni-Cu-Co-PGE project intersected wide and shallow zones of Ni-Cu sulphide mineralisation at the B2 deposit.

The mineralisation is visually massive, semi-massive, and disseminated in nature intersected over significant widths and lies at shallow depths near the ground surface.

On back of this news Raiden’s shares zoomed up more than 47% to AU$0.012 apiece on 29 September 2022 (as at 11:33 am AEST).

Pentlandite, pyrrhotite, and chalcopyrite are logged in the intersections. The host lithology is medium-grained dolerite (except for an interval of 0.97 meters in hole id: 2B2DD004, where pyroxenite is the host lithology).

Summary of mineralised intervals

The major intervals with their percentage mineralisation (visual estimate) are as shown below:

• Hole 22B2DD001: Pyrrhotite & chalcopyrite as disseminated mineralisation from 41.85–67.50 metres in a 65m zone with ~5% sulphide.
• Hole 22B2DD002: Pyrrhotite & chalcopyrite as disseminated mineralisation from 27.10–53.40 metres in a 3m zone with ~8% sulphide.
• Hole 22B2DD003: Presence of pyrrhotite and pentlandite with minor chalcopyrite occurring as disseminated mineralisation. It is present from 20.30 metres – 49.65 metres in a 35m zone with ~8% sulphide.
• Hole 22B2DD004: Pyrrhotite occurs as disseminated mineralisation from 12.00 metres to 64.50 metres in a 5m zone with ~3% sulphide.

Mt Sholl Ni-Cu-PGE Project’s insights

The project is located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, with consolidated tenements spreading over a total land area of 42km². These tenements are located 22 kilometres southeast of Karratha and 10 kilometres northeast of the mothballed Radio Hill mine.

As per Raiden, the consolidated tenements host several Ni-Cu-Co-PGE deposits with their mineralisation occurring as disseminated, matrix, stringer and rare massive pyrrhotite-pentlandite-chalcopyrite. Paleoarchean greenstone rocks, primarily basalt, underlie these tenements and part of the Mesoarchean Mount Sholl layered mafic-ultramafic intrusive complex.

Many companies conducted extensive exploration programs from the early 1970s to 2016 targeting the Ni-Cu-Co-PGE mineralisation. These programs include surface sampling, airborne geophysical surveying, and drilling to evaluate the region's potential.

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What’s next?

The company is currently executing drilling operations across three known deposits (A1, B1, and B2) that are to be drill tested for their mineralisation.