Q2 Metals (TSX-V:QTWO) has intersected nearly 200m of spodumene pegmatite in one hole at its Cisco Lithium Project in Québec, Canada.
All four holes drilled at the project, which sits in the Eeyou Istchee James Bay region, intercepted pegmatites with visual indications of spodumene mineralisation evident.
Drill hole CS24-010 intersected five spodumene-mineralised intervals that were greater than 10m wide.
The total width of all intervals in the hole is 194.8m, with the widest individual interval measuring 86.6m.
Drill hole CS24-007 intersected 11 individual spodumene pegmatites over a width of 100.1m, while drill hole CS24-009 encountered five spodumene pegmatite intervals, for a cumulative width of 117.1m.
Neil McCallum, Vice President of Exploration, says these first few holes completed have “far exceeded” expectations.
“The spodumene pegmatite intervals are continuing down dip around the previously drilled holes, and our most recent hole (CS24-010) testing the strike extension of the CO1 zone has encountered a very wide mineralised zone,” he says.
“The outcrop mapping and sampling of the region has indicated that the Cisco property has significant potential.
“The possibility that several of these occurrences are linked at depth is a very significant and very real possibility that we plan to test as the field season continues.”
The CO1 zone now extends for 300m both in outcrop and with drilling.
Q2 is planning to undertake additional drilling to test the continuation of the mineralisation at CO1 at depth and through to the CO3 Zone.
The CO3 Zone is located about 300 to 400m to the southwest, which Q2 says suggests that the mineralisation could extend at least 750m.
Meanwhile, mapping and sampling as uncovered eight new spodumene pegmatite occurrences.
Q2 says 15 individual outcropping zones have now been uncovered across an area spanning 1.1km by 1.7km.
The mapping and sampling program is aimed at providing guidance on the extent of the lithium mineralisation at Cisco.
CEO Alicia Milne says Q2 added the Cisco property to its stable because of the “district-scale potential”.
“We are extremely pleased with the early results of our initial exploration work and the results have validated our belief,” she says.
The spring drilling program is continuing.
Just last week, Q2 exercised the options it held to acquire the Broadback, Cisco, and Ouagama claim blocks within the Cisco property.
Write to Angela East at Mining.com.au
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