White Cliff Minerals Limited reported that a review of existing exploration data from its 100%-owned Coronation Dam project, near Kookynie in Western Australia's north-eastern goldfields, has identified significant cobalt mineralisation that will be the subject of further assessment. White Cliff acquired Coronation Dam via an exploration licence application, noting its cobalt and nickel exploration potential. The company has collated and verified existing mapping, sampling and drilling information from the project, culminating in the discovery of substantial shallow cobalt-nickel mineralisation over a large area. Drill results include: 16 metres at 0.42% cobalt and 1% nickel from 20 metres including; 8 metres at 0.51% cobalt and 1.16% nickel and; 4 metres at 0.67% cobalt and 1.29% nickel. 24 metres at 0.23% cobalt and 0.80% nickel from 20 metres; 28 metres at 0.13% cobalt and 0.74% nickel from 8 metres; 32 metres at 0.12% cobalt and 0.92% nickel from 4 metres. Drilling has been undertaken on wide spaced lines generally with 500 metres to 1000 metres spacing. Cobalt mineralisation occurs on several lines, starts at surface and extends up to a depth of 50 metres. The mineralisation has developed in the regolith profile above an intensely weathered ultramafic unit which was originally a peridotite. The peridotite is approximately 1 kilometre wide and 5.7 kilometres long within the mining tenement which covers 16km. While the company's focus remains the development of the high-grade Aucu gold deposit in the Kyrgyz Republic, the 2017 drilling program at Aucu has been completed. The hiatus in activity in Kyrgyz provides an opportunity for White Cliff to work on advancing Coronation Dam as well as the Ghan Well cobalt-nickel deposit, which is also located in the WA Goldfields. The company is currently conducting three-dimensional modelling on the mineralisation in preparation for drilling and resource estimation. A drilling application has been lodged and government approval is pending. The Coronation Dam Cobalt Project: The Coronation Dam Cobalt Project is located 90km south of Glencore's Murrin Murrin mining operation and 45km south of GME Resources' proposed Mt Kilkenny nickel-cobalt processing facility in WA's north-eastern goldfields. The project is surrounded by world class mining infrastructure and multiple operating mines. Glencore is currently mining cobalt and nickel from the Murrin East open pit which contained an initial resource of 66 million tonnes at 1.1% nickel and 0.09% Cobalt. The Coronation Dam project area covers 16km and contains an outcropping ultramafic unit that is approximately 1 kilometre wide and 5.7 kilometres long within the tenement. Cobalt-nickel mineralisation occurs as a shallow layer of cobalt-enriched manganiferous oxides that form between the smectite clays and the overlying ferruginous clays. High grade cobalt mineralisation typically occurs between the surface and 50 metres depth and is associated with nickel mineralisation. Collation of existing costeaning and drilling has resulted in the identification of extensive cobalt and nickel mineralisation covering a strike length of 5 kilometres. The existing drilling consists of 126 drill holes, 60 of which are reverse air blast holes (RAB), and 66 of which are reverse circulation (RC) holes. All reported cobalt results are from RC holes that are considered acceptable for calculating JORC compliant cobalt and nickel resources. The 60 remaining holes (RAB) were assayed for nickel and copper but not cobalt. The RAB holes contain significant nickel mineralisation including multiple intervals above 1.0% nickel. Due to the association of cobalt with nickel, these areas are a priority for RC drilling to confirm the nickel grades and determine the extent of the cobalt mineralisation.