Nevada Lithium Resources Inc. (CSE: NVLH; OTCQB: NVLHF; FSE: 87K)
(“
Nevada Lithium” or the
“
Company”) is pleased to provide the core assay
results for its first diamond drill hole from the 2024 drill
program at its 100% owned Bonnie Claire lithium project (the
“
Project” or “
Bonnie
Claire”), located in Nye County, Nevada. BC2401C
was drilled to 2,807 feet (856 m) and intersected the northeast
continuation of the high-grade Lithium and Boron mineralized zone.
The 518 ft (158 m) intercept is the thickest +5,000 ppm lithium
interval drilled to date.
Nevada Lithium’s CEO,
Stephen Rentschler, comments: “Results from the first hole of our
2024 drilling program (2401C) are tremendous, extending a zone of
high-grade Lithium and Boron that remains open in three directions.
Our final hole of the 2023 drilling program (2303C) set a very high
bar for expectations, but the 2401C results have clearly exceeded
them. The high-grade Lithium and Boron zone we first identified in
hole 2203C now extends over 3,700 ft., (1137 m).
Only a few months
ago, we were thrilled to report intercepts such as 4,221 ppm
Lithium and 1.50% Boron over 560 feet (171m) in 2303C (See Company
News Release dated May 22, 2024). Now we can report even higher
grade Lithium and Boron results (5,105 ppm Lithium and 1.61% Boron
over 518 feet (158m)) over very similar intercept lengths. 2401C is
also the first hole where we have encountered greater than 100
continuous feet (30m) of mineralization averaging over 6,000 ppm
Lithium”.
He continued, “We
have recently finished our second hole at Bonnie Claire, 2402C,
which is an in-fill hole designed to start the migration of our
resources to measured and indicated status. We expect to receive
assays from this hole in three to four weeks. The results from both
2401C and 2402C will then be included in an updated mineral
resource estimate that will become part of an updated Preliminary
Economic Assessment (PEA). While extremely happy to report these
results to the market, we remain confident that this deposit has
yet to reveal its best to us.”
Highlights:
- BC2401C tested the high-grade Lithium and Boron mineralized
zone an additional 1,135 ft (346 m) to the N-E is the best hole
drilled to date at Bonnie Claire.
- Deeper step-out drilling continues
to find higher grade mineralization. The lower mineralized zone
averages 3148 ppm Li and 0.96% B over 1500 ft (457 m), including a
subinterval of 518 ft (158m) at 5,105 ppm Li and 1.61%
B. BC2401C is the first hole to contain over 100
continuous feet (30 meters) averaging over 6,000 ppm lithium.
- Hole BC2401C was a 1,135 ft (346m)
step-out and further confirms the continuation of deep
mineralization discovered in BC-2301C and confirmed in BC2303C. Six
holes have now intersected strata with +3,000 ppm mineralization
with the widest intercept of 1,500 feet (457 meters) in intersected
in BC2401C, the furthest east intercept. It is anticipated that the
lateral extent of this +3,000 ppm mineralized zone will expand
through further drilling.
- The high-grade Lithium and Boron
mineralized zone has now been traced 3,730 ft (1,137 m) in length
and remains open in several directions.
- The upper mineralized zone averages
973 ppm over 420 ft. Work continues to evaluate the potential for
open-pit mining of the upper mineralized zone at Bonnie
Claire.
BC2401C’s 518 ft (158 m) of 5,105 ppm Lithium is
the thickest intercept yet above 5,000 ppm Lithium and continues to
indicate higher grades to the north and east. The same interval has
a weighted average Boron assay of 1.61%, indicating the high-grade
Boron mineralization also continues to the northeast. The highest
assay in BC2401C is 6,880 ppm Lithium from 2,565 ft (782 m) to
2,585 ft (788 m).
