Stellar Resources begins Heemskirk drill program

Stellar Resources (ASX: SRZ) has begun an extensive infill and extensional drill program at the Heemskirk tin project in Tasmania.

The first of two drill rigs is onsite to complete a planned 24-hole program at the Seven and Queen Hill deposits.

The program is designed to help make the Heemskirk project development ready by providing key technical inputs for the pre-feasibility study.

The drilling will also upgrade additional resources to the indicated category, provide samples for metallurgical testwork, extend mineralisation along trend and provide a platform for downhole electromagnetic surveys.

Stellar executive chairman Simon Taylor commented on the drill program.

“This is a pivotal moment for Stellar Resources as we commence a significant infill and extensional drilling program at our flagship Heemskirk tin project designed to accelerate us through pre-feasibility studies, with the first of two drill rigs now commenced work onsite,” he said.

“The primary goal of the program is to make Heemskirk development ready through metallurgical, geotechnical and hydrological workstreams, while also upgrading additional tonnes from the inferred to the indicated resource category and to provide downhole electromagnetic survey platforms to explore for extensions with which to expand the resource.”

Final work is also being completed to update the 2019 scoping study with the 2023 mineral resource estimate which totalled 7.48mt @ 1.04% tin for 77.87kt of contained tin.