Wedoany.com Report-Apr. 2, Duketon Mining has gained a new tenement, E77/3160, at its fully owned Barlee Project in Western Australia’s Southern Cross region. This addition is seen as promising for gold, base metals, and lithium, enhancing the company’s assets in the area.
The new tenement expands Duketon Mining’s Barlee Project, increasing its granted tenure to 253km².
Situated about 200 kilometers north of Southern Cross, the Barlee Project lies in a region dotted with small gold deposits like Mt Dimer, Marda Gold, and the Penny Mine. The new tenement connects to Duketon’s existing land, boosting the project’s total granted area to 253 square kilometers and stretching it 38 kilometers along the Youanmi and Clampton faults.
The Barlee tenement spans the granite-greenstone boundary, mainly covering the Archean Diemals Formation, known for its siltstones, shales, and mudstone. This zone forms part of a fault-bounded basin, with mineralization noted in the south at gold sites such as Bronzewing, Yarbu, and Andromeda. The southern sections, linked to Duketon’s current holdings, have pinpointed gold targets through wide-spaced auger sampling, though drilling is still pending.
Previous exploration on E77/3160 involved regional auger soil sampling, with 306 samples taken and tested. Results showed a peak gold level of 92.7 parts per billion (ppb), alongside multiple spots exceeding 30 ppb. Ultra-fine fraction (UFF) soil analysis has highlighted two notable gold anomalies: a 3.8km by 1.8km zone near the Clampton Fault in the north, and a 3.2km by 2.2km area tied to the Diemals Formation in the south.
The company also collected six rock chip samples during a lithium-focused survey, but this initial effort yielded no significant findings. Separately, in August 2023, Rox Resources raised A$7 million ($4.5 million) through a placement to fund its Youanmi gold project in Western Australia.
Duketon’s expanded Barlee Project strengthens its position in a mineral-rich region, with the new tenement offering fresh opportunities for resource exploration. The company’s focus remains on assessing and developing the area’s potential in a systematic way.
