Canada’s Q2 Metals Corp. (TSX-V:QTWO) has mobilised its geology team and drilling contractors to start the inaugural exploration program at the Cisco Lithium Property, in the James Bay ‘lithium district’.
Youdin-Rouillier Drilling of the Eeyou Istchee Territory, James Bay, Québec is contracted to complete the diamond drilling with Dahrouge Geological Consulting of Edmonton, Alberta managing the program and property-wide geological exploration.
Q2 Metals will launch a detailed mapping and sampling program at Cisco, which will provide guidance on the extent of the lithium mineralisation at the initial target area.
The program will seek to identify other potential target areas on the “sizeable primary exploration trend”, which measures 21km in length.
The inaugural drill campaign will be focused on the 2023 discovery area. As the other target areas are assessed by the Q2 geology team, the spring 2024 drill campaign may expand outwards.
Company President and CEO Alicia Milne says with the arrival of Q2 Metals’ geology team at the camp, work at the Cisco Property will ramp up this week.
“Our team is motivated by the property vendors’ 2023 discovery and the massive scale of the project will keep us busy this summer,” Milne says.
The Cisco Property is comprised of 222 mineral claims and is 11,374 hectares in size. Located less than 10km east of the Billy Diamond Highway, the property is about 150km north of Matagami and the closest rail link to much of James Bay.
The property lies within the greater Nemaska traditional territory of the Eeyou Istchee Territory and is situated along the Frotet Evans Greenstone Belt, comprised of a volcanic package dominated by mafic to felsic metavolcanic rocks.
Cisco is located about 150km north of Matagami, which the company says has district scale potential with an already identified mineralised zone and a discovery drill result of 115.4m of 1.40% Li2O (hole CS-23-05), cumulatively in five separate pegmatites.
On 28 February 2024, the company announced it had signed an option agreement which gives it the exclusive right and option for the acquisition of a 100% interest in three groups of minerals claims, collectively known as the Cisco Property.
The transaction is expected to close in short order.
Q2 Metals is a Canadian mineral exploration company focused on unlocking its portfolio of lithium projects in the Eeyou Istchee James Bay region that includes its 100% owned Mia Lithium Property. In addition, Q2 Metals expects to add the Cisco Lithium Property to its property portfolio once the transaction closes.
Write to Adam Orlando at Mining.com.au
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