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During this second phase, 14 holes were drilled for a total of 3,203.65 metres, including two extended holes (GAL23-012ext and -013ext) and two abandoned holes (GAL24-019 and -027). Excellent visual results from this phase were previously reported and all assays are still pending except for the hole announced today.
The current campaign, designed to further define and expand the high-grade lithium zone discovered during the maiden drilling program of late 2023, will continue into the summer.
HIGHLIGHTS Hole GAL24-020: 2.68% Li2O over 54.6 m (from 89.25 m to 143.85 m), including 2.26% Li2O over 8.5 m (89.25 m - 97.75 m) and 3.48% Li2O over 35.85 m (108.0 m - 143.85 m)
This interval was encountered in a white pegmatite cut over a length of 71.8 metres from 75.9 m to 147.7 m along hole (true width undetermined at this stage). The spodumene content was estimated to be up to 40%, except for a strongly mineralized section with up to 70% spodumene over 14.6 metres from 108 m to 122.6 m, with giant crystals reaching up to 1.4 metres long.
Furthermore, hole GAL24-020 yielded significant grades for the following critical elements: Cesium: 1,253 ppm Cs2O over 39.5 metres (from 82.0 m to 121.5 m)
Tantalum: 123.6 ppm Ta2O5 over 71.85 metres (from 75.85 m to 147.7 m)
Gallium: 113.1 ppm Ga2O3 over 53.4 metres (from 90.45 m to 139.5 m)
Rubidium: 7,242 ppm Rb2O over 42.65 metres (from 75.85 m to 118.5 m)
Peak values of 0.54% Cs2O, 1,133 ppm Ta2O5, 225 ppm Ga2O3, and 2.17% Rb2O
Material Progress for the Galinee Discovery
The first two drilling programs have confirmed a sizeable lithium-rich mineralized system at Galinee: Currently, the lithium zone has a strike length of 700 metres and trends roughly east-west. It remains largely open on the Property to the east and south. The variability in thickness and grade is as expected for these types of pegmatitic bodies. The discovery at Galinee likely represents the southern extension of the Adina deposit on the adjacent project belonging to
At Galinee, initial drilling data indicate a generally shallow dip to the south, from subhorizontal to 15 degrees. Additional intercepts from the current program indicate that some pegmatite bodies dip to the north, suggesting that the pegmatite system consists of coalescing branches with variable dips. Hole GAL24-020 intersected at shallow depth at least one of the north-dipping branches and returned very high grade lithium intervals starting at a vertical depth of 80 metres.
Spodumene crystals generally range from a few centimetres to half a metre long but occasionally reach gigantic sizes (up to 1.65 m). The colour ranges from whitish, greyish-beige to greenish-beige. 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, tantalite and maybe pollucite. Holmquistite, a typical lithium-bearing amphibole formed at the margins of lithium-rich pegmatites, is also observed. Dark green amphibolite is the dominant host rock.
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