Encounter Resources (ASX:ENR) delivered the highest-grade niobium intersection to date at the Green deposit, within the Aileron project in Western Australia, according to a Thursday filing with the Australian bourse.
Drilling returned 51 meters at 5% niobium pentoxide from a depth of 63 meters, which includes a high-grade zone of 13 meters at 10% niobium pentoxide, located outside the existing mineral resource estimate boundary for the deposit, the filing said.
Three rigs are currently on site, with a pipeline of results through the remainder of the year and into 2027, per the filing.