Table 1: Breakdown of Mineral Resource Estimate by classification at 0.33% Li2O cutoff grade<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe Brazil Lake Lithium Project is comprised of three ore bodies \u2013 North Pegmatite, South Pegmatite, and the Army Road Pegmatite, all aligned in parallel, dipping steeply and at a downward plunge of 20\u00b0 to the SSW. The North Peg and South Peg outcrop at the surface, while the Army Road Pegmatite is covered at the closest point to the surface of five metres of cover.<\/p>\n
The combination of 6,500m of historic drilling and the Lithium Springs fully-funded 28,000m of diamond drilling has produced an outstanding maiden JORC resource of 10.01Mt @ 1.20% Li2O at 0.33% Li2O cutoff grade. The Brazil Lake project has real mine development potential located in a Tier 1 mining jurisdiction with significant Canadian federal and Nova Scotian provincial government incentives that match the funds available under the US federal government\u2019s Inflation Reduction Act, and development grants from the US Departments of Defense and Energy. These present further funding opportunities for critical mineral development, especially given Canada\u2019s classification as a US domestic supply source.<\/p>\n
The Debert Lake Heavy Rare Earth deposit<\/h4>\n Magnum Resources Inc (a GOLDFIELDS Group company) owns a 100% interest in the property. The property is located in northern Nova Scotia, 25km NW of Truro. It is on forestry land and is serviced by a logging road within eight kilometres of a sealed highway and the power grid.<\/p>\n
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Assays from 235 samples of outcrop and drill core show that key elements by value (>80%) include: Europium, Erbium, Thulium and Ytterbium.<\/p>\n
High-resolution (25m line spacing) magnetic drone surveys have identified new drill targets on the heavy REE deposit at Debert Lake, owned by Magnum Resources Inc. (a GOLDFIELDS Group company). The deposit features the highest ratio (~75%) of heavy to light of any REE deposit in North America. REEs have been designated as a critical mineral by both Nova Scotia and Canada, as well as the EU.<\/p>\n
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The Frenchvale Flake Graphite deposit<\/h4>\n Mt. Cameron Minerals Inc. (a GOLDFIELDS Group company) owns 100% interest in the property. It is under option to Argyle Resources Corp., which is committed to spending $4.4m over four years to earn a 60% interest.<\/p>\n
The Frenchvale Flake Graphite deposit is located 25km west of Sydney, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. The deposit is hosted in Grenville Age marbles and has a strike length of eight kilometres. Sealed highways service it, and it is on the power grid.<\/p>\n
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Flake Graphite has been designated as a critical mineral by both Nova Scotia and Canada.<\/p>\n
Deep drilling is planned on geophysical (TDEM CH13) targets as above.<\/p>\n
The Chaswood Aluminium (Kaolin) deposit<\/h4>\n <\/p>\n
AlNova Mining Inc. (a GOLDFIELDS Group company) owns 100% interest in the deposit.<\/p>\n
The deposit is hosted in unconsolidated cretaceous secondary deposits of kaolin and high-purity quartz sand lenses. The deposit is found at the surface under glacial till. It is considered one of Canada\u2019s largest aluminium deposits, with >600 million tonnes of kaolin at a grade of >30% Al2O3. It is located in central Nova Scotia, 50km NE of the port of Halifax. It is on forest land within three kilometres of a sealed highway and power grid. It is suitable for mining by dragline with a very low strip ratio and is within eight kilometres of a gas pipeline.<\/p>\n
The estimated resource was calculated from diamond drilling and seismic profile surveys. The kaolin and sand are suitable as additives for the production of cement.\u00a0 Designated as a critical mineral by Canada, the kaolin can be initially refined to SGA alumina or further for electronic applications.<\/p>\n
Please note, this article will also appear in the seventeenth edition of our\u00a0quarterly publication<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lithium Springs Limited\u2019s maiden MRE for the Brazil Lake lithium project signals a promising lithium reserve. Read more here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":44572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24502],"tags":[529,24206,24555,24308,24496,24546],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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