8 MAY 2017 ASSAYS CONFIRM HIGH-GRADE LITHIUM MINERALISATION IN...

8 MAY 2017
ASSAYS CONFIRM HIGH-GRADE LITHIUM MINERALISATION IN MALLINA EAST PEGMATITE DISCOVERY

- Rock chip assays up to 3.98% Li 2 0 returned in new eastern spodumene pegmatite zone

he highest lithium grades, up to 3.98%Li 2 0, are hosted in a very coarse spodumene pegmatite. Of the 14 samples collected overthe Eastern Pegmatite, the average lithium content is 1.23% Li 2 O (see Figure 1 and Table 1).Some of this sampling however includes weathered silicified cap-rock, which althoughclosely related to areas of spodumene mineralisation, is not itself mineralised. It is anticipatedthat spodumene is present in the fresh rock below these zones.In addition to the Eastern Pegmatite, a number of other pegmatites have been identified,including a zone to the north-east of the main pegmatite which, assayed up to 3.16% Li 2O,and a western zone which assayed up to 0.52% Li 2 O (see Figure 2). The new discovery areasremains very lightly explored and the initial results have confirmed the potential of the area.

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