Morella Corporation Limited announced that exploration activities in the Pilbara are underway. Following a detailed and systematic review of historical physical and geophysics exploration results and open-source geological data, the company has commenced airborne geophysical exploration targeting settings conducive to, and with regional precedence of, lithium mineralisation. All activities, which have been deemed as low-level exploration, have been planned in consultation with respective Traditional Owners and Pastoralists.

A broad Pilbara-wide airborne geophysics survey commenced on 10 September 2022. The survey will capture high-resolution data to build on the historical data available to Morella. The survey covers several tenements included in the Morella-Sayona earn-in agreement, where Morella is well advanced towards achieving the earn-in obligation milestone.

The intended airborne survey lines across select Of particular focus will be the Tabba Tabba East (E45/4703) tenement. This tenement is located approximately 25 kilometers north of Pilgangoora, one of the largest hard rock lithium deposits in the world. Assessment of open-source regional geology and geophysical information suggests that it is within a Mesoarchean magmatic-metallogenic province of Northern Australia which is prospective for lithium-tantalum, gold and copper.

The tenement overlies fertile Monzogranitic rocks which have been transected by the NE-SW-trending Wodgina Fault. To date the tenement has been relatively underexplored and may host lithium-bearing pegmatite intrusions. The company has identified several target areas at Tabba Tabba East that warrant more detailed field-based exploration activities.

Immediate efforts will focus on airborne geophysical survey, reconnaissance mapping and sampling at areas identified in preparation for a more systematic grid soil sampling and geological mapping program.