Legend Mining Limited announced that diamond drilling has commenced at the Mawson prospect within the Rockford project, Fraser Range Western Australia. Diamond drilling is underway at Mawson post completion of initial target design, site preparation, and receival of statutory approvals. Initial drill targeting will be focused on two areas.

Target area A will see diamond drillholes target interpreted extensions of massive Ni-Cu mineralisation below the Mawson discovery zone, below and offset by the Mawson fault. Evidence in seismic and structural interpretation, gravity modelling, and existing drilling data suggests excellent potential for the mineralised Mawson chonolith extending for considerable depth below the Mawson fault. Drilling will also test the flat lying D8 FLTEM conductor, interpreted to be located at the keel position of the chonolith.

Target area B will test an interpreted thickening of the mineralised chonolith below a metasedimentary raft. Structural analysis and seismic modelling, coupled with geochemical modelling from completed drilling, suggests the Mawson chonolith may extend to greater than 1,200m below surface. The depth of this intrusive body makes it blind to surface EM, therefore opening up a very large and prospective search space below current drilling.

All completed diamond drillholes will be subject to a suite of downhole geophysics, including EM and petrophysical property measurements, with collected data to aid in direct targeting for economic sulphide accumulations as well as refinement of the existing seismic cube. Regionally, innovative MLTEM and follow up FLTEM is scheduled to start across the highly ranked regional Rockford targets in April 2022. Aircore drilling is also scheduled to commence once statutory approvals are granted.