Benz Mining Corp. (TSXV: BZ | ASX: BNZ) has identified a possible new lithium mineralized trend of over 25km on the Ruby Hill West in Quebec, Canada.
Upon the commencement of the summer exploration programmes, Benz geologists identified the Mikisiw outcrop a few days prior to the suspension of all work programmes and evacuation of this area due to the bushfires that ceased exploration across all of the James Bay region.
Benz executive chairman, Evan Cranston, said “This is a substantial discovery on Benz’s Eastmain Project that, in addition to hosting a high- grade Moz gold resource, we have identified an emerging lithium story,”
“Limited exploration has taken place on the Ruby Hill West tenements, with no focus on lithium exploration. Benz is the first company to actively target lithium on this ground and we now have two spodumene bearing pegmatite outcrops identified on a 25km trend in arguably one of the hottest jurisdictions for lithium exploration in the world.”
Analyses of grab samples taken at Mikisiw confirmed the presence of high-grade lithium with samples up to 5.57% Li2O.
The company has re-commenced mapping, trenching, and soil sampling concentrated to the area of the new discovery. Detailed mapping will be carried out over the Mikisiw prospect with a view for it to be drill ready in the coming months.
Cranston continued, “Our geologists are back on deck this week after an eight week hiatus due to the bush fires, with the goal of peeling back the moss, and doing some trenching to expose the extent of the outcrop. We look forward to getting the drill rigs on this as soon as practicable and on any other targets we identify in this summer exploration programme.”
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