Foremost Lithium Resource & Technology Ltd. (CSE: FAT) (OTCQB: FRRSF)has completed a 10 hole, 1,509 m drill programme designed to test Mobile Metal Ion (MMI) soil geochemical anomalies and assess the deeper levels of high-grade spodumene pegmatite Dike 8 discovered in 2018 in Manitoba.
The sixteenth (16th) spodumene-bearing pegmatite dyke on the Zoro property was intersected by two drill holes. DDH FM22-70 drilled at -50 degrees inclination intersected two pegmatite intercepts totalling 4.9 m with up to 15% light green spodumene crystal aggregates.
A second hole, DDHFM22-70B was drilled at a steeper inclination of -65 degrees to undercut the first pegmatite intersection. This hole intersected a 5.0 m intercept of the same spodumene mineralised pegmatite as hole FM22-70. The host rock to these pegmatites is a fine-grained foliated basalt.
Dyke 8
High-grade spodumene pegmatite Dyke 8 was discovered on the Zoro property in 2018 by the drill testing of a Mobile Metal Ions soil geochemical anomaly. Drill hole Far18-35 testing the MMI anomaly intersected 36.5 m of spodumene-bearing pegmatite. Assay results from hole FAR18-35 included three separate intercepts of high-grade lithium including 12.3 m of1.1% Li2O, 4.4 m of 1.2 % Li2O, and 2.2 m of 1.5% Li2O.
In 2022 DDHFM22-71 was drilled at -65 degrees to undercut the 2018 pegmatite intersections. A 4.5 m spodumene-bearing pegmatite was intersected between 70.45 and 75.89 m before being truncated by a fault. This intercept is 37 m below the previous 2018 drill intercepted Dyke 8 spodumene mineralisation. A further pegmatite was intersected below the fault between 84.4 and 86.65 m.
To date Dyke 8 has drill indicated dimensions of 120 m in length, 5-15 m in width and has been drilled to a depth of 157 m.
After logging, all spodumene-bearing pegmatite intercepts have been sawn in half and one half of the core has been shipped to Activation Laboratories (Ancaster, Ontario) for multielement analysis. The analysis of the 2022 core samples will be consistent with previous years analytical programme. This includes “UT-7” lithium and related metal analysis by ICP-MS after total dissolution by sodium pyrophosphate.
All assays will be released in a Foremost Lithium news release upon receipt.
“We now have 16 drill-intercepted spodumene-bearing pegmatite Dykes on the Zoro property,” President and CEO, Scott Taylor, said.
“Dyke 8 represents a high priority target to perform subsequent in-fill drilling and build additional resource on Zoro. We are in the middle of acquiring airborne magnetics over Zoro which will permit
“Foremost to corroborate all historical drill data, MMI, together with the magnetic low signatures. This integrated, multi-data interpretation will help us de-risk and build a high-quality inventory of drill targets for our next work programme.
“The integration of the Zoro data will also help Foremost define future subsurface drilling targets on Grass River and Jean Lake with enhanced precision and greater confidence.”
The drill programme was supported, in part, by a $300,000 grant from the Manitoba Mining Development Fund (MMDF), a fund developed by the Manitoba government to support sustainable mineral development with emphasis on northern Manitoba.
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