{"id":31504,"date":"2023-06-08T08:00:21","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T07:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=31504"},"modified":"2023-06-08T08:17:11","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T07:17:11","slug":"oceana-breaks-new-ground-in-brazil-with-its-flagship-lithium-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/oceana-breaks-new-ground-in-brazil-with-its-flagship-lithium-project\/31504\/","title":{"rendered":"Oceana breaks new ground in Brazil with its flagship lithium project"},"content":{"rendered":"
In January, ASX-listed Oceana Lithium (ASX:OCN) signed a binding option agreement with N Green Minerals, giving it the right to acquire a 100% interest in Exploration Licences 800306\/2020 and 800307\/2020, including the rights to all minerals but excluding gemstones.<\/p>\n
Both permits are located within the Solonopole Lithium Project area and have added a further 9.28km2<\/sup> to the initial 114km2<\/sup> Solonopole tenement package held by Oceana\u2019s wholly-owned Brazilian subsidiary, Ceara Litio Mineracao.<\/p>\n The rationale behind acquiring the permits included that they host the Bom Jesus de Baixo pegmatite located on the western end of a 500m-long series of pegmatite outcrops lying along the same strike.<\/p>\n Oceana noted at the time the acquisition was announced that, if it can be proven that the outcrops are linked, this pegmatite would be the largest well-zoned lithium-caesium-tantalum (LCT) pegmatite identified in the Solonopole project area to date.<\/p>\n Historically, tourmaline gemstones and dimension stone were extracted from a quarry at Bom Jesus de Baixo, exposing the pegmatite in the process.<\/p>\n In early March 2023, Oceana reported that grab samples taken from the Mina Bom Jesus de Baixo pit walls and floor had returned results confirming the presence of high-grade lithium minerals, including spodumene (reported up to 1.87% Li2<\/sub>O), lepidolite (reported up to 3.09% Li2<\/sub>O) and amblygonite (reported up to 3.61% Li2<\/sub>O).<\/p>\n The spodumene sampled was collected from the eastern and western extremities of the pit walls.<\/p>\n Gino Vitale, Chairman of Oceana Lithium, said: \u201cThe confirmed presence of spodumene has boosted Oceana\u2019s confidence not only in the quality of the Mina Bom Jesus de Baixo target but in the prospectivity of the Solonopole Lithium Project as a whole.<\/p>\n \u201cMultiple lithium-bearing minerals and potential zonation present in our ground indicate substantial lithium enrichment in this well-recognised LCT pegmatite district.<\/p>\n \u201cA maiden drilling programme is planned to determine the actual dimension, strike, and dip of the Bom Jesus de Baixo pegmatite, which is difficult to map from the surface due to limited outcropping exposures.<\/p>\n \u201cPlanning for the drilling campaign is well advanced, and we look forward to commencing testing of this highly prospective target.\u201d<\/p>\n At the time of publication, Oceana is close to starting a 3,000m reverse circulation drilling programme focusing on the pit area and surrounds but also testing a number of targets identified on its initial Solonopole landholding.<\/p>\n The other asset in the company\u2019s portfolio is the Napperby Lithium Project in the Northern Territory, Australia, where exploration is also moving ahead but is at an earlier stage than Solonopole.<\/p>\nThe Napperby Lithium Project<\/h3>\n