{"id":6336,"date":"2024-02-26T03:25:22","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T03:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/?p=6336"},"modified":"2024-02-26T03:25:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T03:25:22","slug":"western-yilgarn-secures-1-15m-to-bolster-exploration-across-its-wa-flagship-assets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/?p=6336","title":{"rendered":"Western Yilgarn secures $1.15m to bolster exploration across its WA flagship assets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Western Yilgarn raises $1.15m to advance its Ida Holmes Junction and Julimar West prospects<br \/>\nExploration will include EM surveys and geochemical analysis<br \/>\nRC drilling to follow<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Special Report<\/em><\/strong><strong>: Critical minerals explorer Western Yilgarn has rattled the tin for $1.15 million to advance exploration work across its flagship Ida Holmes Junction and Julimar West projects in WA. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stockhead.com.au\/company\/western-yilgarn-wyx\/\"><strong>Western Yilgarn\u2019s (ASX:WYX)<\/strong><\/a> 684km2 Ida Holmes Junction project is in a fast-developing exploration region for critical minerals and is just 50km from Gold Fields\u2019 Agnew gold operation and down the road from <a href=\"https:\/\/stockhead.com.au\/company\/bhp-bhp\/\"><strong>BHP\u2019s (ASX:BHP)<\/strong><\/a> Leinster and Mt Keith world-class nickel mines.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also 60km north of prolific lithium deposits such as <a href=\"https:\/\/stockhead.com.au\/company\/delta-lithium-dli\/\"><strong>Delta Lithium\u2019s (ASX:DLI)<\/strong><\/a> 12.7Mt Mt Ida project and 90km south of <a href=\"https:\/\/stockhead.com.au\/company\/liontown-resources-ltr\/\"><strong>Liontown Resources\u2019 (ASX:LTR)<\/strong><\/a> 156Mt Kathleen Valley.<\/p>\n<p>Closer to Perth, WYX is seeking to prove up Julimar West with the belief it could contain Gonneville-type mineralisation which is less than 2.5km away from its landholdings in the region, as well as investigating whether historical tantalum and tin grab samples point to a potential Greenbushes-type occurrence.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Funding secured and targets galore<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>WYX has received firm commitments to raise $1.15 million at 8c\/share with one free attaching option for every two shares subscribed for via a share placement, which is backed by institutional investors and substantial shareholders, including non-executive director John Traicos, Oceanic Capital and St Barnabas Investments.<\/p>\n<p>Funds will be used to dig into <a href=\"https:\/\/stockhead.com.au\/resources\/more-nickel-copper-pge-targets-confirmed-at-bulga-as-western-yilgarn-moves-into-phase-4\/\"><strong>24 identified targets<\/strong><\/a> that show early prospectivity for copper-nickel-PGE and LCT pegmatites at the Ida Holmes Junction prospect, by way of auger geochemistry on newly granted leases and airborne EM surveys with a focus on copper and nickel sulphides.<\/p>\n<p>These exploration tools which will be used to direct potential follow-up RC drilling.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ll also be used for an airborne EM survey at Julimar West to test for extensions and repetition of the world-class 3Mt nickel equivalent Gonneville mineralisation discovered by <a href=\"https:\/\/stockhead.com.au\/company\/chalice-mining-chn\/\"><strong>Chalice Mining (ASX:CHN)<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Western Yilgarn\u2019s WA projects. Pic: Supplied (WYX)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Validation in \u2018a challenging investment environment\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re delighted to receive such strong support for the company and its exploration strategy at the Ida Holmes Junction and Julimar West projects,\u201d WYX chair Peter Lewis says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur projects and operating mantra have been validated by investor support in a challenging investment environment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe funds raised will be used to advance exploration at the Ida Holmes Junction project and commence work at Julimar West.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth projects warrant further investigation and we are excited at the opportunity this raising provides to unlock their potential.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p><span class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>This article was developed in collaboration with Western Yilgarn, a Stockhead advertiser at the time of publishing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>This article does not constitute financial product advice. 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