The Stella Range Project is located in the northeast corner of the Eastern Goldfields Province of the Archean Yilgarn Craton of Western Australia.
The property lies ~120 km SE of the Laverton Goldfield (20+ Moz Au) and ~100 km to the east of the Tropicana Gold field (10+ Moz Au). The Stella Range Project is primarily considered prospective for nickel sulphide mineralisation. Secondary exploration targets include nickel laterite, gold and platinum group elements.
During 2013-2019 St George Mining Limited partnering with BHP Billiton Nickel West (BHP) in a ‘farm-in’ arrangement undertook geological compilation, interpretation and review, drilling, surface geophysics. BHP were looking to discover a large nickel sulphide body and undertook geophysical surveys and drilling over the Project area.
Initial reconnaissance drilling identified thick differentiated sequences of komatiite rocks with a composition ranging from high MgO olivine-adcumulate rocks (dunite) to more differentiated phases with lower Ni and MgO and higher Cr levels. BHP, noted the komatiites at East Laverton were compositionally to those of the Agnew Wiluna belt.
Golden Dragon has reviewed this work and identified multiple nickel and PGE targets within the project area that warrants follow up.
