In a pivotal advancement for its Dundas South Project, Lightning Minerals Ltd (ASX:L1M) has successfully finished infill soil sampling on two key tenements, E63/2000 and E63/1993.
The Dundas Project, near Norseman in Western Australia, encompasses eight tenements with a combined area of some 454 square kilometres.
Emerging critical minerals province
Norseman has a robust mining history and is increasingly becoming an emerging lithium and critical minerals province.
Lightning’s aim is to fine-tune future drilling targets with this geochemical program, which was completed within an 8-square-kilometre lithium soil anomaly featuring up to 218 parts per million (ppm) lithium.
A total of 1,265 samples were collected and have been sent for laboratory analysis, the outcomes of which are expected in six to eight weeks.
Concurrently, the company has received drill permitting and is in the planning stages for an upcoming aircore drilling exploration, targeting lithium-caesium-tantalum (LCT) pegmatites across the identified tenements.
Managing director Alex Biggs said: “Finalising the soil sampling on E63/2000 and E63/1993 is an important next step for exploration. The results will provide valuable information future exploration drilling, planning of which is already underway.
“It is important that we test our targets effectively and efficiently and define high-quality exploration opportunities across our tenements.
Confidence in the target area
“The proximity of tenements E63/2000 and E63/1993 to established lithium resources combined with the already excellent initial geochemistry results up to 218 ppm lithium provides confidence in our target area.
“The company is aggressively exploring multiple targets on our Australian projects and will be soon starting our initial phase one reconnaissance and sampling at our James Bay lithium projects in Canada.
“Creating optionality in our targets, coupled with our aggressive approach and experienced team, we feel we are creating the best environment for success.
“I look forward to keeping you all updated on our progress.”
The geochemical infill program follows on previous positive results that identified a broad, moderate to high tenor lithium-in-soil geochemical anomaly over a rough area of 3.5 kilometres by 2.4 kilometres.
This adds another layer of confidence to the Dundas Project, considering the proximity of the tenements to established lithium resources.
This recent development comes as Lightning Minerals also prepares for an initial phase one reconnaissance and sampling at its James Bay lithium projects in Canada, as part of its aggressive multi-target exploration strategy.
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