Askari Metals Limited (ASX:AS2) has completed a detailed field exploration campaign at the 100% owned Barrow Creek Lithium Project located in the Arunta Pegmatite Province of Australia’s Central Northern Territory.
During an initial reconnaissance program completed by the company, several samples were collected from pegmatites outcropping across an area measuring 950m x 500m in the north-eastern extent of the project. The results from these samples indicate several fertile LCT-Type Pegmatites based on lithium and trace element grades and prompted the design of the follow-up Phase II exploration campaign.
Vice President – Exploration and Geology, Johan Lambrechts, said targets identified by an Aster-based hyperspectral review of the Barrow Creek Project correlate well with the area identified as a fertile pegmatite zone and were the focus of the second phase of exploration recently completed by the company.
“We are excited to have completed the second phase of on-ground exploration at our Barrow Creek Lithium Project. Our phase one reconnaissance work discovered fertile pegmatites with assay results of up to 817ppm Li2O,” Mr Lambrechts said.
“We thoroughly investigated and tested this area with the recently completed phase two programme and eagerly await the results. The recent field programme identified several regions with extensive Pegmatite outcrop, which are cause for further enthusiasm.
“The results of this last phase of work will form the basis for what the company hopes will be the inaugural RC drilling campaign on the Barrow Creek Lithium Project.”
Phase Two Exploration Programme
The second phase exploration programme followed up and expanded upon areas identified as fertile pegmatite zones from samples collected during the initial reconnaissance program. The results from the phase one program included lithium mineralisation up to 817ppm Li2O.
In addition, target areas highlighted through the Aster based hyperspectral survey identified high-priority targets which were tested during the Phase II exploration program.
The programme targeted all pegmatite outcrops in the north-eastern part of the tenement. At the same time, soil samples were collected from all granite derived soils where outcrops were not available.
Combining these results will help the company determine geochemical signatures to be used for target vectoring for the proposed inaugural drill program on the project, anticipated to commence as early as Q2 of 2022, subject to receipt and interpretation of the assay results from this Phase II campaign.
The area covered by the second phase of work measures 8km x 6km.
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