Frontier Lithium Releases Remaining Phase II Drilling Results of the Spark Pegmatite
Frontier Lithium Releases Remaining Phase II
Drilling Results of the Spark Pegmatite
Highlights
Phase II diamond drill program includes four holes drilled totaling
1,159.5m
; all intersecting
significant zones of spodumene pegmatite; assay results have been received for all outstanding
samples;
DDH PL-044-19 intersected
75m
of pegmatite averaging 1.4% Li
2
O, including
19.0m
of 3.4%
Li
2
O;
DDH PL-045-19 intersected
144.2m
of pegmatite averaging 1.4% Li
2
O;
An additional
52m
of channeling was completed on surface averaging 1.5 to 1.77% Li
2
O;
1,600m
of intersected pegmatite in 9 drill holes from the first two phases of drilling and surface
channel samples has resulted in an average grade of 1.53% Li
2
O.
Management initiates Maiden resource estimate on the Spark pegmatite.
SUDBURY, ON,
Jan. 7, 2020
/CNW/ -
Frontier Lithium Inc. (TSX.V: FL) (the "Company)
is
pleased to announce the remaining results of their second Phase of drilling on the Spark Pegmatite.
Frontier completed four diamond drill holes totaling
1,159.5 m
in July-
August 2019
(Table 1). During
the drill program an additional 4 channels totaling
52 m
(Table 2) were cut and most of the exposed
outcrop surface in the immediate area of the pegmatite was mapped. An analysis of the results from
the drill program and assay results from the first two drill holes are included in a Press Release
dated
September 24
th
, 2019
and will not be repeated in this Press Release.
PL-045-19 with Channels 37 and 38 plotted at surface.
Both Li2O and Ta2O5 are plotted along the
trace of the drill holes and channels. (CNW Group/Frontier Lithium Inc.)
"Supported by preliminary modelling, we strongly believe in the potential for economic viability of the
Spark pegmatite." commented
Garth Drever
, Vice President of Exploration. "The deposit remains
open to the west and has maintained consistency in both grade and width with depth. The physical
data collected through surface and remote mapping at PAK and Spark has proven invaluable as a
first-pass exploration tool to evaluating the potential of our mining claims on the Electric Avenue."
Table 1: Summary of Phase 2 Drilling at Spark
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Table 2: Summary of Channels Cut at Spark in 2019
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The location of the final two drill holes and surface channels being reported are highlighted in Figure
1; a location map showing the surface outline of the Spark pegmatite, location of channels and drill
hole traces with geology overlain on detailed imagery of the outcrop area.
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Figure 1: Location Map showing Drill Hole and Channel Traces at the Spark Pegmatite
Table 3 shows a summary of the assay results of holes PL-044-19 and PL-045-19.
Hole PL-044-19 was designed to step out
50m
to
75m
to test the extension of the pegmatite to the
west of hole PL-039-19. Three significant pegmatite zones were intersected with an upper
75m
intercept averaging 1.4% Li
2
O. The two lower zones of 12 and
27.4m
consist of slightly lower
grade spodumene-bearing aplite averaging 0.74% and 0.87% Li
2
O.
Table 3: Drill hole intersections for PL-044-19 and PL-045-19
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Figures 2 and 3 are Sections for holes PL-044-19 and PL-045-19 respectively showing Li
2
O content
as histogram plots along the drill hole and channel traces. The section in Figure 2 was extended to
include hole PL-039-19. Although only scattered remnants of pegmatite were noted on surface
during mapping and prospecting it is apparent that there are two significant lobes of the pegmatite
that extend upward to the surface beneath the overburden.
