Patriot Battery Metals Inc. has issued an update on its 2023 winter drill program at the Corvette Property in the Eeyou Istchee James Bay region in Quebec, Canada.
According to the company, the winter phase of the drill campaign was focussed on the CV5 pegmatite, located approximately 13.5 km south of the regional and all-weather Trans-Taiga Road and powerline infrastructure.
It added that the program has exceeded the total metres completed in the 2022 drill program with a total of 89 drill holes completed.
Core sample assay results for 67 drill holes from the 2023 winter drill program remain to be reported.
The winter program resulted in further delineation along strike of the CV5 pegmatite by 1.5 km – from 2.2 km at the start of the program to the current 3.7 km as previously announced.
The CV5 pegmatite has now been traced continuously by drilling as a principally continuous spodumene-mineralised body over a lateral distance of at least 3.7 km and remains open along strike at both ends and to depth along most of its length.
The company said it intends to continue to test the CV5 pegmatite along strike at both ends, in addition to infill drilling, over the course of the summer-fall program.
The drill campaign is currently paused due to spring break-up and to accommodate the regional four-week goose harvesting season when the Cree Nation requests the helicopters to stop flying.
Patriot President and CEO Blair Way said the company has extended the spodumene mineralised pegmatite an additional 1.5 km over the course of the program for a current continuous strike length, which remains open at both ends.
“We are now undergoing final preparation for our summer-fall surface and drill exploration programs as we await final core sample assays from the recent drilling and move closer to an initial mineral resource estimate at CV5,” he added.
