Pegmatites

It is intended that an exploration program will include ground truthing - boots on the ground as a first step to confirm and describe the nature of the identified pegmatites as well as prospecting selected areas to find lithium-bearing pegmatites.

Odessa recently released an interim update on its ongoing exploration program, noting that onsite geology crews have mapped over 56,000 metres of strike-length pegmatites to date and some pegmatites seen at over 30 metres in width.

Additionally, BRW has staked additional claims in Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan targeting newly identified, untested S-type pegmatites.

Harfang believes that the boulders have not been transported by the glacier and hence could indicate the presence of Lithium-Cesium-Tantalum pegmatites (“”) in the underlying bedrock.

RKLP is a hard rock lithium project with lithium hosted in lepidolite/mica rich pegmatites chiefly composed of quartz, albite, lepidolite and muscovite, with minor cassiterite and tantalite as well as other accessory minerals.

Several pegmatites have been mapped by the Geological Survey of Western Australia (GSWA) within, and in proximity, to the Bullabulling Project.

The claims are located on metasedimentary terrane near fractionated granites that are potential source intrusions for LCT pegmatites.

The CV5 pegmatite is still open along strike, and the resource does not include other pegmatites at Corvette.

The majority of the lithium bearing pegmatites occur within the metasediments which underlie both properties.

The pegmatites occur primarily as dykes but also occur as masses in complex multiple-phased intrusive granitic environments.

These pegmatites occur within highly schistose and brecciated graywacke and gabbroic rocks.

This phase of exploration will involve conducting traverses to identify and document the characteristics of all exposed pegmatites encountered, and collect samples for geochemical analysis," commented Allan Frame, President and CEO.

For context, hard-rock lithium projects, which host lithium-bearing spodumene pegmatites, typically contains significantly higher lithium concentrations than either brine or clay.

Loyal Lithium – Trieste Lithium Project: Discovery of six spodumene-bearing pegmatites including a significant drilling result of 31.8 m at 2.2% LiO.

The individual pegmatites exhibit an average width ranging from 2 meters to 3 meters and can be followed along a strike length of up to 350 meters.

The two spodumene-bearing pegmatites occur along a six-kilometer corridor prospective for rare earth element exploration, adjacent to the fertile Medicine Lake pluton.

The western pegmatites are located 4km north of Libra Lithium's new N-S trending spodumene-bearing pegmatite discovery with grab samples assayed up to 2.86% LiO.

Aplite and porphyry dikes and veins may intrude pegmatites and wall rocks adjacent to intrusions, creating a confused sequence of felsic intrusive apophyses (thin branches or offshoots of igneous bodies) within the aureole of some granites.

Beryllium becomes concentrated in felsic pegmatites in which chromium is almost absent.

Crystal size is the most striking feature of pegmatites, with crystals usually over 5 cm in size.