North Arrow Minerals Inc. (TSXV: NAR) has confirmed at least four spodumene pegmatites at the company’s 100% owned LDG Property, Northwest Territories.
The pegmatites have been identified within 5km of the winter road connecting the Diavik diamond mine, 20km to the north, with the city of Yellowknife, and within 1km of an alternative winter road alignment used in the past.
Ken Armstrong, president, and CEO of North Arrow commented “In a very short period of time, North Arrow has confirmed a new spodumene pegmatite field within our wholly-owned LDG Project in the Northwest Territories.”
“Based on the size potential of these pegmatites, their location immediately adjacent to transportation infrastructure provided by the Lac de Gras winter road, and the fact that an exploration camp and drilling permit are already in place, we have refocused our 2023 drilling plans to test these discoveries starting in late August.”
The pegmatites remain open along strike and have been traced over estimated extents of 300m to >500m, based on interpreted continuity of low-relief outcrop exposures. Individual outcrops range from metre-scale to near continuous exposures over 200m in strike length.
Additionally, the pegmatites are interpreted to dip steeply at ~75-80 degrees with estimated widths ranging from 5m to 50m. Widths are poorly constrained by abundant overburden and rarely observed contacts with metasedimentary host rocks.
The mineralogy of the discoveries consists of plagioclase, potassium feldspar, quartz, spodumene, muscovite, and tourmaline. Spodumene is abundant in the pegmatites, locally reaching 15-20% of observed outcrops, in some cases with very coarse crystals up to 50cm in size.
North Arrow has submitted 51 channel and regional prospecting samples to ALS Global in Yellowknife, with results to be reported shortly.
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