In the upper mineralized zone, assays include
1,341 ppm Lithium over 217.5 ft (66 m) within a broader interval of
973 ppm Lithium over 420 ft (128 m) from 27 ft (8 m) depth.
Sample assays are announced herein for Hole
BC2401C with results presented in Table1
Drill Hole |
From (ft)* |
To (ft) |
Interval (ft) |
Li (ppm) |
B (%) |
Comments |
BC2401C |
27 |
447 |
420 |
973 |
0.14 |
Upper Zone |
Including |
169.5 |
387 |
217.5 |
1341 |
0.25 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1307 |
2807 |
1500 |
3148 |
0.96 |
Lower Zone |
Including |
1767 |
2767 |
1000 |
4194 |
1.37 |
|
Including |
2127 |
2645 |
518 |
5105 |
1.61 |
|
Including |
2465 |
2585 |
120 |
6092 |
1.90 |
|
*Results presented in feet (ft).
Drill Hole |
From (m)** |
To (m) |
Interval (m) |
Li (ppm) |
B (%) |
Comments |
BC2401C |
8 |
136 |
128 |
973 |
0.14 |
Upper Zone |
Including |
52 |
118 |
66 |
1341 |
0.25 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
398 |
856 |
458 |
3148 |
0.96 |
Lower Zone |
Including |
539 |
843 |
304 |
4194 |
1.37 |
|
Including |
648 |
806 |
158 |
5105 |
1.61 |
|
Including |
751 |
788 |
37 |
6092 |
1.90 |
|
** Results presented in meters(m).
1Intervals presented are core length
Results & Interpretation
Results from BC2401C confirm lateral continuity
and the potential for additional high-grade Lithium and Boron
intercepts of the deep mineralization first encountered in BC2301C
and BC2303C. This lateral continuity is illustrated in
cross-section A-A’ (Figure 1). BC2401C is the furthest hole
northeast thus far and continues the trend of increasing grade in
this direction.
Highlights include:
- BC2401C is the most mineralized
hole drilled at Bonnie Claire to date, and the first to intersect
greater than 100ft width of >6,000 ppm mineralization.
- This hole steps out from and
extends the lower high-grade zone by some 1,135 ft (346m) and
remains open in several directions.
- It can be anticipated that the
lateral extent of the high-grade lower zone will expand from
further step-out drilling.
Work continues towards an update of the resource and PEA
incorporating this current round of drilling.
Figure 1: Cross-sectional grade shell
comparison from drill holes BC2201C, BC2203C, BC2301C, BC2303C, and
2401C
Figure 2: Drill collar location map of holes
BC2201C, BC2203C, BC2301C, BC2303C, and BC2401C, with section line
A-A’
Quality Assurance / Quality Control (QAQC)
A Quality Assurance / Quality Control protocol
following industry best practice was incorporated into the program
by Nevada Lithium. Drilling was conducted by Major Drilling. Core
was transported by Major from the collar location and received by
Nevada lithium staff at the Company storage facility in Beatty, NV.
The facility is only accessible to Nevada Lithium staff, and
remains otherwise locked.
Received core was logged and cut at the Facility
by Nevada Lithium staff. Logging and sampling included the
systematic insertion of blanks, duplicates and certified reference
material (CRM) MEG Li.10.12 and OREAS 750 into sample batches at an
insertion rate of approximately 10%.
All core samples collected were transported by
Company staff to ALS USA Inc.’s laboratory in Reno, NV. for sample
preparation. Sample preparation comprises initial weighing (Code
WEI-21), crushing QC Test (CRU-QC), pulverizing QC Test (PUL-QC),
fine crushing at 70% <2mm (CRU-31), sample split using Boyd
Rotary splitter ((SPL-22Y), pulverizing up to 250g 85% <75 µm
(PUL-31), crush entire sample (CRU-21), Pulp Login LOG-24) and a
crusher wash (final crusher wash between samples (WSH-21).
