Junior explorer TG Metals (ASX:TG6) has extended a lithium soil anomaly through additional soil sampling work at the Burmeister lithium prospect within its wholly owned Lake Johnston Project in Western Australia.
The company says additional infill and soil sampling was conducted on a 200m-by-50m spacing and has grown the size of the anomaly to 4km in strike and 1.5km in width.
TG Metals reports results have also paved the way for better definition of potential pegmatite host structures observed within previous soil sampling.
As a result, TG Metals announces it will take on further soil sampling over the coming weeks to infill and test extensions to the eastern anomalies in the area, where 2 extensional lines of soil sampling to the east of the Western Ultramafic Unit (WUU) discovered lithium anomalies in the north and south.
The company adds it will also move forward with designing a drilling program following the completion of further soil sampling, subject to results.
TG Metals notes Aboriginal heritage surveys have been completed for the proposed lithium drilling, with a target flora and fauna survey scheduled to be completed this month (July 2023) subsequent to a program of works (PoW) being submitted for drilling.
Speaking on the lithium anomaly, TG Metals Chief Executive Officer David Selfe says: “In conjunction with preparing our first drilling programs on our combined nickel sulphide and nickel oxide targets, our lithium targets are shaping up nicely as well and add a third string to our Lake Johnston project bow.
“The lithium soil anomalies are large and extend into unexpected areas, indicative of a potentially large hardrock lithium system”
The lithium soil anomalies are large and extend into unexpected areas, indicative of a potentially large hardrock lithium system. With the drilling on these lithium targets expected to follow on directly after, or perhaps during, the nickel drilling programs, the company looks forward to generating drilling results for multiple commodities in the second half of 2023.”
TG Metals is an ASX-listed mineral explorer focused on exploring for nickel, gold, and lithium within its wholly owned Lake Johnston project in the stable jurisdiction of Western Australia.
The project is located south of the Maggie Hays-Emily Anne nickel sulphide mining centre owned by Poseidon Nickel (ASX:POS) and boasts proximity to current and past producing nickel mines, processing plants, and geochemical and geophysical targets for immediate exploration.
TG Metals had $4.4 million cash at hand on 31 March 2023, as stated in its latest quarterly report released on 28 April 2023.
Write to Adam Drought at Mining.com.au
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