Oceana Lithium Limited (ASX: OCN) has completed the first phase of field exploration work at the Monaro Lithium Project in James Bay, Québec. Oceana has an option to acquire a 100% interest in the Monaro project, which comprises 207 mineral claims covering an area of 104km2 along the western portion of the Duhesme Lake metavolcanic-sedimentary greenstone belt that can be traced about 40km along strike and 4-5km across.
Québec-based contractor Explo-Logik conducted a helicopter supported field programme over the project area, under the supervision of Oceana’s senior exploration manager James Abson. The field programme consisted of pegmatite outcrop mapping, sampling with onsite XRF analyses for key LCT pegmatite pathfinder elements, the determination of K/Rb ratios, and pegmatite boulder prospecting. A high-resolution LiDAR survey was flown during the field season and identified 13 additional targets, which were then confirmed by field inspection.
A total of 152 samples of white mica and feldspars were collected from pegmatite outcrops and a further 23 samples from pegmatite boulders were analyzed by XRF to obtain K/Rb ratios. A total of 175 rock samples (including cut channel samples) collected have been sent to the ALS lab in Val-d’Or, Québec for whole-rock analysis. Some of these samples will also be used for petrographic analysis.
The company has stated that Monaro’s geology containing both amphibolites and wacke para-gneiss fits well within the current LCT pegmatite spodumene-bearing targeting model for the James Bay area.
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