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Comet Resources to use drone survey in quest for more high-grade copper at Barraba

Published: 13:25 02 Mar 2021 AEDT

Comet Resources Ltd - Comet Resources to use drone survey in quest for more high-grade copper at Barraba
CRL hopes to start the work this month with results expected shortly afterwards.

Comet Resources Limited (ASX:CRL) has contracted Airborne Geo Exploration Pty Ltd to conduct a high definition airborne magnetic survey of the Barraba Copper Project in northern NSW.

Data collected from the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) survey will be analysed to refine targets for the next stage ground geophysics program and drilling.

The company hopes to start the work this month with results expected shortly afterwards.

Overseeing the program and providing specialist expertise in formulating the program as well as interpreting of the survey results is Mitre Geophysics Pty Ltd.

“Pleasing to acquire specialist skills”

Comet Resources managing director Matthew O’Kane said: “It is pleasing to acquire the specialist skills of AirGeoX and Mitre Geophysics as we pursue the encouraging results received from the recent initial exploration program at the historic Murchison Copper Mine, where high-grade copper in rocks and soils were detected.

“We look forward to sharing the results of the drone survey as soon as they become available.”

Drone survey

The data acquired is expected to display geological structures in the project area that may previously be undetected.

AirGeoX's mission statement is to significantly increase the rate of discovery for minerals and oil & gas through innovative methods and it is developing the highest quality UAV drone magnetic acquisition system in the world.

Extensive experience

Mitre has extensive experience in base metals exploration, which forms the core of their business.

They have worked in many of the major cratonic shields worldwide on projects ranging from in-mine ore lens definition to basin-scale airborne EM projects.

Mitre’s detailed knowledge of base metals provides essential technical skills at both the front-end and back-end of an exploration program.

They are in a position to recommend the latest and most effective technique(s) that companies can utilise to apply quality controls to the data as it is being acquired, then process and interpret it to produce meaningful, integrated reports.

This can be used to plan further exploration including follow-on ground-based geophysics and drilling.

Comet’s program will be undertaken over a period of 4-5 days in the following weeks, with results anticipated to be available shortly thereafter.

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