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Figure 2: Section showing Trace Geology and Li2O for DDH Pl-044-19 and PL-039-19
The final hole of the program, PL-045-19, extended hole PL-037-19 which had been abandon. Hole
PL-045-19 intersected a
17.1m
zone of spodumene-bearing aplite averaging 0.78% Li2O before
intersecting a
144.2m
zone of predominately pegmatite from 70.8 to
215m
averaging 1.4% Li
2
O. A
15m
zone from 130 to
145m
averages 2.47% Li
2
O. Anomalous Ta, Sn and Rb occurs over an
11.2m
zone from 175 to
186.2m
averaging 659 ppm Ta
2
O
5
, 520 ppm SnO
2
and 0.88% Rb
2
O. An
analogous zone of enriched Ta is present above in Channel 37 from 63.2 to
69.4m
(
6.2m
) averaging
615 ppm Ta
2
O
5
(see
Press Release
January 17, 2019
). Figure 3 shows the section of hole PL-
045-19 with Channels 37 and 38 plotted at surface. Both Li
2
O and Ta
2
O
5
are plotted along the
trace of the drill holes and channels.
Figure 3: Section showing Trace Geology plus Li2O and Ta2O5 for DDH PL-045-19 and Channels
37 and 38
During the summer drill program an additional
52m
of channels (Channels 41 to 43) were cut to
complete the section between Channel 38 and start of Channel 40 and to sample across the
western most exposed lobe of the pegmatite (Channel 44). These channels are highlighted on
Figure 1 and displayed in Figure 4 in a section including hole PL-040-19 and PL-043-19. Assay
results are summarized in Table 4. All channels were logged as spodumene-bearing Na-aplite with
consistent grades between 1.5 and 1.77% Li
2
O. The aplite is typically fine to medium grained, light
grey to greenish grey locally with coarser zonations consisting of megacrystic feldspar, fine to
coarse-grained light grey to white spodumene laths, grey quartz and variable amounts of muscovite.
Table 4: Summary of Channel Results
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* Channels 41, 42 and 43 are staggered, however, represent one continuous channel in the gap between Channels 38 and 40
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Figure 4: Section showing Trace Geology and Li2O for DDH PL-040-19, PL-043-19 and Channels
40 to 43
During the summer drill program much of what was previously described as metavolcanics rock has
been subdivided into metasedimentary units which are now recognized to be intercalated within the
metavolcanics sequences.
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 halve 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, ON
for quantitative multi-element analysis. AGAT is an
ISO accredited laboratory. All petrographic sample preparation and electron microprobe (EMP)
analysis was completed at the Queen's Facility for Isotope Research (QFIR) at Queen's University
in
Kingston, Ontario
under the direct supervision of Dr.
Steve Beyer
. The core is stored on site at the
Pakeagama Lake exploration camp.
About Frontier Lithium
Frontier Lithium is a Canadian junior mining company with the largest land position in the Electric
Avenue, an emerging premium lithium mineral district located in the Canadian Shield of northwestern
Ontario
. The company's PAK Lithium Deposit contains
North America's
highest concentration of rare
low-iron spodumene. Frontier Lithium's objective is to firstly become a near term producer of
premium technical grade lithium mineral concentrates of 2,000 tonnes of Lithium Carbonate
Equivalent ("LCE") for glass producers. Through a phased approach to scale up to 20,000 tonnes by
ramping up production of concentrates and building a downstream processing facility to produce
lithium chemicals required by glass and battery materials producers.
Frontier maintains a tight share structure with management ownership exceeding 30% of the
Company.
About the PAK deposit
The PAK Deposit is located in the south end of
Ontario's
Electric Avenue, a newly emerging
premium lithium-metal district. Electric Avenue also hosts Frontier's newest discovery, Spark
showing (2km northwest) and the Pennock Lake pegmatite occurrence a further 30km along
Frontier's PAK Lithium Project. The PAK deposit has a mineral resource estimate of 9.3 Mt
averaging 2.04% Li
2
O which has a rare technical/ceramic grade spodumene with low inherent iron
(below 0.1% Fe
2
O
3
) as per its NI 43-101 Technical Report, "Preliminary Feasibility Study"
disseminated on
April 16, 2018
.
Additional information regarding Frontier Lithium is available on SEDAR at
sedar.com
under the
Company's profile and on its website at
frontierlithium.com
, including various pictures of ongoing
work at the project.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in
the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of
this release.
SOURCE
Frontier Lithium Inc.
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