Frontier Drills 405 Metres of 1.5% Li2O from Phase X Drilling at Spark
FRONTIER DRILLS 405 METRES OF 1.5% Li2O
FROM PHASE X DRILLING AT SPARK
SUDBURY, ON
,
Feb. 16, 2022
/CNW/ - Frontier Lithium Inc. (TSXV: FL) (OTCQX: LITOF)
("Frontier" or "the Company") is pleased to announce the results of the three remaining drill holes
and supplemental channels completed during the Phase X drill program on the Spark pegmatite, the
second delineated premium spodumene-bearing lithium deposit on the PAK Lithium Project.
Highlights:
Hole PL-050-21 tested depth and width of the main body of the Spark pegmatite,
included a total of
405m
of mineralized pegmatite averaging 1.5% Li
2
O;
Apparent width of
143m
to a vertical depth extent of at least
392m
;
Hole PL-051-21 intersected a total of
264m
of pegmatite averaging 1.6% Li
2
O;
Included a
60m
section from
216m
to
276m
averaging 2.5% Li
2
O
"We are extremely pleased with these results as they confirm continuity in quality and grade of the
Spark deposit and they continue to increase the size of the resource," states
Garth Drever
, V.P.
Exploration and added "With the grade-thickness persisting at depth, the Spark deposit contains
significant potential for growth."
The objectives for the Phase X drill program in September-
October 2021
were to complete drill
targets considered vital for completing a Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS). Figure 1 is a location map
showing the project area including Frontier's land tenure, geology, and location of the three
pegmatites, PAK, Bolt and Spark while Figure 2 is a plan map of the Spark pegmatite with drill hole
traces highlighting the last three holes and two channels being reported. Table 1 details the
mineralized intersections in holes PL-050-21 to PL-052-21 while Table 2 is a summary of all the
Phase X drill holes. Table 3 details the mineralized intervals of the channels cut at Spark and Table 4
is a summary of the channels.
Figure 1: Location map showing geology, land tenure and location of LCT pegmatites (CNW
Group/Frontier Lithium Inc.)
Figure 2: Compilation of the Spark pegmatite showing drill hole traces highlighting Holes PL-050-21,
PL-051-21 and PL-052-21 and Channels CH-48 and CH-50 (CNW Group/Frontier Lithium Inc.)
Table 1: Details of Mineralized Intersections in Drill Holes
DDH PL-050-21
Planned to test continuity of the pegmatite between PL-041-19 and PL-042-19 below channels 33-35 and at a steeper dip (-70°). The hole intersected
primarily mineralized pegmatite from surface to 417m representing a horizontal and vertical distance of 143 and 392 m respectively. Minor mafic
metavolcanics up to 5m wide occur with one 11.5 m mafic zone from 154.7 to 165.3m. The total pegmatite intersected was 405m averaging 1.5% Li
2
O.
Zone
From
(m)
To
(m)
Width
(m)
Li
2
O
(%)
Cs
2
O
(%)
Ta
2
O
5
(ppm)
Nb
2
O
5
(ppm)
SnO
2
(ppm)
Rb
2
O
(%)
Unit
Lithium Enriched
0.0
154.7
154.7
1.52
0.02
124
95
54
0.32
Aplite-Pegmatite
including
0.0
36.0
36.0
1.65
0.02
135
91
48
0.33
Aplite-Pegmatite
including
64.0
149.0
85.0
1.85
0.03
116
95
53
0.35
Aplite- Pegmatite
Lithium Enriched
166.2
417.0
250.9
1.48
0.01
64
86
47
0.23
Pegmatite Aplite
including
168.0
369.0
201.0
1.68
0.01
71
86
44
0.23
Pegmatite-Aplite
including
305.0
365.0
60.0
2.00
0.01
45
82
43
0.21
Aplite-Pegmatite
DDH PL-051-21
Planned to test continuity of the pegmatite between PL-042-19 and PL-044-19 and to "scissor" PL-039-19. The hole intersected predominately pegmatite
with intervals of mafic metavolcanics a few metres to 25m wide from surface to 302m. The total pegmatite intersected between surface to 302m includes
264m averaging 1.6% Li2O. The 100m section from 190 to 290m averaged just over 2.2% Li
2
O.
