Trek Metals (ASX: TKM) has reported outstanding manganese rock chip results from the Kuro prospect within its Christmas Creek project in Western Australia.
Extensive assays from a cluster of high-grade outcrops included grades of up to 60.1% manganese – with an average of 50.7% – coincident with ground gravity anomalies, more than doubling the outcropping mineralisation to 750 metres.
Surface mineralisation occurs within a broader corridor defined by multiple sub-parallel discrete outcrops with intervening areas of untested shallow cover.
Importantly, the mineralisation occurs within a much larger gravity-defined anomaly that extends beyond the limits of the mapped outcrop.
Hi-Res Drone Interpretation
Trek has enhanced its interpretation of the samples through the use of high-resolution drone imagery, providing detailed surface coverage to help identify areas of outcrop that helicopter-supported and ground reconnaissance may have missed.
Multiple areas have been found to be consistent with the main outcropping trend, with strong gravity responses suggesting the presence of a larger hydrothermal manganese system concealed at depth.
The company plans to further investigate these anomalies once the project area becomes accessible during the new field season.
Trek has also submitted a Heritage Impact Assessment request for consideration by the local traditional owners, paving the way to planned drill testing at Kuro.
‘Step-Change in Scale and Quality’
“These exciting results represent a step-change in the scale and quality of Kuro,” chief executive officer Derek Marshall said.
"Follow-up sampling has now confirmed the presence of exceptionally high-grade manganese mineralisation over a strike length of 750m at surface."
The company believes such rare high grades highlight the strength of the mineralising system, and that the fact they aren’t isolated is compelling evidence that the system may be underpinned by a much larger mineralised body at depth.
“The combination of exceptional surface grades, scale, and supportive geophysics positions Kuro as a genuine walk-up drill target with district-scale potential,” Mr Marshall added.
“We look forward to updating the market as we move into the next phase of exploration, alongside further results from ongoing work across the Christmas Creek project.”
