Encounter Resources (ASX:ENR) has reported striking a thick carbonatite target between two known target areas of interest. Both known target areas – Crean and Hurley – have been recorded as boasting niobium mineralisation, the metal that made WA1 Resources a darling. Worth noting is that those two targets are 3km apart, indicating a potential large area where Encounter’s drillers will be busy looking for niobium hits in a not-too-distant future. At last two positive niobium hits were recorded in the latest drilling with an aircore rig; one core sample was the equivalent of 3m width and a secon…