Stelar Metals Ltd (ASX:SLB) has completed a successful reconnaissance sampling program over its newly acquired Trident Lithium Project near Broken Hill in NSW, strongly establishing the prospectivity of the tenure with rock chip and soil sample results of more than 5% and 1,756 parts per million (ppm) lithium respectively.
The samples were taken from the historical pegmatite mine at Trident in July with five of seven rock chips returning very high lithium results in excess of 5% lithium.
These results bode well for the potential of the 20-kilometre by 10-kilometre pegmatite system at Trident, as lithium mineralisation tends to form in zones.
The mineralisation at Trident shares strong similarities with amblygonite historically mined from pegmatites at the Finniss Lithium Project in the Northern Territory and the Groto Do Cirilo and Salinas Lithium Projects in Minas Gerais in Brazil, which are now world-class spodumene mining districts.
Building a pipeline of targets
Apart from rock chips from the historical mine at Trident, the company also collected 40 rock chip samples from the nearby Triumph, Sceptre, Lady Don, Esams No 1 and Esams No 2 prospects with assays still pending.
Stelar is also progressing soil samples at 10-metre spacing over Trident, with about 50% of planned samples collected.
SLB is mapping the other abundant pegmatites and historical lithium mines in the local area and will expand mapping over the large 20-kilometre by 10-kilometre pegmatite system over time.
The company has already completed independent Environmental, Cultural and Heritage Assessments in preparation for the inaugural drill program in the area around Trident, Sceptre, Lady Don, Triumph and Esams No 1 pegmatites, which Stelar will begin in the coming months, subject to approvals.
Trident area – soil sampling area (August 2023) showing known prospects, NSW Geological Survey mapped pegmatites.
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