McLaren Minerals (ASX:MML) has released assays from another 179 holes at its McLaren Titanium Project, averaging 4.96% HM across 2,835m of sampled intervals.
The average thickness was 15.8m, and every reported interval started at surface.
Consistency is doing the heavy lifting
The headline numbers are strong, but the distribution also matters.
Of the 179 holes:
- 155, or 87%, averaged at least 4% HM
- 82, or 46%, averaged at least 5% HM
- 24, or 13%, averaged at least 6% HM
Broad intervals were common too, with 101 holes returning at least 15m and 46 holes returning at least 21m.
Standouts included:
- 30m from surface @ 6.17% HM
- 27m from surface @ 6.51% HM
- 27m from surface @ 6.44% HM
Assays peaked at 14.54% HM.
Figure 1: Average grade and location of additional assays reported in the announcement at the McLaren Deposit.
Why it matters
McLaren Minerals already has a 529Mt Indicated and Inferred Mineral Resource.
These new results are about improving confidence in that resource while giving the company more data for mine planning, processing assumptions and future development studies.
The key attraction is consistency.
A deposit that keeps returning similar grades over broad widths can be easier to model and potentially easier to plan around than one relying on isolated high-grade pockets.
Managing Director Simon Finnis said the repeatability across the deposit was becoming a defining feature of McLaren.
What’s next
The remaining 2026 assays are still to come.
From there, the full drilling dataset will feed into an updated geological model and Mineral Resource estimate, alongside ongoing metallurgical work and technical studies.
Those workstreams will support future Ore Reserve and Bankable Feasibility Study activities.
McLaren already had scale, now McLaren Minerals is building the confidence to go with it.
