Wildcat Resources (ASX:WC8) said maiden sighter metallurgical results at the Bolt Cutter Central discovery, located around 10 kilometers west of Wildcat's Tabba Tabba project in Western Australia, showed "excellent" recovery of spodumene via industry standard techniques, according to a Tuesday Australian bourse filing.

The company reported an average recovery of about 83% with an average product grade of roughly 5.7% grade of lithium oxide generated from three composites.

Meanwhile, further lithium mineralization was identified by drilling 1.2 kilometers to the east of Bolt Cutter Central on adjacent tenement, with an intercept of 7.1 meters at 1.3% grade of lithium oxide from 20.8 meters.