QX Resources Limited (ASX: QXR) has received final assay results from its RC drilling programme at the company’s wholly-owned Turner River hard rock lithium project.
The project is located 15km southeast of Mineral Resources’ Wodgina lithium mine, located within the Pilbara lithium province of Western Australia.
QX Resources managing director, Steve Promnitz said, ”We remain very confident in Turner River’s potential based on the results of the initial sampling and our plan is to now undertake more systematic and comprehensive exploration across the project, at greater depth and in new areas of interest.”
The initial drilling programme of 12 holes was followed by a 10-hole RC drilling programme based on high surface lithium grades recovered from 5-15kg sample blocks of lithium rich micas, together with pegmatites at surface and in drillholes.
Key results included 1m @0.38% Li2O (from 4m depth in hole 22QXRC007) within 3m @0.26% Li2O, and 4m @1,693ppm Total Rare Earth Oxide (TREO) (from 18m in hole 22QXRC007) including 1m @369ppm Nd203.
A planned exploration programme which includes high resolution airborne geophysics with much more extensive trenching is now planned to define further drill targets, together with securing access to other pegmatites at Turner River and in the nearby Split Rock leases.
Sampling will be extended in the area as large high-grade lithium micas outcrop near the drilling area.
”At 84km2 , Turner River has lots of potential and is still vastly underexplored. Split Rock is also a focus for us, and we are now planning access so we can kick off exploration here also. We are very committed to our WA lithium assets and expect a more active programme and regular updates accordingly.” Said Mr. Promnitz.
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