Stelar Metals Limited (SLB.ASX) New Tungsten Drill Targets Defined by UHD Airborne Survey
Stelar Metals Limited (ASX:SLB) has announced that the ultrahigh-definition (UHD) survey planned for the Company's flagship Hill of Leaders Tungsten Project (the Project) in the Northern Territory has been completed and produced outstanding results.
Highlights
- The ultra-high-definition airborne survey recently commissioned for the Hill of Leaders Tungsten Project has been completed with outstanding results.
- Preliminary images of the new data reveal subtle structures and alteration patterns not visible in detailed historical airborne data.
- The known tungsten-rich vein sets observed at historical mines and workings at HOL occupy subtle structures and alteration zones.
- Significantly, the airborne magnetic data has detected structures in areas where the Hill of Leaders Granite is obscured by shallow cover.
- On-going processing using AI-powered algorithms is aimed at defining specific areas to target with impending RC drilling program.
The survey was recommended after a detailed review of airborne and modern satellite imagery to assess the optimum search tool for vein-hosted tungsten mineralisation at the Project(1).
The known tungsten-rich vein sets observed at historical mines and workings occupy subtle structures and faults in the Hill of Leaders Granite. Locating these structures and faults is a pre-cursor exploration procedure to optimise drill site selection.
The Hill of Leaders UHD survey was flown at a line spacing of 25 metres and height of 30 metres. The outstanding improvement in data quality is illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, which shows the bestavailable historical data and the new UHD data. Multiple structures can be clearly identified in the UHD data in Figure 2 which represent new exploration targets.
On-going interpretation of these preliminary data coupled with the imminent delivery of final magnetic and radiometric data will provide superior datasets to vector specific drill targets within the structures, especially where they extend from Hill of Leaders Granite outcrop to areas subject to little historical exploration due to shallow cover.
These will be incorporated in the upcoming RC drilling program commencing in coming weeks.
Executive Chair, Stephen Biggins, commented:
"This new ultra-high-definition data has delivered exactly what we needed. By applying AI-powered processing to this exceptional imagery, we are identifying subtle, tungsten-bearing structures that previous explorers simply couldn't see. We now have a robust, data-backed pipeline of targets ready to test in our upcoming drill campaign."
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(1) SLB ASX Announcement 7 July 2026 - Ultra-High Definition Airborne Survey at Hill of Leaders
Stephen Biggins Executive Chair Stelar Metals Limited info@stelarmetals.com.au +61 8 8372 7881 Jason Mack Senior Communications Advisor White Noise Communication jason@whitenoisecomms.com +61 400 643 799
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