Pinnacle Minerals (ASX:PIM) has officially kicked off its 2024 exploration program at the Adina East Lithium Project in Québec, Canada.
The company began exploration work with a light detection and ranging (LiDAR) survey of the entire project area. The survey results are expected to optimise follow-up exploration.
High resolution orthophotos taken simultaneously with the LiDAR readings will be draped over a digital elevation model. Pinnacle says this will enable identifying potential pegmatite outcrops.
Managing Director Nic Matich says, so far, the team has kept to the scheduled timeline for Pinnacle’s 2024 exploration plan.
“The LiDAR and orthophoto survey will serve to optimise the identification of potential pegmatite outcrops,” he says.
“The benefit of undertaking this program is a reduction in exploration capital required to further progress the project.”
Once the LiDAR results are returned, Pinnacle will begin field mapping and rock chip sampling in the third quarter of 2024 at Adina East. Upon completion, the company will undertake trenching and diamond drilling of lithium targets identified within the project. This work is scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter.
The Adina East Project sits in the James Bay region of Québec, Canada, and is considered prospective for lithium.
Pinnacle Minerals is a mineral explorer focused on its portfolio of battery and technology metal projects in Canada, Western Australia, and South Australia.
Write to Aaliyah Rogan at Mining.com.au
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