Winsome Resources (ASX:WR1) has confirmed the discovery of a new lithium-bearing pegmatite dyke swarm at Adina with exploration at its 100% owned projects in the James Bay region of Quebec, Canada.
“The discovery of a new zone of mineralization at Adina adds further evidence to our belief that this is a globally significant lithium project,” Managing Director, Chris Evans, said.
“This new zone is anticipated to contribute to our main resource estimate, due later in 2023, as well as enhancing the viability of the project, and further drilling is now underway to define its up-dip extent, closer to surface.
“Once again this is due to the good work of our dedicated team on the ground, and I am pleased to be in Canada again being part of the intensive drilling campaign that continues at Adina.”
The Adina Footwall Zone was first detected in AD-23-054 when multiple spodumene-bearing pegmatite zones were logged. Drilling on adjacent sections was then deepened to investigate whether the intersections in AD-23-054 were from a new pegmatite body or from a repetition of the main body by folding (or other localised event).
There are now sufficient intersections of spodumene-bearing pegmatites and supporting assays results to confirm that the Footwall Zone as a discrete zone of pegmatite mineralization. Assays have been received from six intersections to date with assays from another 11 drillholes awaited.
The Footwall Zone is generally thinner than the Main Zone however frequently more than one pegmatite dyke is intersected within the zone, with these noted to coalesce in certain locations leading to a thicker intersection.
In addition the distance between the Main Zone and Footwall Zone is also observed to vary, likely relating to the structures along which the pegmatites were emplaced. Delineation and modelling of these zones will be important for project development as it will be advantageous in future mining to target locations where the two zones are in close proximity.
The Footwall Zone has now been intersected in drilling over a strike length of 760m (east-west). The lithium mineralization in the Footwall Zone occurs as spodumene crystals hosted in pegmatite with no obvious visual differences to the Main Zone mineralization observed during logging.
Outcrop of the Footwall Zone has not been identified at this time however with the advent of spring and improved access ground checking will be undertaken to confirm if the Footwall Zone does come to surface.
The next exploration phase at Cancet will be implemented during the summer field season and will include a new phase of gravity surveying to the east of the Cancet main pegmatite body. The area to be surveyed includes traverses over the newly identified “Butte” pegmatite. The surveys will provide a substantial dataset to aid targeting of pegmatite bodies within the project area, which will be integrated with field mapping and sampling from both the 2022 field season as well as guide the forthcoming 2023 field season. Systematic exploration of this nature was not completed by previous explorers, and it is anticipated this disciplined approach will allow Winsome to unlock the potential of the Cancet project.
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