⚒️ Southern Hemisphere Mining Limited is pleased to report that two new exploration licences have been pegged north of Meekatharra in Western Australia in an area prospective for Copper and Gold – known as the Cardawan Copper Project.
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Two new exploration licences under application in the Collier Basin, Western Australia – The Cardawan Copper Project.
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The Collier Basin is prospective for high grade copper-lead-zinc and the licences are WSW of the cluster of Kumarina copper-lead-zinc deposits
This large copper prospect was pegged by the Company based on an exploration concept for sedimentary hosted copper deposits.
Figure 1. Location Map of new exploration licences north of Meekatharra
The historic Kumarina Group of copper deposits and prospects are along strike and in adjacent to other tenements to the east of Cardawan. The Abra lead silver mine is approximately 70km west of the Cardawan Copper Project and the DeGrussa VMS copper gold silver mine is approximately 90km south. Cardawan adds to the Company’s portfolio with an early stage, low- cost high impact copper prospect. FMG Resources Pty Ltd were the holder of a prior tenement covering a similar area.
The exploration licences ELA52/4433 and ELA52/4434 cover an area of 551km2 and are located just west of the Great Northern Highway, 240km north of Meekatharra (Figure 1).
The licences are located in the Collier Group which is part of the Bangemall Supergroup in the Mesoproterozoic Collier Basin. The Collier Group is primarily composed of sedimentary siliciclastic rocks which have been intruded by the Kulkatharra Dolerite of the Warakurna Supersuite in the Capricorn Orogen. Mineralisation in the area is hosted in quartz veins and shear zones near the contact between the sedimentary rocks and the younger dolerites.
The project area hosts approximately 50km of strike of the Kulkatharra Dolerite and has had limited past surface exploration and no drilling is recorded in WAMEX. Thus, the licences are considered prospective for near surface copper-lead-zinc mineralisation.
Figure 2. Cardawan Project Geology Map with sedimentary siliciclastic rocks in brown and tan and Kulkatharra Dolerite in green
⚒️ Next Steps
The licences cover a significant strike of the Kulkatharra Dolerite. Preliminary exploration work is in progress as an early-stage low-cost high impact copper prospect. Cardawan is in an excellent location both geologically and strategically.
Further results will be reported in due course.
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COMPETENT PERSON / QUALIFIED PERSON STATEMENT:
The information in this report that relates to copper and gold exploration results for the Company’s Projects is based on information compiled by Mr Adam Anderson, who is a Member of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and The Australian Institute of Geoscientists. Mr Anderson has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration, and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 Edition of the “Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves”. Mr Anderson is a consultant for the Company and consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.
News Release
Date: 29 April 2025 | ASX Code: SUH | Frankfurt Exchange: NK4
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