Burley Minerals (ASX: BUR) managing director and CEO Stewart Mc Callion presents at The Resources Roadhouse Steak Sandwich Showdown in Kalgoorlie.
Burley Minerals Intercepts Additional Spodumene Bearing Dykes at Chubb
THE DRILL SERGEANT: Burley Minerals (ASX: BUR) will be up for a chat at the RIU Explorers Conference next week after receiving new assay data from drilling at the company’s 100 per cent-owned Chubb lithium project in Quebec, Canada.
Prior to receiving the assay results, Burley had provisionally identified intersections of spodumene from drill logs and core photos from recently discovered pegmatite dykes to the East and West of Chubb’s Main Dyke.
The company has now interpreted these to be “members of a parallel ‘stacked dyke’ system”.
Spodumene being pegmatite was intersected in holes CLP-057 and CLP-058 drilled at the newly identified Eastern Dyke.
Hole CLP-065 intersected 6.1 metres at 1.2 per cent lithium oxide (Li20) and 6.1m at 1 per cent Li20, in the southernmost hole in Western Dyke, suggesting that spodumene mineralisation is broadening and is still open.
Holes CLP-063 and CLP-066, the southernmost holes in the Main Dyke, intersected 2.6m at 1.2 per cent Li20 and 11m at 1.7 per cent Li20, confirming that spodumene mineralisation exceeds a strike length of 600m, and is still open at depth.
“We are thrilled to discover additional spodumene-bearing pegmatite dykes within the Chubb Central Mineralised Zone,” Burley Minerals managing director and CEO Stewart McCallion said in the company’s ASX announcement.
“As our exploration program advances, more mineralised dykes have been identified and the extent of mineralisation has grown materially since drilling commenced in April 2023.
“We are also very pleased that the assay results from CLP-063 have confirmed the presence of the caesium bearing mineral pollucite in the Main Dyke, indicating an extremely evolved LCT pegmatite system, and which has the potential to add significant value to the project.”
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THE DRILL SERGEANT: Burley Minerals (ASX: BUR) announced an encounter with a large stacked LCT pegmatite system at the company’s Chubb North prospect in Québec, Canada.
Burley Minerals completed drilling its first four diamond holes into the Chubb North prospect the resulted in identification of two large LCT pegmatite targets.
The company also received diamond core assay results from the Chubb Central prospect that have extended the known strike length of spodumene mineralisation, while confirming continuity and consistency of the mineralised zone.
This mineralised zone remains open to the north and south, and at depth.
The company has interpreted these pegmatite intersections to indicate parallel repetitions, both west and east of the main dyke, supporting further exploration drilling.
“Excitement is building following examination of the initial four diamond holes drilled into the newly identified LCT pegmatite target at Chubb North,” Burley Minerals managing director and CEO Stewart McCallion said in the company’s ASX announcement.
“All four holes encountered pegmatite zones greater than 30m wide with combined widths of up to 182m, and with the largest pegmatite outcrop exceeding 500m of strike length.
“Importantly the pXRF and LIBS geochemical results suggest very positive indications of lithium fertility in this recently recognised, large, untested system and we are looking forward to getting more holes in the ground as soon as possible.”
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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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THE DRILL SERGEANT: Burley Minerals (ASX: BUR) announced commencement of an initial metallurgical test work program for the company’s Chubb lithium project in Québec, Canada.
Burley Minerals explained the purpose of the program is to gather indications of spodumene recovery and spodumene beneficiation through typical spodumene processing circuits.
Two samples of diamond drill core from Burley’s maiden diamond drilling program commenced in April 2023, were composited for this metallurgical test work program and shipped to SGS Laboratories in Québec.
The company anticipates the tests to take up to four months to complete.
“Burley has core from the historic drilling program and also from the early part of our maiden drilling program at Chubb, so we have the luxury of an abundance of core samples for metallurgical test work,” Burley Minerals managing director and CEO Stewart McCallion said in the company’s ASX announcement.
“It is great that we can get this work underway at such an early stage of exploration.
“The results of this metallurgical test work will give us a preliminary indication of spodumene recovery and ore upgradability, as we continue to expand and define the mineralised zones at the Chubb lithium project.
“I am very pleased with the work completed so far this year and I look forward to progressing this highly prospective project.”
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THE DRILL SERGEANT: Burley Minerals (ASX: BUR) is back on the ground having recommenced diamond drilling at the company’s Chubb lithium project in Québec, Canada.
The recommencement of drilling activities follows completion of an Ambient Noise Tomography (ANT) geophysics survey the company had commenced at the beginning of August.
Data from the ANT survey is now being assessed with information to be used to target extensions of known pegmatite dykes and to identify parallel dykes to the east of the mineralised zone.
Burley had commenced its maiden diamond drilling program in April 2023 and had things well underway until wildfires resulted in machinery operation bans.
Drilling recommenced in early July once machinery bans were lifted allowing just under 5,200 metres of diamond drilling to encounter thick lithium-bearing spodumene-pegmatites in holes drilled into the Main Dyke, with widths between 4 to 13m down hole intersected and confirming strong continuity both along strike and at depth.
The assay results from the drilling program completed during July are expected during September.
“Our geologists, drilling contractor and core shed operators responded rapidly and efficiently to complete the drilling and implement the ANT geophysics survey,” Burley Minerals managing director and CEO Stewart McCallion said in the company’s ASX announcement.
“They worked diligently to complete two ANT surveys covering the known Chubb mineralised zone, strike extensions and over the eastern parallel target zone.
“The geophysics survey equipment was pulled from the field last week, and the drill rig was mobilised and has set up on the first hole of the latest 3,000 to 4,000m program.
“It is exciting the team continues to grow and define the spodumene mineralisation in these highly prospective mineral claims, having only completed the acquisition of the Chubb lithium project in February this year in the in the Tier 1 lithium province of Québec, Canada.”
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