Zone
From
(m)
To
(m)
Width
(m)
Li
2
O
(%)
Cs
2
O
(%)
Ta
2
O
5
(ppm)
Nb
2
O
5
(ppm)
SnO
2
(ppm)
Rb
2
O
(%)
Unit
Lithium Enriched
0.6
56.3
55.7
1.37
0.02
59
74
50
0.34
Pegmatite
including
0.6
10.0
9.4
1.61
0.02
44
65
59
0.29
Pegmatite
including
36.0
46.0
10.0
2.03
0.01
38
66
50
0.27
Pegmatite
Lithium Enriched
63.7
90.5
26.8
1.06
0.02
121
113
42
0.15
Aplite-Pegmatite
including
63.7
81.5
17.8
1.48
0.02
105
98
41
0.16
Aplite-Pegmatite
including
71.0
81.5
10.5
2.14
0.01
89
87
40
0.18
Aplite-Pegmatite
Lithium Enriched
114.9
160.0
45.1
1.53
0.02
85
69
49
0.25
Pegmatite with metavolcanics
including
114.9
131.0
16.1
1.91
0.01
87
76
44
0.26
Pegmatite
including
149.0
157.0
8.0
1.83
0.03
87
73
53
0.21
Pegmatite
Lithium Enriched
165.6
302.0
136.5
1.82
0.02
88
91
44
0.27
Pegmatite-Aplite
including
190.0
290.0
100.0
2.21
0.02
79
86
38
0.26
Aplite-Pegmatite
including
216.0
276.0
60.0
2.50
0.02
84
79
40
0.26
Aplite
DDH PL-052-21
Planned to test between holes PL-041-19 and PL-043-19 and east of Channels 37 and 38. The hole intersected three main mineralized pegmatite zones
(with minor metavolcanic horizons) 21 to 72m wide correlating well with zones intersected in PL-043-19 to the east. Li
2
O grades are slightly lower at 0.8%
Li2O over 25.3m (46.5-71.8m), 1.11% Li2O over 21.8m (107.2-129m) and 1.2% Li
2
O over 72.1m (154.4-226.5m)
Zone
From
(m)
To
(m)
Width
(m)
Li
2
O
(%)
Cs
2
O
(%)
Ta
2
O
5
(ppm)
Nb
2
O
5
(ppm)
SnO
2
(ppm)
Rb
2
O
(%)
Unit
Lithium Enriched
46.5
71.8
25.3
0.80
0.02
72
32
34
0.12
Pegmatite/metavolcanic
including
46.5
51.7
5.2
1.96
0.01
70
33
41
0.12
Pegmatite
Lithium Enriched
107.2
129.0
21.8
1.11
0.04
98
59
100
0.22
Pegmatite with minor metavolcanic
including
112.3
128.3
16.0
1.29
0.03
123
72
124
0.25
Pegmatite with minor metavolcanic
Lithium Enriched
154.4
226.5
72.1
1.20
0.02
90
52
68
0.25
Pegmatite with minor metavolcanic
including
163.3
225.9
62.6
1.29
0.02
93
55
69
0.26
Pegmatite with minor metavolcanic
including
195.5
225.9
30.5
1.57
0.01
93
53
43
0.25
Pegmatite with minor metavolcanic
Lithium Enriched
235.5
246.5
11.0
1.10
0.02
99
65
92
0.21
Aplite with minor metavolcanics
including
236.1
242.0
5.9
1.53
0.01
121
65
101
0.22
Aplite
Table 2: Details of Mineralized Intersections in Surface Channels
Spark Channels
Two channels were cut; CH-48 was cut 30m WSW of CH-44 along the most southwestern portion of the exposed pegmatite and CH-50 was cut 45m WSW
of CH-33 (broken into two segments). The entire 15m of CH-48 averaged 1.75% Li
2
O while the initial 10m of CH-50 averaged 1.28% Li
2
O and the last 22m
was higher at 1.85% Li
2
O.
