Manning Ventures Inc. (CSE:MANN) has secured crew and equipment for a follow-up exploration programme at it’s wholly-owned Dipole Lithium project, located in Newfoundland, Canada. The programme is expected to commence within the next few weeks.
The Dipole Lithium Project is a 997.3-hecatre project located within the Hermitage Flexure structure approximately 50km along strike of the Sokoman/Benton Kraken Lithium discovery.
The Hermitage Flexure is a regional-scale structural corridor containing volcano-sedimentary rock units, which are favourable host-rocks for spodumene-bearing LCT pegmatites. The Hermitage Flexure is thought to be the continuation of the Avalonia to Kings Mountain/Piedmont Trends as discussed below.
The mapping and sampling campaign is designed to follow up on the positive results from a brief reconnaissance scale program in late 2022 that successfully accomplished the task of validating the Property’s LCT-style affinity by returning highly anomalous lithium values (up to 472ppm Li) hosted in a felsic intrusive host rock. The upcoming work programme of approximately one-week is the first extensive field campaign with a primary focus on lithium in the central portion of the “Hermitage Flexure” of Newfoundland.
The Kraken Lithium discovery located approximately 50km away, discovered by Benton Resources and Sokoman Resources is on the same regional geological structure and is continuing to prove up to be a significant project with recent results of 1.22% Li2O over 13.37 m in recent work.
“We’re eager to follow up on the lithium discovery at Dipole,” said CEO, Alex Klenman. “The numbers generated on that brief first pass were very encouraging, given the area and proximity to significant lithium discoveries.
“Securing crew and helicopter support has been challenging, given the already impactful fire season and the marked increase in exploration activity in the area. We are set to go and look forward to seeing what a detailed reconnaissance and sampling programme produces. We’re in the right geological setting, with positive geochemical evidence, we believe Dipole has tremendous upside,” continued Mr Klenman.
Newfoundland Lithium Belt Discovery
Newfoundland’s pegmatite belt is over 450km in length and is analogous to the Avalonia Lithium Belt in Ireland and Kings Mountain/Piedmont Lithium Belt in North Carolina.
LCT-style pegmatites have been identified in regional mapping of Newfoundland since the middle of the 1900s. During the mid-1960s, the Newfoundland government conducted two seasons of pegmatite surveys to evaluate their economic potential. Beryl bearing pegmatites were mapped, but very little was known about the zonation of metals like beryllium, tantalum, and lithium within pegmatite fields. Since then, significant amounts of new regional geochemical data have been released yet no modern-day lithium exploration techniques have been applied in this highly prospective region.
Through their research, various companies actively exploring for lithium in Newfoundland have identified numerous lithium-caesium-tantalum pegmatite targets within belt, and Sokoman Minerals/Benton Resources have made the most significant progress so far.
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