Burley Minerals (ASX:BUR) has started its latest drilling program at the Chubb Lithium Project in Quebec in Canada.
This latest program is expected to comprise 3,000m to 4000m of diamond drilling, logging, core cutting, and sampling for assay.
The Ambient Noise Tomography (ANT) geophysics survey that started at the beginning of August was also completed last week. Data from the ANT survey is currently being assessed with the information to be used to target extensions of the known pegmatite dykes and identify parallel dykes to the east of the mineralised zone.
Burley’s maiden diamond drilling program commenced in April 2023 and culminated with the completion of 14 holes for 2,789m prior to the wildfires and machinery operation bans. Drilling restarted in early July once machinery bans were lifted.
Just under 5,200 m of diamond drilling, in total, was completed by late July.
The company says thick lithium-bearing spodumene-pegmatites were intersected consistently in the holes drilled into the Main Dyke, with widths between 4m 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.
Addressing the drilling campaign, Burley Minerals Managing Director and CEO Stewart McCallion says: “Our geologists, drilling contractor and core shed operators responded rapidly and efficiently to complete the drilling and implement the ANT geophysics survey. They worked diligently to complete 2 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.”
The Chubb Lithium Project is located 25 km north of the mining community of Val d’Or in the heart of the world-class lithium province of Quebec, Canada with a total area of 1,509 hectares. The Chubb Project is centred within the Manneville Deformation Corridor, which hosts Canada’s only operating lithium mine, the North America Lithium Operation (NAL).
Burley Minerals is a Perth-based minerals explorer with lithium and iron ore projects located within the tier-one provinces of Canada and Western Australia. Burley acquired 100% ownership of the Chubb Lithium Project and the Mt James and Dragon Lithium projects in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia in February 2023.
Write to Adam Orlando at Mining.com.au
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