Zone
From
(m)
To
(m)
Width
(m)
Li
2
O
(%)
Cs
2
O
(%)
Ta
2
O
5
(ppm)
Nb
2
O
5
(ppm)
SnO
2
(ppm)
Rb
2
O
(%)
Unit
CH-48
0.0
15.0
15.0
1.75
0.01
113
97
57
0.29
Pegmatite
including
2.0
6.0
4.0
2.08
0.01
83
88
40
0.23
Pegmatite
including
10.0
15.0
5.0
2.07
0.01
102
79
53
0.32
Pegmatite
CH-50
0.0
10.0
10.0
1.28
0.01
68
105
50
0.23
Aplite-Pegmatite
including
2.0
10.0
8.0
1.54
0.01
65
99
50
0.25
Aplite-Pegmatite
CH-50
10.0
17.0
7.0
Pegmatite persists but unable to cut channel due to overburden
Aplite-Pegmatite
CH-50
17.0
39.0
22.0
1.85
0.02
118
88
52
0.24
Pegmatite with minor metavolcanics
including
18.0
27.0
9.0
2.19
0.02
124
91
50
0.30
Pegmatite
Table 3: Summary of Drill Holes
Geomechanical
DDHNo
Date Drilled
UTM Zone 15N (NAD83)
Collar Orient
Metres Drilled
Start
End
Easting
Northing
(mASL)
Azim
Dip
Start
End
Phase X
PL-GDH-08-21
2021-09-19
2021-09-26
472,746
5,829,496
355.0
355
-60
0
220.5
Total metres drilled
220.5
Delineation
DDHNo
Date Drilled
UTM Zone 15N (NAD83)
Collar Orient
Metres Drilled
Start
End
Easting
Northing
(mASL)
Azim
Dip
Start
End
Phase X
PL-050-21
2021-09-26
2021-10-03
472,746
5,829,494
359.0
170
-70
0
431
PL-051-21
2021-10-03
2021-10-23
472,687
5,829,527
358.0
180
-60
0
346.3
PL-052-21
2021-10-23
2021-10-27
472,815
5,829,593
359.0
160
-50
0
291
PL-053-21
2021-10-27
2021-11-01
472,766
5,829,566
360.0
177
-55
0
349.5
Total metres drilled
1,417.8
Table 4: Summary of Channels
Channel
Date Samples
UTM Zone 15N (NAD83)
Orientation
Metres Cut
Start Date
End Date
Easting
Northing
(mASL)
Azimuth
Dip
Start
End
Spark
CH-48
2021-09-18
2021-09-19
472,700
5,829,398
342.0
350
15
0
15
CH-50*
2021-10-23
2021-10-25
472,696
5,829,480
354.8
145
0
0
39
* Pegmatite section from 10 to 17m was not cut because of overburden
Drill holes PL-050-21 and PL-051-21 were planned to fill-in between existing drill holes and to test to
the southern continuity of the mineralized pegmatite's main body currently defined. PL-050-21 was
collared in the pegmatite near PL-GDH-08-21 which intersected
95m
of mineralized pegmatite to the
north. PL-050-21 was steepened to -70°. Aside from a few thin mafic zones, a total of
405m
of
pegmatite averaging 1.5% Li
2
O was intersected. The mineralized pegmatite intersected represents
a horizontal width of
143m
and a vertical depth of
392m
. PL-051-21, drilled at -60° set-up between
PL-042-19 and PL-044-19 and to "scissor" PL-039-19, intersected predominately pegmatite with
intervals of mafic metavolcanics a few metres to
25m
wide from surface to
302m
. The total
pegmatite intersected between surface and
302m
downhole includes
264m
averaging 1.6% Li
2
O.
Hole PL-052-21 was drilled to test between holes PL-041-19 and PL-043-19 and east of Channels
37 and 38 (Figure 2). The hole intersected three main mineralized pegmatite zones 21 to
72m
wide
correlating well with zones intersected in PL-043-19 to the east. Li
2
O grades are slightly lower
between 0.8% Li2O and 1.2% Li
2
O. Minor metavolcanics occur within the pegmatitic zones.
During the drill program, two addition channels were cut and sampled on the Spark outcrop surface
(Table 4 and Figures 2 and 3). Channel CH-48 was cut along the farthest southwest exposure at the
top of a ridge above the collar for DDH PL-039-19. The
15m
channel of pegmatite averaged 1.75%
Li
2
O. The second channel, CH-50 located to the north of CH-48 and between holes PL-050-21 and
PL-051-21 was cut in two segments with a
7m
gap between
10m
and
17m
due to overburden. The
initial
10m
of aplite-pegmatite averaged 1.28% Li
2
O and the last
22m
of pegmatite was higher at
1.85% Li
2
O.
