Burley Minerals Commences Drilling at Chubb North in Canada

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Burley Minerals (ASX: BUR) has commenced drilling at the company’s Chubb lithium project, north of Val d’Or, Québec in Canada.

Burley Minerals’ drilling at the Chubb North prospect comes after analysis of mapping and field pXRF mineral geochemistry conducted in August that revealed outcropping pegmatites extend over an area of more than 200 hectares at the northern end of the Chubb lithium project.

Burley identified six targets and gained subsequent approvals to allow drilling.

The company explained the preliminary drilling program is designed to develop an understanding of the pegmatites’ structures while confirming pathfinder and spodumene mineralisation.

Burley also utilised Ambient Noise Tomography (ANT) geophysics surveys that located sub-surface structural targets which may represent buried pegmatites to the northeast and south of the Chubb Central mineralised zone.

“Burley’s exploration team are excited about the prospect of additional spodumene mineralisation at previously undrilled Chubb North prospect,” Burley Minerals managing director and CEO Stewart McCallion said in the company’s ASX announcement.

“Following analysis of the geochemistry and mapping over the sizeable pegmatite outcrop, the Burley team in Val d’Or, Québec expedited the initial drilling permits and now the diamond drilling rig is in place and making good progress.

“I am looking forward to seeing the results.

“After completing more than 7,800 metres of infill and extension drilling at Chubb Central since April of this year, we will take this opportunity to review the data and logs, together with the results of the ANT geophysics survey to determine targets aiming at further expansion of the known spodumene mineralised zone.

“We are very encouraged about the new targets which have opened a large, undrilled areas at Chubb North and at Chubb Central.

“Our team continues to successfully progress this highly prospective project, in the Tier 1 lithium province of Québec, Canada.

“As we have moved into Chubb North, this will be only the third of the 35 claims we have drilled at the Chubb lithium project, located in close proximity to Quebec’s major mining community, Val d’Or.”

 

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