Sky Metals Limited (ASX: SKY) has received its first exploration results from the newly acquired Narriah Project, which covers an area of numerous historic tin and tungsten mines on the 16km long mineralizing Erigolia Granite in New South Wales, Australia.
Rock chip samples collected from a >1km strike of historic tin and tungsten mines have identified strong tin, tungsten, and associated lithium mineralization returning grades up to 3.59% Sn, 1.66% W, and 0.19% Li.
“SKY is eager to commence drill testing to assess the exciting potential for lithium and related mineralization as well as test the extent of the previously mined tin and tungsten mineralization of this largely untested target at Narriah,” SKY CEO, Oliver Davies, commented.
“Economic lithium mineralization has been commonly observed to occur within major tin-tungsten deposits globally, however, the recognition of lithium with high-grade tin-tungsten at our Narriah Project is considered unique for Eastern Australia. The environmental approvals process for drilling has begun and SKY has existing land access agreements already in place to commence drill testing of this extraordinary target as soon as possible.”
Pegmatites have been mapped in the historic underground mines from the 1970s but were never assayed. The widespread and variably thick sand cover over the project area makes it difficult to identify these pegmatites at surface.
Tin & tungsten highlights included:
- 3.59% Sn & 0.63% W (OD20230601-26)
- 1.66% W & 0.11% Sn (OD20230601-11)
- 0.59% Sn & 0.39% W (OD20230601-15)
Lithium mineralization highlights included:
- 0.19% Li2O, 107ppm Cs & 1530ppm Rb (OD20230531-10)
- 0.16% Li2O, 193ppm Cs & 879ppm Rb (OD20230601-27)
- 0.16% Li2O, 121.5ppm Cs & 718ppm Rb (OD20230601-12)
All rock chips are from weathered outcrops or mining dumps from shallow historic mining, with higher lithium grades expected from the fresh rock. Rock outcrops are rare at surface due to thin sand covering most of the project area.
No previous diamond drilling has been completed on site with only three old percussion drillholes under one historic working have been completed. SKY is planning a diamond drilling programme to commence imminently to test the encouraging results at depth.
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