Scotia Metals (CSE:SMET) has commenced its maiden diamond drilling program at the Green Wolf target within the Acadia Lithium Project in Nova Scotia, Canada.
The campaign comprises six diamond drill holes totalling about 1,000m across three drill pads. The program is designed to test the geological interpretation developed from surface mapping, boulder sampling, topographic analysis, and ground radiometric surveying.
Drilling began two months ahead of schedule after the company previously flagged an early-2027 start.
Green Wolf is a northeast–southwest-trending ridge at the up-ice end of the Spodumene Ridge boulder cluster. Considered a ‘high-grade’ boulder field, it contains five identified spodumene-bearing pegmatite boulder trains across an area measuring approximately 3km by 1km.
Scotia Metals notes that the targeted ridge has a similar orientation and approximate width to the North Dyke at the nearby Brazil Lake pegmatite deposit, the only known spodumene deposit in the region.
Historical samples at Green Wolf delivered grades of up to 3.40% lithium oxide (Li2O). Recent channel sampling of 38 boulders within the Spodumene Ridge cluster returned 20 samples grading above 1% Li2O, including three above 2% Li2O. The highest result was 2.72% Li2O.
CEO Rodrigo Roso notes that the first target “arrived early”.
“We said in September that drilling would follow the targets, not the calendar,” he reveals.
“Everything we have done at Green Wolf since August […] has pointed at the same cluster, so we moved the rig in rather than [waiting] for January.
“Six holes will tell us whether the high-grade spodumene sitting on surface has a source in bedrock on our licences.”
Scotia intends to release visual core observations as drilling progresses and assay results are received, with full results and details of new targets expected in Q1 2027.
Scotia Metals is a mineral explorer focused on acquiring and advancing lithium and battery metal projects.
Write to Paula Fabe at Mining.com.au
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