New Copper Target Emerges at Bluebird East
Konrad Forrest
8 May 2025 | West Perth, WA – Tennant Minerals (ASX:TMS) has identified a promising new copper target at its Barkly Project, with shallow historical drilling revealing a significant subsurface copper anomaly at Bluebird East—just 350 metres from the company’s flagship Bluebird discovery.
The Bluebird East anomaly, which spans a 250-metre strike, shows copper grades up to 1,200ppm Cu in ironstone and bears strong similarities to the "pre-discovery" signals observed over the high-grade Bluebird copper-gold deposit.
Key Points:
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Historical shallow drilling (<50m) returned consistent >100ppm Cu anomalies, with some intervals peaking at 1,200ppm Cu and 0.6g/t Au
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The copper zone aligns with gravity and magnetic anomalies, suggesting potential for a concealed mineralised system
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Recent Slimline RC drilling showed iron enrichment, with 1m assays pending
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Follow-up drilling is being planned to test below the weathered zone and expand on this newly defined 600m corridor of interest
CEO Vincent Algar commented:
“The copper anomaly at Bluebird East is almost a mirror of the signal we saw over the original Bluebird discovery. With limited drilling below 50 metres, we see strong potential for a major new find in this zone.”
Tennant Minerals will also continue targeting extensions to Bluebird’s main lodes, which remain open down plunge and to the west, and progress regional exploration across the Barkly tenements using recently completed auger sampling and gravity survey data.