Western Australian Lithium Exploration Ramps Up
Brisbane, May 17, 2016 AEST (ABN Newswire) - Sayona Mining Limited (
ASX:SYA) is pleased to announce that it is continuing to advance its lithium exploration programs in the Western Australia.
Highlights:
- Orientation sampling at Tabba Tabba in the Pilgangoora district identifies new rare metal pegmatites
- Additional teams mobilised in the Pilbara and Mt Edon
- Lithium tenement portfolio expanded to over 1,000km2
The company is exploring the project areas with the principle aim of defining the albitespodumene class of rare metal pegmatite. The Company now has granted and tenement applications of 986km2 in the Pilbara region, for a total of 1,065km2 in Western Australia - see Figure 1 in link below.
Pilbara District
An orientation mapping and sampling program has identified rare metal pegmatites at its Tabba Tabba project, a granted Exploration Lease in proximity to the Pilgangoora deposits. Further mapping and sampling is underway. A second team is mobilising to evaluate the recent Cooglegong application areas in the Shaw River tin field.
The Company is encouraged by its exploration results to date and has made application for further tenure adjoining its Red Rock project area following processing of magnetic and radiometric data. The work suggests remnant greenstone lithologies adjacent to a favourable granite contact may host lithium prospective pegmatites. The bedrock geology is obscured over much of the application area. The Company intends applying its developing exploration methodology to identify the areas of highest prospectivity.
The new tenement area, Carlindie (ELA45/4775), together with the existing tenure will be subjected to detailed reconnaissance sampling. This work is anticipated to continue for the next month and define prospect areas for detailed evaluation.
Mt Edon
A field team is being mobilised to undertake a detailed soil sampling program at the Mt Edon project in the south Murchison. This follows recent encouraging rock chip sampling results where assays up to 1%Li20 were reported.
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About Sayona Mining Limited
Sayona Mining Limited (ASX:SYA) (OTCMKTS:SYAXF) is a North American lithium producer with projects in Quebec, Canada and Western Australia. In Quebec, Sayona's assets comprise North American Lithium together with the Authier Lithium Project and its emerging Tansim Lithium Project, supported by a strategic partnership with American lithium developer Piedmont Lithium Inc. (ASX:PLL). Sayona also holds a 60% stake in the Moblan Lithium Project in northern Quebec.
In Western Australia, the Company holds a large tenement portfolio in the Pilbara region
prospective for gold and lithium. Sayona is exploring for Hemi-style gold targets in the world-class Pilbara region, while its lithium projects include Company-owned leases and those subject to a joint venture with Morella Corporation (ASX:1MC).
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