Loyal Lithium Limited (ASX:LLI) has confirmed that historical high resolution satellite data correlates with known mapped pegmatites at its wholly owned Trieste Lithium Project in Quebec Canada.
The company said this confirms the data can be used as an efficient and cost-effective tool to refine field programme targets at the Trieste Lithium Project.
Loyal Lithium has subsequently engaged Geospatial Intelligence Ltd to conduct more complex derivations of satellite borne data across the Trieste Lithium Project to streamline its method of refining targets for the inaugural field program in the Canadian spring 2023.
The wholly owned Trieste Lithium Project is a large-scale lithium Project located 14km east of Winsome Resources’ Adina Lithium Project drill hole that recently recorded a significant Lithium mineralised intercept of 1.34% over 107.6m. Loyal Lithium acquired the Trieste Lithium Project in October 2022 – prior to the recent drill campaign results at the Adina Lithium Project.
Loyal Lithium is the largest land holder within the highly prospective Trieste Greenstone Belt. The Trieste Lithium Project covers 251 sq. km, which is 8.6 times larger than the Adina Lithium Project. The project area includes a 39 km long contact zone in the Trieste Greenstone Belt with a significant amount of historical data. Although the Project hasn’t ever previously been explored for lithium, it does contain an anomalous historical lithium assay site (180ppm Li).
The Trieste Lithium Project has 153 logged pegmatite outcrop observations, 35 of which are the same classification as those identified at the Adina Lithium Project. This is a notable 11 times more ‘A Type’ Pegmatites observations than Adina. The historical data also includes 118 ‘G Type’ mapped Pegmatite observations. Both ‘A Type’ & ‘G Type’ are prospective for lithium.
Geospatial Intelligence Ltd were commissioned to conduct a trial using high resolution historical satellite data (multi/hyper-spectral) to assess the level of correlation with the historically mapped pegmatites. The trial zone is a multi-spectral small-scale example, with more detailed, accurate large- scale images to be produced.
The Trieste Lithium Project has never been explored for lithium, however based on historical data 14 initial target areas have been generated for high priority field investigation. The successful deployment of a total coverage satellite imagery program could alter the focus areas as the eastern extension of the greenstone, which has had little to no historical work but remains highly prospective for lithium.
For this specific Trial Satellite Imagery Zone, the ‘A-Type’ mapped pegmatite is located on an escarpment with a watercourse to the southeast. This is typical of a resistive pegmatite on the boundary between intrusive and sedimentary rock types. Faulting can create escarpments as it moves pieces of earth around, and faults are where pegmatites intrude, hence priority sampling and examination will be undertaken along the edge of this northwest facing scarp (with a northeast strike).
With the aid of Satellite imagery data, targets can be prioritised with detailed work plans created in advance of the inaugural field program in the Canadian spring 2023.
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