Voltaic Strategic Resources (ASX:VSR) has received program of work (PoW) approval to begin its maiden drilling program at the Andrada Prospect, located within the Ti Tree Project in Western Australia.
Following the collection of several hundred rock chips across multiple target areas, Voltaic has identified over 30 drill targets that show ‘favourable’ lithium-caesium-tantalum (LCT) geochemistry.
The program is planned at 4 areas of ‘high’ priority geochemical anomalism, where multiple pegmatites have been mapped at surface and will comprise 1,250m of reverse circulation (RC) drilling.
Voltaic states this sub-surface exploration program is the first to target lithium within the Ti Tree Project and notes the campaign is scheduled to begin imminently, with logistics and access currently underway.
The aim of the program is to expand the known surface footprint of LCT mineralisation at shallow depths and to uncover potential mineralisation down-plunge and along strike.
Commenting on the projects’ drill campaign, Voltaic Strategic Resources Chief Executive Michael Walshe said: “The pegmatites at all prospects display evidence of being highly fractionated and zoned with abundant tourmaline alteration, similar to those at Yinnietharra, and with significant LCT and associated pathfinder element anomalism.
We will maintain our activities over the coming months to continue to vector towards the most promising areas. Geophysical and remote sensing surveys will soon commence to generate additional targets and provide detailed structural data on the pegmatites.
Additionally, we will be one of the first in the region to trial a surface gravity survey as a means for differentiating pegmatites from country rock. This method has shown to be highly effective for LCT exploration in other regions with similar geology.”
Voltaic states the program will provide ‘significant’ geological details to guide future drilling activities towards ‘higher’ calibre target areas and should enhance understanding of the regional pegmatite systems.
The Andrada prospect is one of three regional targets identified to date, and the pegmatites at all prospects display evidence of being highly fractionated and zoned with abundant tourmaline alteration, similar to those at Yinnietharra.
The Ti Tree Project has never been systematically explored for lithium, providing Voltaic with an ‘outstanding’ opportunity to make a greenfields discovery in a region that has become a critical minerals exploration hotspot.
Voltaic Strategic Resources is an exploration company, focused on its critical metals portfolio led by lithium, rare earth elements, base metals, and gold across Western Australia and Nevada, U.S.
