Critical minerals explorer Stelar Metals Limited (ASX: SLB) has received high grade lithium assay results from its first reconnaissance rock-chip sampling at the company’s newly acquired Trident Lithium Project located near Broken Hill in New South Wales.
The Trident Lithium Project extends over the 20km strike length of the Euriowie Tin Pegmatite Field that is prospective for hard-rock lithium mineralization. Mapped LCT-type pegmatites vary in size but have been reported to be up to 100m wide and over 1km in length and have historically been mined for lithium and tin, which highlights both the fertility and large scale of the lithium-rich pegmatite system at Trident.
Intertek Laboratory has completed analysing the reconnaissance rock-chip samples that were collected from historic pegmatite mines at Trident in July. Five of the seven samples collected at the Trident pegmatite mine returned very high lithium grades (> 5% Li2O) which confirmed the observed presence of lithium mineralization as amblygonite at surface. Lithium mineralization as amblygonite at surface is interpreted as a strong indicator of lithium fertility for spodumene and other lithium minerals within the large 20km x 10km pegmatite system at Trident because lithium mineralization in pegmatite systems is zoned.
For example, amblygonite was mined historically from lithium pegmatites at the Finniss Lithium Project (ASX: CXO) in the NT and also from the Groto Do Cirilo (NASDAQ: SGML) and Salinas Lithium Projects (ASX: LRS) in Minas Gerais in Brazil, which are now world-class spodumene mining districts.
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