Kingfisher (LON:KGF) Mining Ltd (ASX:KFM) has fielded pleasing results from a soil geochemistry survey at its Chalby Chalby lithium project in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia.
Broad lithium across large area
Broad lithium anomalies have been spotted from first pass, widely spaced soil geochemistry at the project. The lithium anomalies now extend over 1600 metres in length and 800 metres in width and are associated with pegmatites that yielded rock chip results of up to 0.61% Li2O.
Additional pegmatites have also been mapped with results grading up to 0.22% Li2O.
This extends the strike length of the mapped pegmatites to more than 13 kilometres, and highlights the lithium fertility of the area.
On-ground work is now focused on mapping further pegmatites in the central and eastern anomalies.
Kingfisher executive director and CEO James Farrell said: “The Chalby Chalby soil geochemistry program has revealed exciting broad areas of anomalous lithium associated with our mapped pegmatites as well as new areas where there is potential to further extend the pegmatite targets.
“We are currently on-ground mapping these additional areas as we continue advancing our pegmatite discovery work ahead of the maiden drilling program.”
Other finds in the region
Recent exploration by Delta Lithium Ltd (ASX:DLI) has backed up the potential of the Gascoyne Thirty Three Suite Pegmatites to host economically viable lithium mineralisation.
Significant and high grade spodumene-bearing mineralisation has been reported from Delta Lithium’s Yinnetharra Project, some 40 kilometres northeast of Chalby Chalby.
Recent exploration results from Yinnetharra include drill results of 33 metres at 1.9% Li2O from the Malinda prospect and rock chips results from Jamesons prospect that include 4.2% Li2O.
In addition, Minerals 260 Ltd (ASX:MI6) has defined a 5-kilometre-long continuous lithium trend at Pyramid Hill, which is immediately along strike from Chalby Chalby.
The mapping of pegmatites highlights a pegmatite target zone which extends more than 22 kilometres around a large granite intrusion of the Durlacher Suite.
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