Azure Minerals Scores High-Grade Lithium at Andover
THE DRILL SERGEANT: Azure Minerals (ASX: AZS) reported further high-grade lithium assay results from the pegmatite exploration program currently underway on the company’s Andover project in the West Pilbara region of Western Australia.
Assay results from an additional 60 whole rock geochemical samples have been received with many returning high-grades of lithium hosted in spodumene, including:
APRK00037 3.32 per cent lithium dioxide (Li2O);
APRK00046 2.65 per cent Li2O;
APRK00050 1.31 per cent Li2O;
APRK00051 1.19 per cent Li2O;
APRK00049 1.13 per cent Li2O; and
APRK00086 1.13 per cent Li2.
“It’s pleasing to report that our lithium-focused exploration program at Andover continues to deliver very significant results,” Azure Minerals managing director Tony Rovira said in the company’s ASX announcement.
“The latest batch of assays returned high grades of lithium up to 3.32 per cent Li2O, which is the highest lithium grade reported to date.
“Encouragingly, our geological mapping is identifying the presence of the preferred lithium-bearing mineral, spodumene, in many of the outcropping pegmatites.
“We’re planning for the first drilling program to target the pegmatites and will commence as soon as we have received the necessary approvals.
“The lithium exploration continues in parallel with our nickel-copper-cobalt exploration where drilling is currently in progress on the Seaview and Pipeline prospects.”
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