Due Diligence
All scientific and technical information in this release has been reviewed and approved by
Garth Drever, P.Geo., the qualified person (QP) under the definitions established by National
Instrument 43-101. Under Frontier's QA/QC procedures, all drilling was completed by Chenier
Drilling Ltd. of
Val Caron, ON
using thin walled BTW drill rods (4.2 cm core diameter) and a Reflex
ACT III oriented core system. Using the Reflex system, the drill core was oriented and marked as it
was retrieved at the drill. The core was boxed and delivered to the Frontier core shack where it was
examined, geologically logged, and marked for sampling. The core was photographed prior to
sampling. Using a rock saw, the marked sample intervals were halved with one half bagged for
analysis. Sample blanks along with lithium, rubidium and cesium certified reference material was
routinely inserted into the sample stream in accordance with industry recommended practices. Field
duplicate samples were also taken in accordance with industry recommended practices. The
samples were placed in poly sample bags and transported to
Red Lake
by Frontier employees and
then shipped to AGAT Laboratories Ltd. (AGAT) in
Mississauga, Ontario
for processing and
quantitative multi-element analysis. AGAT is an ISO accredited laboratory. The core is stored on site
at the Pakeagama Lake exploration camp.
About Frontier Lithium
Frontier Lithium is a preproduction business that is targeting to become a manufacturer of battery-
quality lithium materials to support electric vehicle and battery supply chains in
North America
.
Frontier owns the PAK Lithium Project which contains one of
North America's
highest-grade, large-
tonnage hard-rock lithium resources in the form of a rare low-iron spodumene. The project continues
to have significant exploration upside with potential to increase the lithium resource. The Company is
a pure-play lithium development opportunity with the largest land position in the Electric Avenue, a
premium lithium mineral district located in
Northern Ontario
.
About PAK Lithium Project
The PAK Lithium Project contains a tier one lithium resource in
North America
and is one of the
global top three premium resources by quality. A 2021 preliminary economic assessment (National
Instrument 43-101 technical report titled "Pak Property" by BBA Engineering Ltd., issued on
April 5,
2021
) delivered a fully integrated lithium operation from the resource to achieve downstream
conversion plan for production of battery-quality lithium salts. The study resulted in an after-tax net
present value (discounted at 8 per cent) of
$974-million
(U.S.) with a 21-per-cent internal rate of
return. The Project encompasses 26,774 hectares at the south end of
Ontario's
Electric Avenue, the
largest land package hosting premium lithium-bearing pegmatites in
Ontario
. The Project is
supported by a measured and indicated resource of 10.49 million tonnes (Mt) averaging 1.78 per
cent lithium oxide (Li
2
O) and inferred resource of 18.48 Mt averaging 1.45 per cent Li
2
O.The Project
covers 65 kilometres of the Electric Avenue's length and remains largely unexplored; however, since
2013, the company has delineated two premium spodumene-bearing lithium deposits (PAK and
Spark), located 2.3 kilometres apart. Considerable exploration upside is supported on the PAK
Lithium Project through two other spodumene-bearing discoveries: the Bolt pegmatite (located
between the PAK and Spark deposits), as well as the Pennock pegmatite (30 kilometres northwest
of PAK Deposit within the project claims).
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this release. This release includes certain statements that may be deemed "forward-looking
statements". All statements in this release, other than statements of historical facts, that address
future production, reserve potential, exploration drilling, exploitation activities and events or
developments that the Company expects are forward-looking statements. Although the Company
believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable
assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or
developments may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward looking statements include market
prices, exploitation and exploration successes, continued availability of capital and financing, and
general economic, market or business conditions. Investors are cautioned that any such statements
are not guarantees of future performance and those actual results or developments may differ
materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. For more information on the
Company, Investors should review the Company's registered filings available at
sedar.com
.
Garth Drever, V.P. Exploration logging core at the PAK Lithium Project (CNW Group/Frontier Lithium
Inc.)
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