Delta Lithium has further cemented its position in Western Australia’s Upper Gascoyne region, with its acquisition of Minerals 260’s Aston project expanding its package to over 3000km2.
Located 850km north of Perth and sitting adjacent to Delta’s Yinnetharra project, the promising Aston lithium project is well-placed to support the company’s new resource growth strategy by providing it more than double the access in the province.
“The tenure acquired from (Minerals 260) is an excellent strategic addition to our Yinnetharra project,” Delta Lithium managing director James Croser said.
“Delta’s technical team will have access to over 1700km2 of new ground and the systems our team have developed over the last two years operating in this terrane positions us perfectly to now execute systematic exploration across this new prospective ground.”
The Aston project comprises around 16 largely continuous tenements that will significantly boost Delta’s capability and complement its existing operations around the Thirty-Three supersuite granite – a key exploration point in the Upper Gascoyne.
“The extra tenure provides immediate exploration targets with early stage LCT (lithium, caesium, tantalum) anomalies, which will be critical as we continue to advance mining studies towards feasibility with the aim of delineating reserve tonnes,” Croser said.
“Delta’s dominant position surrounding the Thirty-Three supersuite granites, which are thought to be the source for the Malinda and Jameson deposits, has been enhanced.
“We look forward to getting on the new ground and systematically expanding our search for lithium and tantalum mineralisation.”
