Bryah Resources Limited, in conjunction with OM Manganese Limited (OMM), has announced the results of drilling activities at the Bryah Basin manganese project, which is part of a drilling program undertaken in December 2022.
According to the company, extensional resource drilling was conducted to extend known areas of mineralisation at Brumby West and Area 74.
Drilling indicates that a mineralised unit is still open to the south of the current resource area.
The new drill intersections will be used to expand and update the current Joint Ore Resource Committee (JORC) resource of the prospect.
Bryah added that additional drilling at the Red Rum prospect will be conducted to enable a resource to be defined.
The company now plans to conduct reverse circulation (RC) drilling at the Epona, Black Hill Northeast, Gold Trip and Black Beauty North prospect, as well as additional drilling at Brumby Creek, following the program of works and heritage approvals.
Drilling efforts at the four new prospects will commence following the appropriate approvals.
Further resource updates will follow the return of the results, with the high expectation of completing a resource on the Red Rum prospect.
Bryah Resources CEO Ashley Jones said extending the resource drilling at Brumby West intersected high grades, helped geological interpretations and the application of the gradient-array induced polarization geophysics the company is using for its drill targeting.
“The Brumby Creek area is shaping up to be a significant area supporting the existing resources on the granted mining tenement at Horseshoe South,” she added.
The prospective Bryah Basin licences cover 1,048 km2 and have a potential new Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide Horseshoe Lights type mine near the Windalah prospect and other similar untested prospects.
The area also contains extensive outcroppings of manganese.
The company noted that its base metals inventory at the Bryah Basin has a clear pathway to production, which will be significantly advanced in 2023 following the commencement and completion of metallurgical feasibility studies at the project.
