Nova Minerals Limited’s (ASX: NVA, OTC: NVAAF, FSE: QM3) advises 37% owned Snow Lake Resources Ltd, has confirmed an update on the current drilling campaign at the Snow Lake Lithium project in Northern Manitoba.
Highlights:
• Snow Lake intercepts high grade lithium in four separate pegmatite dykes
• Drilling Results continue to validate resource expansion across the property
• Lithium intercepts confirm growth at near surface SG & Grass River
• Drilling campaign continuing to execute against previously stated objective
Best Results:
• SGP = 1.84% Li2O over 6.32 meters (GRP-003)
• TBL = 1.36% Li2O over 17.97 meters 429.50 meters down hole (TBL-035)
• BYP = 1.50% Li2O over 7.00 meters (BYP-001)
Snow Lake’s project now contains four identified dykes with high grade lithium intercepts above 1% Li2O with the TBL and GRP continuing to return positive results.
In addition, the Snow Lake is happy to report intercepts on the SGP and BYP dykes.
Both the SGP and BYP dykes were located and sampled during last fall’s prospecting campaign (Dec 06, 2021- Snow Lake Resources Ltd. Samples Up To 6.97 WT% Li2O from its Manitoba Project). Of note are the deep and wide intersections of TBL-035 seen at 429.50 m at depth. This could indicate that this pegmatite system may continue much deeper on the project than initially anticipated.
Future drilling will test the possible depth extensions of the TBL dyke. GRP/SGP Dykes Geology of the GRP and SGP dyke and host rocks -The GRP dykes crosscut plutonic intrusive rocks of Monzonite composition, exhibiting medium to coarse grained Plagioclase crystals within a fine to medium grained mafic groundmass.
Albitic to potassic feldspars occur frequently within the rock. The groundmass consists of amphiboles and occasional biotite. Garnet has been observed in small clusters within rare melanocratic groundmass.
The Monzite has been subject to considerable seracitic and hematitic alteration, often resulting in destruction of the original plutonic minerals and gives the rock a “bleached” appearance. Small quartz and granitic Aplite dykes are common.
The GRP pegmatite dykes appear to strike 110° and dip about 60-65o SSW. The mineralogy of the dykes is typical for lithium bearing pegmatite dykes, and consists of potassic feldspars, quartz, muscovite and to a lesser extent biotite, tourmaline and rare garnets and very rare beryl.
The lithium bearing mineral is spodumene, which varies considerably in both grain size and distribution within the dykes. Spodumene crystals can vary in size from 1 cm to over 10+ cm in size. The GRP dykes often exhibit very large spodumene crystals, often ranging in size from 10-15 cm long, and in the case of GRP-003, larger than the NQ core dimensions.
The distribution of the crystals within the dyke intersections is sporadic, with some sections containing up to 25 to 30 percent Spodumene, and other sections that are Spodumene poor to barren, suggesting multiple pulses of fluids and crystal mush from the parent granitic magma. The mineralogy and mineral zonation of the dyke(s) will be the subject of further study in the coming months.
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