HIGHLIGHTS:
- Up to 2.11% Li2O in rock chip samples from sub-cropping pegmatite near historical beryl occurrence.
- Three east-northeast trending lithium (Li) anomalies in the northern part of 57/983 delineated by a geochemical soil survey near and at historical beryl occurrence.
- A Reverse Circulation (RC) drilling program to commence in February.
A geochemical sampling program was completed on E 57/983 as part of a regional reconnaissance geochemical program targeting the granite - greenstone contact zone at the Youanmi greenstone belt that is considered prospective for lithium-caesium-tantalum (LCT) pegmatite mineralisation. This soil survey specifically targeted a beryl occurrence reported in MINEDEX (S0017351) that had not previously been tested.
A field inspection showed no evidence of historical beryl mining, and the Company therefore completed a geochemical soil survey across the beryl occurrence at 40m by 80m spacing totalling 158 soil samples; three rock chip samples of sub-cropping pegmatite were also collected.
The results show three approximately northeast trending Li anomalies with the northern one centred on the reported beryl occurrence and a second anomaly located some 50m to the south (Figure 1*). The high Li concentrations in two rock samples (2.1 % and 1.2% Li2O see Table 1*) together with the broad Li anomalism in soil may indicate the presence of pegmatite under local colluvium.
RC drilling is scheduled for
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