James Bay Minerals discovers spodumene crystals at Aero’s monster Warhawk pegmatite
Samples from the 560m-long Warhawk pegmatite at James Bay Minerals’ Aero tenure have returned lithium concentrations containing spodumene crystals, confirming its prospectivity.
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Samples from the Warhawk pegmatite at James Bay Minerals’ Aero tenure have returned lithium concentrations containing spodumene crystals, confirming its prospectivity.
Field exploration at Aero, part of James Bay Minerals’ (ASX:JBY) La Grande project in the James Bay lithium precinct in Quebec, Canada, discovered the “Warhawk” pegmatite – a 560m-long, up to 20m wide body full of spodumene crystals.
Aero consists of 89 continuous claims across 43.65sq km and contains about 12km of deformation zones considered highly prospective to contain LCT pegmatites.
Nearby Cancet West, owned by Winsome Resources (ASX:WR1), andPatriot Lithium’s (ASX:PAT) Corvette lithium projects both have similar deformation zones running through their properties and have had significant exploration success to date.
Using a SciAps laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) reader – a hi-tech scanning technique that is used ever more frequently in exploration – testing of rock chip and channel samples from Warhawk have shown multiple Li2O hits across its entire length and breadth.
“The discovery of a lithium-bearing mineral at surface on the Warhawk pegmatite within the Aero property confirms that this pegmatite contains lithium,” exploration partner Breakaway Exploration senior field geologist Mark Fekete said.
“Now that we have proven through a recognised exploration technique that lithium is present, our focus is to now determine where the highest concentration of lithium is within the Warhawk and other pegmatites dykes on the property.”
Samples have been sent to the lab and assays are pending to reveal lithium grades from the prospect area.
This article was developed in collaboration with James Bay Minerals, a Stockhead advertiser at the time of publishing. This article does not constitute financial product advice. You should consider obtaining independent advice before making any financial decisions.
Originally published as James Bay Minerals discovers spodumene crystals at Aero’s monster Warhawk pegmatite
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