Samples were shipped to ALS Vancouver laboratory
in Burnaby BC, where the samples were analyzed using 48-element
four-acid ICP-MS (ME-MS61) and B/Li N2O2 Fusion - ICP-AES
high-grade (ME-ICP82b) procedures.
Standards, duplicates and blanks in the drill
results to date have been approved as acceptable. The standards
performed well (100% within 95% confidence limits for lithium and
boron) as did duplicates (R2 0.9705) and all blanks (average 17ppm
Li, <0.02%B).
About Nevada Lithium Resources Inc.
Nevada Lithium Resources Inc. is a mineral
exploration and development company focused on shareholder value
creation through its core asset, the Bonnie Claire Lithium Project,
located in Nye County, Nevada, where it holds a 100% interest.
Bonnie Claire has a current NI 43-101 inferred
mineral resource of 3,407 million tonnes (Mt) grading 1,013 ppm Li
for 18.372 million tonnes (Mt) of contained lithium carbonate
equivalent (LCE), at a cut-off grade of 700 ppm Li2
The PEA for Bonnie Claire indicates a Net
Present Value (8%) of $1.5 Billion USD (after tax) using $13,400
USD per tonne LCE and after-tax IRR of 23.8%. With an LCE price of
$30,000 USD per tonne, the Net Present Value (8%) of the Project is
$5.9 Billion USD (after tax) and an IRR of 60.3%2.
For further information on Nevada Lithium and to
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website at: https://nevadalithium.com/
QP Disclosure
The technical information in the above
disclosure has been reviewed and approved by the designated
Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101, Dr. Jeff Wilson,
PhD, P.Geo, Vice President of Exploration for Nevada Lithium. Dr.
Wilson is not independent of Nevada Lithium, as he is Vice
President of Exploration for Nevada Lithium.
2See Preliminary Economic Assessment NI 43-101
Technical Report on the Bonnie Claire Lithium Project, Nye Country,
Nevada authored by Terre Lane, J. Todd Harvey, MBA, PhD, Hamid
Samari, PhD and Rick Moritz (Effective date of August 20, 2021, and
Issue date of February 25, 2022) (the “PEA” or the
“Preliminary Economic
Assessment”) as summarized in Nevada Lithium’s
news release dated October 13, 2021, which are available on Nevada
Lithium’s SEDAR+ profile at www.sedarplus.ca.
Results of the Preliminary Economic Assessment represent
forward-looking information. This economic assessment is, by
definition, preliminary in nature and includes inferred mineral
resources that are considered too speculative to have the economic
considerations applied to them that would enable them to be
categorized as mineral reserves. There is no certainty that the
Preliminary Economic Assessment will be realized. Mineral resources
are not mineral reserves as they do not have demonstrated economic
viability. There is no certainty that all or any part of the
Mineral Resources will be converted into Mineral Reserves.
On behalf of the Board of Directors of Nevada Lithium
Resources Inc.
“Stephen Rentschler”Stephen Rentschler, CEO
For further information, please contact: Nevada
Lithium Resources Inc.Stephen Rentschler CEO and Director Phone:
(647) 254-9795E-mail: sr@nevadalithium.com
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result in sustained lithium demand and prices; the receipt of any
necessary permits, licenses and regulatory approvals in connection
with the future development of Bonnie Claire in a timely manner;
the availability of financing on suitable terms for the
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risk factors that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those projected in the forward- looking statements are the
following: operating and technical difficulties in connection with
mineral exploration and development and mine development activities
at the Project; estimation or realization of mineral reserves and
mineral resources, requirements for additional capital; future
prices of precious metals and lithium; changes in general economic,
business and political conditions, including changes in the
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commodities; possible variations in ore grade or recovery rates;
possible failures of plants, equipment or processes to operate as
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and factors which could cause actual results to differ materially,
there may be others that cause results not to be as anticipated,
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assume any obligation, to update this forward-looking information
except as otherwise required by applicable law.
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