Great Dirt's Doherty and Basin Projects show promise for high-grade manganese, particularly the sought-after battery grade, a niche market with stringent criteria few producers can meet. The region has a proven history of supplying battery manufacturers from the 1940s-1960s, and historical work, while discovering manganese, may not have identified all sources in the area. Floaters of high-grade ore beyond known mines hint at undiscovered manganese mineralization.
Within Great Dirt's EL9527, encompassing the Doherty Project with the old Doherty and Junior Mines and The Basin Project, no drilling or sampling has occurred. The absence of exploration between the mines and along the strike leaves room for untapped potential. Employing modern, systematic geochemical and geophysical exploration techniques will be crucial in uncovering near-surface, high-grade manganese mineralization.