American Salars Lithium (CSE:USLI) has begun a phase-two lithium and rare earth sampling program at the Jaguaribe Project in Northern Brazil.
The initial phase-one program revealed multiple long and wide pegmatite dykes that measure up to 30m in width and up to 300m in length that are largely unexplored.
American Salars has secured field crews, a Brazil-focused senior geologist and lithium specialist to oversee a more extensive phase-two work program to map new pegmatite outcrops. The company will also sample new and known areas of mineralisation.
Sampling and exploration crews have also been assembled and are working alongside local Brazil-based geological consultants to help plan a follow-up drilling program to test priority targets.
CEO Nick Horsley says the program will build on the lithium and rare earth discoveries from phase one.
“Brazil is a global hub for hard rock lithium production, and our Jaguaribe Project, located in a well-known pegmatite district, has already yielded high-grade lithium samples and significant rare earth values,” Horsley says.
“This next phase will focus on identifying and sampling additional pegmatites to further delineate the scale and quality of this critical mineral-rich region.”
American Salars says the Jaguaribe Project hosts “multiple extensive” lithium and rare earth bearing pegmatite dykes that have returned grades of between 1.58% and 3.72% lithium oxide in phase one.
The phase-one program also yielded 554.5 parts per million (ppm) cesium, 135ppm tantalum and 177ppm niobium, along with high values of over 10,000ppm rubidium, 675ppm tin and 387ppm zinc in one sample.
American Salars is an explorer focused on discoveries and developing battery metals projects to meet the demands of the advancing electric vehicle market.
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