Episode snapshot
- Company: Iltani Resources (ILT.ASX)
- Project: Orion Silver–Indium Project (100% owned), Herberton district, North Queensland
- Focus of today’s chat: RC drilling progress, early satellite prospect results, and metallurgical work feeding into scoping study timing.
Key discussion points
1) Orion drilling: infill, confidence, and high-grade intercepts
- The team is in an infill stage—upgrading last year’s drilling ahead of a scoping study targeted for 2026 / early 2027.
- Management highlights wide intercepts (including silver equivalent performance) across Orion West and Orion East, supporting the case for a robust open pit.
- The conversation also references very high grades (including intervals of over ~1,000 g/t silver equivalent per metre), with grade framed as central to economics.
2) What’s “proven” vs “still unknown”
- Mineable continuity: drill results are building confidence in how mineralisation hangs together in the current open-pit shell level.
- Unproven areas:
- Future drilling focus shifts toward extensions (including areas around Orion north/along vein one) once current targets are completed.
- Depth potential remains less understood, as current work is concentrated on the shell-level mineralisation.
- The source of metals is not yet fully resolved and is slated for future investigation.
3) News beyond Orion: Union Jack RC drilling and VTEM validation
- Iltani also recently announced RC drilling at the Union Jack prospect, around 11 km from Orion.
- Visible lead, zinc and copper sulphides were reported in three holes.
- The team says results align with airborne VTEM target modelling, including intercepts hitting stratified mineralisation where expected—an encouraging sign for the exploration approach.
- Assays are pending, with follow-up steps discussed once results land, potentially including downhole work.
4) Commercial picture: Orion first, satellites “cream on top”
- Management’s messaging is that Orion must stand on its own economically.
- Satellite deposits (such as Union Jack and other regional targets) are framed as additional upside once Orion’s scoping and commercial case are advanced.
5) Metallurgy and payability: proving indium recovery
- The pathway to scoping study includes:
- Ore sorting testwork via TOMRA using segregated core (high/medium/low grade handling).
- Flotation testwork by metallurgical consultants in Brisbane.
- The schedule discussed targets an improved understanding through late year (around November/December) to support the scoping study work.
- The key theme: in situ grade only matters if indium is recoverable economically.
Dates and timelines mentioned (indicative from discussion)
- Scoping study: 2026 / early 2027 (with work streams building toward it)
- Metallurgical work: ore sorting and follow-on flotation testwork progressing toward planning inputs by ~November/December
- Union Jack assays: hoped for in ~5–6 weeks after drilling (as discussed)
What to watch next
- Full assay results flowing from both the Orion infill program and Union Jack.
- Metallurgical outcomes demonstrating recoveries—especially for zinc/indium-bearing concentrates.
- Drilling transitioning toward extensions and deeper questions after the current program’s priorities.
This episode is for information purposes only and does not constitute financial advice.
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