Strategic metals exploration company Dakota Minerals announced that the phase two of its drilling program at the Lynas Find lithium project in the Pilgangoora region of WA is expected to commence this week.
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Dakota said the main aim of the drilling is to define a maiden resource at Lynas Find, adding that some reconnaissance RC drilling will also be conducted to drill-test newly identified, spodumene-bearing pegmatites.
“These are thought to be possible structural repeats of the Central Pegmatite dilational zone, and to date have yielded surface rock-chip grades of up to 3.98%Li2O,” the company told the ASX on Tuesday.
Dakota Minerals Managing Director David Frances said the total metres drilled will depend on the dip of the pegmatites intersected. He said the diamond drilling will be conducted to provide geotechnical and metallurgical data on the deposit.
“Given the impressive nature of the high-grade results from initial drilling at Lynas Find, we are looking forward to the next round of drilling and hopefully the definition of a significant maiden resource in the near future,” Mr Frances added.
The Lynas Find lithium project is located on and in the vicinity of an extensive lithium-tantalum bearing pegmatite dyke swarm.
Recent exploration activity has confirmed that the Pilgangoora area contains one of the world’s largest hard-rock lithium deposits, mostly in the form of mineral spodumene.
