Grid Metals Corp (TSXV:GRDM) has unveiled its drilling plans for its Donner Lake Lithium Property, located in the in the Bird River Greenstone Belt of south-eastern Manitoba.
The first of two rigs to be utilised during the programme has commenced drilling at the Property. The drill programme will focus on resource delineation on two spodumene-bearing pegmatite dykes (Main and Northwest dykes) and initial exploration of several additional pegmatite targets. The property is a 75%/25% joint venture between Grid Metals Corp. and Lithium Royalty Corp.
Drill Programme Overview
Main Dyke. Resource delineation drilling has commenced at the Main Dyke, which is one of two well documented LCT- (lithium-cesium-tanatalum) type pegmatites on the Property. Previous drilling by Grid completed in 2018 at the Main Dyke consisted of 11 holes along a strike length of approximately 760 meters to an average depth of approximately 50 m. The 2018 drill results returned average grades of 1.5% LiO2 over an average true widths of approximately 3.0 m.
The current drill programme will initially cover the same along strike extent but will expand coverage to a vertical depth of 250 m. The programme is targeting an average pierce point spacing of 90 to enable an initial NI 43-101 compliant resource estimate for the near surface portion of the Main Dyke.
In addition, drilling will test for possible along strike extensions to both the southwest and northeast that, if confirmed, will be added to the resource delineation programme. Drilling is being carried out by Foraco International.
Northwest Dyke. Later in the programme, resource delineation drilling will also be completed at the Northwest Dyke where 15 exploration holes were drilled by Grid in the first quarter of 2022. The 15 drill holes cover a strike length of 500 m and returned intersection depths of <100 to >250 m. The results of that programme showed that the near surface part of the Northwest Dyke has an average true thickness of ~ 4.0 m and an average grade of 1.3% LiO2. The Northwest Dyke remains open along strike in both directions and to depth.
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