Trench wall exposing secondary copper oxides at licence AD-030, Saffakah

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Saffakah

Surface copper to 4.99% and trench samples to 1.4%, across two magmatic-hydrothermal targets in a possible back-arc setting.

Target delineation Cu-Au porphyry IOCG Ad Dawadimi · AD-025 to AD-035

At a glance

Scale and setting

Project area
Ad Dawadimi
Licences
AD-025, AD-029, AD-030, AD-031, AD-035
Deposit style
Copper-gold porphyry and IOCG
Stage
Target delineation
Targets
Two targets interpreted to lie on the same structures

Target

Two targets, interpreted as one system

Saffakah returns some of the strongest surface copper in the portfolio across a licence group that has not previously seen modern exploration.

Potassium-sodium metasomatism accompanied by magnetite and hematite-muscovite alteration gives a signature that sits between porphyry and iron-oxide-copper-gold systems. We interpret the setting as a back-arc basin in which both styles may be developing along the same crustal structures.

4.99%
Cu, peak rock chip at AD-25
1 km × 1 km
Area with samples above 0.5% Cu
12 km²
Area covered by first-pass sampling
1.4%
Cu, peak trench sample at AD-30

Work completed

What we have done

  • First-pass geological mapping and 194 rock-chip samples across approximately 12 km² at Target 1, AD-25.
  • Mapping and sampling of a monzonitic dyke at Target 2, AD-30, correlated to copper occurrences in adjacent blocks.
  • Trenching across the dyke at AD-30.

Results

What the work has returned

  • Surface rock chips to 4.99% Cu at AD-25, with samples above 0.5% Cu across an area of ~1 km × 1 km.
  • A monzonitic dyke more than 2 m wide traced over approximately 330 m at AD-30, with malachite along its chilled margins and trench channel samples to 1.4% Cu.
  • Potassium-sodium metasomatism with magnetite and hematite-muscovite alteration across AD-30, a possible IOCG or porphyry geochemical signature.
  • Expansion potential into the untested outer ridges around Target 1.
Copper in rock chips at Saffakah Target 1, licence AD-025, in three grade classes with the three highest grades labelled
Target 1, AD-025. Copper in rock chips: samples above 0.5% Cu across an area of ~1 km × 1 km.
Copper in trench channel samples along the monzonitic dyke at Saffakah Target 2, licence AD-030
Target 2, AD-030. Copper in trench channel samples along the monzonitic dyke.
Banded malachite and quartz in a felsic dyke at Saffakah, licence AD-030, with a pen for scale
Banded malachite and quartz in the felsic dyke at Target 2, AD-030.

Rock chip, channel and trench sample results are selective in nature and are not necessarily representative of the mineralisation hosted on the licences.

Next steps

Ranking the targets

  1. Infill geochemical sampling across the outer ridges.
  2. Stream-sediment surveys to test expansion potential.
  3. Integrate the ground magnetic data with surface geochemistry to refine drill targets.

Updated 23 October 2026