DY6 sampling reveals extensive rutile zone with large nuggets

• DY6’s reconnaissance sampling has identified further visible natural rutile at its Central Rutile project
• Sampling identifies natural rutile nuggets of a size that consultant Cliff Fitzhenry has never seen before
• Upcoming regional soil sampling program seeking to delineate areas of higher-grade residual rutile mineralisation

Special Report: Reconnaissance sampling by DY6 Metals at the Central Rutile project in Cameroon has identified further visible natural rutile in alluvial and eluvial sources.

The work at the Bounde licence has identified a new area with large residual natural rutile nuggets ranging in size from 2cm to more than 4cm, heavy minerals and residual rutile mineralisation over an extensive 100km2 area.

Rutile is much sought after as it is the rarest, highest grade and most valuable source of titanium, a critical mineral used in the aerospace, automotive, medical and industrial sectors.

The identification of rutile across the entire tenement package is highly encouraging for DY6 Metals (ASX:DY6) as it confirms that this region is an emerging, globally significant rutile province.

“The reconnaissance program has been a great success, having identified visual HM and rutile mineralisation across each licence,” technical consultant Cliff Fitzhenry said.

“What we have uncovered at the Bounde licence is particularly exciting. I have never seen rutile nuggets of this size before.”

Reconnaissance sampling

The company’s reconnaissance sampling program consisted of some auger drilling and the collection of channel, surface grab and stream sediment samples.

Samples are being prepped for laboratory analysis in Cape Town, South Africa, with results expected in the September quarter.

Central Rutile consists of five tenements within an area that is predominantly underlain by kyanite-bearing mica schist bedrock, which is the primary source of rutile.

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The target mineralization type at the Central Rutile Project is in-situ, residual, saprolite-hosted natural rutile analogous to Sovereign Metals (ASX:SVM) Tier-1 Kasiya deposit in Malawi  – the world’s largest primary rutile deposit at 1.8Bt at 1.0% rutile.

The project borders Peak Mineral’s Minta rutile project where initial sampling revealed valuable heavy minerals (VHM) up to 93% of total heavy minerals (THM), with the dominant VHMs being rutile (up to 69.8%).

Exploration will now move to the next phase with a systematic regional soil sampling program seeking to rapidly identify areas of higher-grade residual rutile mineralisation.

This article was developed in collaboration with DY6 Metals, a Stockhead advertiser at the time of publishing.

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