more drilling rns24 Oct 2019 09:41
Beowulf (AIM: BEM; Spotlight: BEO), the mineral exploration and development company, is pleased to announce that the Company has been awarded an Exploration Licence for Parkijaure nr 6 which covers almost 1,000 hectares, situated to the south of Kallak North and South deposits, and which is similarly prospective for magnetite iron ore.
The magnetic signature of mineralisation at Kallak, extends southwards from Kallak North to Kallak South, and then beyond to Parkijaure. Interpretation of geophysical data suggests the potential for additional magnetite mineralisation, which could add to the Kallak North and Kallak South resource.
Parkijaure Geophysics
This week, Beowulf has awarded a contract to GeoVista AB in Sweden to re-assess existing geophysical data and determine if an additional Exploration Target is warranted at Parkijaure, to add to the Kallak South Exploration Target.
PACIFIC Project
Beowulf is a partner in the European Union ("EU") funded PACIFIC Project ("PACIFIC"), launched in June 2018. The project has received €3.2 million from the EU's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme and has a 36-month programme of activities being coordinated by Université Grenoble Alpes.
The aim of PACIFIC is to develop a new, low-cost and environmentally friendly tool for exploring for sub-surface mineral deposits. The PACIFIC consortium is conducting fundamental and applied research to develop two radically new and complementary mineral exploration techniques, both based on passive seismic imagery. See project website for more information: https://www.pacific-h2020.eu/
Kallak, including Kallak North, Kallak South and the Parkijaure licence, has been chosen as one of two PACIFIC test sites.
At Kallak, Phase 1 work includes:
· Testing the multi-array method over the known magnetite iron ore deposit to provide background data;
· Establishing seismic properties for the iron ore; and
· Correlating findings with the geological model for Kallak.
Testing of the multi-array method, using an array of receivers at surface, was conducted at Kallak South in September 2019. In early 2020, a similar survey will be conducted at Kallak North, followed by interpretation of the data and correlation with the existing geological model for Kallak North and Kallak South.
Phase 2 work will include:
· Testing the multi-array method in parallel with drilling at Kallak South and Parkijaure, with noise from drilling providing a passive seismic source.
· Testwork will determine if a 3D seismic model can be constructed, using the established seismic characteristics of the Kallak deposit, and whether the 3D model can be used to identify previously undiscovered magnetite mineralisation for the Kallak South Exploration Target areas and for Parkijaure. This work would help better define drill targets for verifying test results and resource drilling.
Testing of the multi-array method in parallel with drilling