Cadence Minerals (KDNC) Auroch Minerals (ASX: AOU) To Kick Off Extensional Drilling at Saints Nickel Project.

Cadence Minerals (AIM/NEX: KDNC; OTC: KDNCY) is pleased to note the announcement today from Auroch Minerals Limited (ASX: AOU) (“Auroch”) that it has received all permits and access required to commence its maiden drilling programme at the recently-acquired Saints Nickel Project (Saints), located approximately 65 km northwest of Kalgoorlie and 7 km east of the Goldfields Highway.  The Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (DMIRS) has approved both Program of Work (PoW) applications relating to drilling programmes on M29/245 and M29/246 that comprise the Saints Project.

Cadence Minerals Holding in Auroch

Cadence currently owns approximately 6.5% of the equity in Auroch Minerals, which is an exploration company targeting principally zinc, cobalt and lithium.

Highlights:

• Approvals granted (PoWs) for the upcoming diamond drilling programme at the Saints Nickel Project
• 3,000m drilling contract awarded to Topdrive Drillers Australia, a well-respected Australian drilling company with drilling experience in the Saints region
• Drilling targeted to grow the current Saints nickel resource (total JORC (2012) Mineral Resources of 1.05Mt @ 2.00% Ni, 0.20% Cu & 0.06% Co) through drill testing of postulated extensions along strike and/or down-plunge of the known nickel sulphide mineralisation
• Drilling expected to begin within the next two weeks with preparations well advanced

The full release can be found at: https://www.investi.com.au/api/announcements/aou/6a72f46c-1c9.pdf 

Cadence Minerals CEO Kiran Morzaria commented: “Under the guidance of Aidan Platel and his team, the Auroch investment case continues to build. With high quality drilling targets already identified at Saints, we look forward to the initial results.”

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Qualified Person

Kiran Morzaria B.Eng. (ACSM), MBA, has reviewed and approved the information contained in this announcement. Kiran holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Industrial Geology) from the Camborne School of Mines and an MBA (Finance) from CASS Business School.

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