Patriot Battery Metals Inc. (TSXV: PMET) (ASX: PMT) has extended the CV5 spodumene pegmatite westwardly by 550m with 2023 winter drill programme recently completed at its wholly owned Corvette Property in the James Bay region of Quebec.
The winter phase of the 2023 drill campaign was focused on the CV5 Pegmatite, located approximately 13.5km south of the regional and all-weather Trans-Taiga Road and powerline infrastructure.
“Our winter drill programme at the CV5 Pegmatite has been a remarkable success,” President and CEO, Blair Way, said.
“We have extended the spodumene mineralized pegmatite an additional 1.5km over the course of the program for a current continuous strike length, which remains open at both ends, of 3.7km.
“We are now undergoing final preparation for our summer-fall surface and drill exploration programs as we await final core sample assays from the recent drilling and move closer to an initial mineral resource estimate at CV5.”
The 2023 winter drill programme recently concluded with a total of 89 drill holes and 32,367m completed – drill holes CV23-105 through 190.
This drilling focused on step-out and infill drilling at the CV5 Pegmatite (NQ core size); however, also included fifteen (15) holes (2,311 m) to support hydrogeological modelling of the envisioned pit area at CV5 as well as three (3) holes (615 m) at the site of the pending camp at KM270 of the Trans-Taiga Road (NQ and HQ core size).
The company is in the advanced stages of validation and refinement of the geological model for the CV5 Pegmatite, which will include all drilling completed to date.
The 2023 drill campaign is currently paused due to spring break-up and to accommodate the regional four-week goose harvesting season when the Cree Nation requests the helicopters stop flying.
The company’s summer-fall drill exploration is scheduled to re-commence in late May at the CV5 and CV13 pegmatites and is planned to include both infill and step-out holes in addition to hydrogeological and geotechnical holes.
The summer-fall surface programme is scheduled to begin in early June and continue through late September. The planned field work includes further detailed mapping (including structural) at the CV pegmatite clusters, channel sampling of spodumene-bearing outcrops, as well as prospecting and rock sampling over areas of the Property that remain to be evaluated for lithium pegmatite.
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