Future Battery Minerals Encounters Thick Kangaroo Hills Spodumene Intersections
THE DRILL SERGEANT: Future Battery Minerals (ASX: FBM) released diamond drilling (DD) results from the Kangaroo Hills lithium project (KHLP) in Western Australia (FBM 80%, Lodestar Minerals Ltd 20%).
Future Battery Minerals reported the drilling of five near-vertical shallow holes, which was undertaken to infill previous RC drilling and provide core sample of lithium pegmatite, intersected further near surface, multiple thick spodumene bearing pegmatite intersections in widths of up to 23.8 metres.
At time of announcement DD program assays were still pending.
The company said the diamond core samples will be used in early stage metallurgical and mineralogical test work and to provide structural information while noting the five drill holes all intercepted the target pegmatite.
“Given the early exploration success at Kangaroo Hills, FBM moved quickly to diamond drilling in order to understand the potential of this significant discovery,” Future Battery Minerals technical director Robin Cox said in the company’ ASX announcement.
“The DD core samples give our geological team the ability to observe the pegmatite mineralisation with a level of detail not possible in RC drill chips and allows for the accurate logging of the lithium mineral spodumene, which has been identified as the dominant lithium mineral in fresh rock.
“Ultimately, the core will be utilised in early-stage metallurgical test work along with ongoing detailed mineralogical assessments.
“This significant phase of work is being conducted while the company awaits the return of assays from the remaining 23 drill holes from the Phase 2 RC program and finalises the new Phase 3 RC drilling program along with regional target generative geophysics.”
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