Renascor Resources Identifies Large-Scale Copper Potential at Flat Hill

Renascor Resources (ASX: RNU) has identified multiple copper prospects from a review of historical drilling at the Flat Hill project in South Australia, supporting potential for a large-scale mineralised system extending beyond localised prospect areas.

The detailed review demonstrated that copper mineralisation at Flat Hill is widespread and not restricted to a single occurrence, buth rather a series of anomalous grades across multiple prospects over several kilometres of strike within a 500 square kilometre area, supporting the potential for a broader mineralised system.

Significant copper-bearing intersections were highlighted at each of the Breaden Hill, Boorloo, and Breaden Hill South targets.

Best historical assays were 18 metres at 1.57% copper from surface including 6m at 2.5% from 2m, 10m at 1.84% copper from 0.5m including 1.8m at 5.2%, and 134m at 0.57% copper from 26m including 28m at 1.11% from 128m.

Comprehensive Inspection

The assays will underpin further work including a comprehensive inspection of historical drill holes, a multi-element re-assay of historical drill core and cuttings, and a high-resolution VTEM (versatile time domain electromagnetic) survey across Flat Hill to refine targets for drill testing.

Renascor hopes modern multi-element analysis will provide it with new geological and geochemical information to assist in vectoring towards mineralised systems and assess the potential for associated metals including gold, silver, lead, zinc, and cobalt.

Flat Hill has been the focus of multiple exploration programs across several decades, targeting sediment-hosted copper mineralisation within the Adelaide Rift Complex.

Past explorers identified numerous copper occurrences, however activity was generally fragmented due to the lack of advanced techniques, limiting the evaluation of district-scale structural targets.

Widespread Copper System

Managing director David Christensen said the company was keen to evaluate the district’s potential.

The review has demonstrated that copper mineralisation is widespread across the Flat Hill area and not restricted to a single prospect or occurrence,” he said.

“In our view, the scale and distribution of these occurrences support the potential for a larger mineralised system extending beyond the individual prospects identified to date.”

“Through planned re-assay programs, geophysical surveys, and follow-up exploration, we believe there is a compelling opportunity to apply modern methods to better understand the controls on mineralisation and generate a new pipeline of drill targets across the project area.”