en.Wedoany.com Reported - White Cliff Minerals (ASX: WCN) has intersected over 91 meters of copper sulfide mineralization in the first diamond drill hole at the Danvers 1 zone of the Rae Copper Project in Canada, reinforcing confidence in the project's scale.
Drill hole DAN26026 intersected 91.35 meters of chalcocite and bornite mineralization, confirming that chlorite-altered heterolithic breccia is the primary host rock for copper sulfide mineralization. The hole also provided structural and geological data, improving the interpretation of the mineralized system and informing targets for future resource definition drilling.
Copper mineralization has been verified over a strike length exceeding 5.4 kilometers, with the company observing copper sulfides over an additional 1.6 kilometers in recent drilling. Drilling confirmed high-grade copper at the Danvers 4 - Northeast target, with the first hole DAN26022 returning 41.5 meters grading 0.87% copper from 176.78 meters, including 9.14 meters grading 3.06% copper. DAN26022 is located over 600 meters north of Danvers 1, while DAN26024, located 685 meters northeast of Danvers 1, returned 12.19 meters grading 0.54% copper from 128.02 meters and 15.24 meters grading 0.86% copper from 149.35 meters.
Managing Director Troy Whittaker stated that the latest results continue to strengthen confidence that Danvers is developing into a major copper discovery. High-grade mineralization has now been confirmed over 600 meters north of Danvers 1, with peripheral drilling continuing to successfully expand the Danvers zone. The consistency of thick, bornite- and chalcocite-rich mineralization across multiple drill holes reinforces the continuity and scale of the system, which remains open and continues to grow.
Technical Director Eric Sondergaard noted that the latest drilling has significantly improved the understanding of structural controls on mineralization, confirming that high-grade copper is closely associated with chlorite-altered heterolithic breccia and NE-trending fault structures hosting bornite- and chalcocite-dominated sulfide mineralization. The refined model provides more effective vectors to thicker, higher-grade zones while increasing confidence in the continuity and scale of the mineralized system.
The company is on track to complete the first phase of regional drilling, covering over 12,000 meters of strike, by July. During Phase 1, diamond drilling continues to infill widely spaced regional holes, with drilling at Danvers 1 collecting important structural data through oriented diamond core. Mineralization is confined to specific horizons within fault zones, and subsequent drilling will target lateral and vertical strike extensions of new high-grade zones. Multiple assay results, including those from DAN26025 and DAN26030 (drilled as scissor holes through DAN26012 and DAN26015, respectively), are still pending. The company has secured A$6.5 million from the underwriting conversion of WCNO options to fund the next phase of expanded exploration at the Rae Copper Project.
