Aim-listed Kendrick Resources has announced the latest portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) analytical results from diamond drill holes TKDD004 to TKDD006 at the Teufelskuppe (TK) project, in Namibia, further demonstrating the extensive, shallow and high-grade nature of rare earth element (REE) mineralisation within the carbonatite complex.

In a media statement, the company says the latest drilling results continue to confirm broad zones of near-surface mineralisation together with multiple high-grade total rare earth oxide (TREO) intercepts, reinforcing the company's confidence in the scale, continuity and resource potential of the TK project.

Kendrick explains that TKDD004 intersected continuous near-surface REE mineralisation from surface to 5.5 m, returning an average grade of 2.3 weight (wt) % TREO, including high-grade intervals of 3.21 wt% TREO over 0.5 m from 3.25 m; and 3.61 wt% TREO over 0.75 m from 4.75 m.

TKDD005, designed to test shallow mineralisation, returned an intersection of 2.35 wt% TREO over 8 m from surface, confirming the continuity of high-grade mineralisation close to surface.

TKDD006 intersected an extensive mineralised zone characterised by multiple high-grade intervals, including 3.4 wt% TREO over 2.5 m from 3.25 m; 3.01 wt% TREO over 1.5 m from 9.75 m; 3.33 wt% TREO over 2.75 m from 17.25 m; 3.02 wt% TREO over 2.75 m from 22.25 m; and 3 wt% TREO over 3.75 m from 32.75 m.

Kendrick says these high-grade intervals in drill hole TKDD006 are hosted within broad zones of continuous REE mineralisation, with the intervening lower-grade sections returning an average grade of 2.04 wt% TREO across a combined 20 m of drill intercept, highlighting the exceptional continuity of mineralisation throughout the hole.

Drill core has been comprehensively logged and submitted for laboratory analysis to validate the pXRF results and support ongoing resource estimation.

The company says the  results from TKDD004 to TKDD006 continue to demonstrate the consistency of high-grade REE mineralisation across the TK carbonatite complex and further enhance confidence in the project's potential to define a significant shallow rare earth resource.

"Further evidence of excellent continuity of mineralisation is enhanced by the presence of mineralised drill intercepts beginning at surface.

“Mineralisation is found occurring over substantial widths and it important to note that between the highlighted high-grade intercepts we have continuous mineralisation running at equally impressive grades relative to TK's peers at an average grade of approximately 2 wt% TREO,” says Kendrick chairperson Colin Bird.