The previously reported results from the first hole (GAL23-001) include 2.48% Li2O over 72.7 m . Drilling will resume in March to accelerate the definition of the mineralized zone.
The main objective of this maiden drilling program was to test the downdip extension of the deposit on the adjacent Adina property, where
The mineralized intercepts disclosed in this press release strongly suggest they represent the downdip extension of the Adina deposit onto Galinee .
As currently defined, the lithium-bearing zone on the Property has a strike length of 700 metres and trends roughly east-west. It remains largely open to the east and south. More drilling will better define the geometry and true thickness of the pegmatite bodies. Initial data suggest a shallow dip to the south, ranging from subhorizontal to 15 degrees.
Seventeen (17) holes have been drilled to date for a total of 4,914.9 metres. Eleven (11) holes (including GAL23-001) have cut significant spodumene mineralization. The true widths of the drill intervals have not been determined at this stage. The lithium-bearing intervals are related to spodumene pegmatite but may also include metric to multi-meter low grade sub-intervals of amphibolite.
Spodumene crystals generally range from a few to 50 centimetres long, with greyish-beige to greenish-beige colours. A portable LIBS (Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy) analyzer was used to confirm the presence of lithium. Other associated minerals include quartz, white feldspar, tourmaline and, less frequently, garnet, apatite, lepidolite and tantalite. Holmquistite, a typical lithium-bearing amphibole formed at the margins of lithium-rich pegmatites, has also been observed. The host rock is dark green amphibolite.
Property-Scale Exploration Potential
Galinee displays strong exploration potential supported by
At Galinee, a cumulative 60 kilometres of highly prospective strike length has been delineated:
The currently drilled area, in the northernmost part of the Property, is part of a more extensive prospective zone that continues for 12 kilometres east and more than 21 kilometres along the northwest part of the project.
In the southern half of the Property, several sectors with a cumulative strike of 27 kilometres also display a favourable geological context coupled with attractive lake sediment anomalies in lithium.
Target definition and ranking are also supported by lithogeochemical data, till sampling results and remote sensing analysis.
At the regional scale, known lithium pegmatite occurrences appear spatially correlated with the Trieste Formation, a sheared mafic greenstone belt with iron formations, partly bounded by paragneisses.
As previously disclosed, Galinee and other neighbouring projects are marked by well-defined lake sediment anomalies in elements that are widely recognized as pathfinders for LCT pegmatites (lithium-cesium-rubidium-gallium-tin).
Recent exploration results from the area indicate a good spatial correlation between bedrock lithium mineralization and proximal lake sediment anomalies of pathfinder elements for LCT pegmatites. These anomalies can then be used as a key criterion to define exploration targets in underexplored sectors. Most of these lake sediment anomalies spatially superimpose the Trieste Formation, which appears thus far to be the main host for LCT pegmatites in the area.
Certain aspects of Galinee's context are comparable with the apparent regional context for the CV5 lithium deposit (
Spodumene pegmatite bodies hosted in sheared mafic greenstone belts belonging to the La Grande Subprovince, close to the tectono-metamorphic boundary with the Opinaca Subprovince.
Presence of peraluminous post-tectonic intrusions (
Well-defined lake sediment geochemical anomalies (lithium-cesium-rubidium-gallium-tin) spatially related to lithium mineralization.
Drilling Contract and Analytical Protocols
Core samples are sent to
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