Kairos Minerals confirms high-grade lithium and tantalum at Mt York

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Kairos Minerals (ASX: KAI) has received analytical results from an initial campaign of reconnaissance rock chip sampling recently undertaken at the company’s Mt York lithium-gold project.

The project is located in the emerging lithium-endowed Pilgangoora Region of Western Australia’s East Pilbara.

Kairos said the samples from its recent work had returned encouraging results of up to 2.22 per cent lithium oxide Li₂O and 0.44 per cent tantalum oxide Ta₂O₅.

The company has also checked historical mapping and drilling, which it said confirmed the presence of both outcropping and subsurface pegmatites throughout the project area.

The majority of pegmatite targets identified from radiometric and aeromagnetic data interpretation Kairos has reported previously have not been subject to drilling, however the company indicated these remain priority targets.

“The initial results from Mt York highlight the project’s immense lithium potential,” Kairos Minerals managing director Joshua Wellisch said in the company’s announcement to the Australian Securities Exchange.

“These results are extremely strong and demonstrate that Kairos’ strategy to pursue lithium exploration at Mt York has the potential.

“Intensive groundwork including mapping, rock chip and soil sampling continues to refine high-priority targets in preparation for imminent drilling.”

Website: www.kairosminerals.com.au