Victory West Moly Limited (ASX:VWM) Updates On USSU Nickel Project Drilling Progress
Perth, Australia (ABN Newswire) - Victory West Moly Limited (ASX:VWM) (FSE:R1E) the SE-Asia focused metals explorer, is pleased to provide an update of its drilling program at the USSU Nickel Project.
As at the date of this announcement a total of 27 holes totaling 600metres of drilling have been completed.
Encouragingly, the saprolite horizon has proven to be thicker than identified in historic drilling. This has been primarily due to 2 factors;
The historic drilling resulted in only a moderate percentage of drilled holes concluding in bedrock; and
A change in the drilling program's standard operating procedure (SOP) whereby holes are drilled 3m into the bedrock compared with 1m formerly, has resulted in several holes identifying additional depth of saprolite below floating bedrock boulders.
As a result the average depth of the drilled holes has increased from an expected average of 15metres to 22metres.
An initial batch of sample results have been returned and are currently being compiled into a model for comparative analysis against the historical data. Upon sufficient sample results being received to achieve context, a further detailed announcement will be provided to the market.
Project Director, Rohan Erwin said 'Visiting Ussu site and inspecting the two rig drilling operation just prior to Christmas was very encouraging. Drilling contractor CV Fajar Jaya, now have both diamond drill rigs operating together and in conjunction with supervising Geologist GMT Indonesia are progressing well and achieving good core recovery and sample generation. Intersection of a deeper than expected Saprolite horizon has our site personnel (predominantly Ex Inco) excited and we look forward to the results of analysis and comparative grade modeling shortly'
About the USSU Nickel Project:
Victory West is in the processing of finalising the acquisition of a 70% interest in the highly prospective USSU Nickel Project covering approximately 1,608 hectares located in South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
- Located in Malili East Luwu in South Sulawesi within a known prolific nickel laterite province with several existing major operations nearby including Rio Tinto's (NYSE:RIO) (ASX:RIO) 162Mt project and PT Inco's (JAK:INCO) Sorowako 161Mt project.
- Highly prospective with a recently re-evaluated exploration target1 of;
- 25-30Mt @ 1.70-1.90% Nickel with 0.03% Cobalt and 16.2% Fe in Saprolite; and
- 15-20Mt @ 1.10-1.30% Nickel with 0.05% Cobalt and 29.6% Fe in Limonite
- Less than 40% of the concession has been explored providing significant further upside.
- Early commercialization through Direct Shipping Ore (DSO) high grade Saprolite nickel ore
- Favourable economics -potentially low cost and rapid ramp-up to commercial production and cash flow.
- Feasibility and Environmental Studies in progress for Production and Operational IUP (Exploitation) concession application
- Robust market for DSO Nickel ore and continued strong nickel demand from key Asian markets.
For the complete Victory West Moly Limited announcement including figures, please view the following link:
http://www.abnnewswire.net/media/en/docs/64962-ASX-VWM-524081.pdf
About Victory West Moly Limited:
Victory West Moly Limited (ASX:VWM) has been established to explore the Malala Molybdenum deposit in Indonesia. The company has already established a number of commercially exploitable production assets. Victory West Moly Limited intends to deliver sustainable production and appropriate financial returns for its shareholders.
Source:
Victory West Moly Limited
Contact:
Robert Hyndes
Chief Executive Officer
Victory West Moly Limited
Tel: 61-8-9381-5819
Fax: 61-8-9388-3701
http://www.victorywestmoly.com.au