Nevada Lithium Resources Inc. (CSE: NVLH; OTCQB: NVLHF; FSE: 87K)
(“
Nevada Lithium” or the
“
Company”) is pleased to provide the core assay
results for the second and final 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. BC2402C is an infill hole, collared
817 feet (249 m) to the southeast of BC2301C. The hole reached a
total depth of 3,002 feet (915 m) and intersected thicker, deeper
high-grade mineralized rock towards the southeast for the first
time.
Nevada
Lithium’s CEO, Stephen Rentschler, comments:
“The results
from our final hole of the 2024 drilling program are tremendous.
Hole BC2024C generated two exciting and important conclusions. The
first is the remarkable continuity that exists in the deep
high-grade Lithium and Boron mineralized zone that we first
encountered in our 2023 drilling program. We anticipate that this
demonstrated continuity will significantly increase the
geostatistical confidence in this zone.
This
demonstrated continuity is extremely important for the support of
the mine planning that is currently underway to update our existing
PEA. This update will, for the first time, include the impact from
the deep high-grade Lithium and Boron zone that now extends over
1km from the southwest to the northeast.”
He continued,
“Although designed as an infill hole, BC2402C also confirmed the
extension of the high-grade Lithium and Boron zone to the
southeast. With the results of this hole, we have confirmed that
the high-grade mineralization remains open in at least two
directions. Our technical committee also remains confident that
this high grade mineralization extends in yet another direction, to
the northwest.
Bonnie
Claire’s massive, existing Lithium resource currently does not
include the tremendous results from our past two drilling programs.
However, the data suggest that we have yet to find the deposit’s
sweet spot. Therefore, the potential to add high-grade Lithium and
Boron tonnages to Bonnie Claire in the future is nowhere near
exhausted. We are moving as quickly as possible to demonstrate the
enhanced world-class attributes of Bonnie Claire and anticipate the
first of a series of updates to be completed in the very near
future.”
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Highlights:
- Hole BC2402C tightens drill spacing
in the resource area, increasing confidence in grade continuity for
the deep high-grade zone to support future mine planning.
- Hole BC2402C extends high-grade
deep mineralization 817ft (249m) to the southeast. Grades and
thicknesses increase to the southeast and remain open in that
direction. The trend of deeper mineralization providing higher
grades continues and is now demonstrated in two directions.
- BC2402C encountered the highest
grades to the southeast thus far, with the best interval assaying
6,150 ppm Lithium over 20 ft (6 m). Boron grades over 2% were also
encountered in the deep high-grade zone, and correlation between
Boron zones is very strong.
- Seven holes have now intersected
strata with +3,000 ppm Lithium mineralization, and BC2402C is the
first hole to encounter >6,000 ppm Lithium mineralization to the
southeast.
The 2024 drill program completed two holes with
complementary goals. Drill Hole BC20241C was completed to examine
the northeast extension of the deep high-grade mineralization that
was intersected in the 2023 campaign. In contrast, BC2402C was
completed to investigate grade continuity within the existing
mineral resource to support mine planning.
BC2402C is collared 817 feet (249 meters) to the
southeast of BC2301C. It was planned as an infill hole to:
- Tighten drill spacing and enhance
confidence of grade continuity with existing drillholes and;
- Examine the southeast extension of
the lower high-grade zone.
Sample assays for Hole BC2402C are shown in
Table 1
Table1
Drill Hole |
From (ft)* |
To (ft) |
Interval (ft) |
Li (ppm) |
B (%) |
Comments |
BC2402C |
147 |
407 |
260 |
909 |
0.27 |
Upper Zone |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1487 |
2847 |
1360 |
3024 |
0.90 |
Lower Zone |
Including |
1787 |
2387 |
600 |
4089 |
1.47 |
|
Including |
2227 |
2367 |
140 |
5021 |
1.82 |
|
Including |
2307 |
2327 |
20 |
6150 |
1.76 |
|
*Results presented in feet (ft).
Drill Hole |
Start (m)** |
End (m) |
Intercept (m) |
Li (ppm) |
B (%) |
Comments |
BC2402C |
44.8 |
124.1 |
79.248 |
909 |
0.27 |
Upper Zone |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
453.2 |
867.8 |
414.5 |
3024 |
0.90 |
Lower Zone |
Including |
544.7 |
727.6 |
182.9 |
4089 |
1.47 |
|
Including |
678.8 |
721.5 |
42.7 |
5021 |
1.82 |
|
Including |
703.2 |
709.3 |
6.1 |
6150 |
1.76 |
|
** Results presented in meters(m).
¹Intervals presented are core length
Results and Interpretation
Mineralization Continuity
BC2402C tightens the drill spacing in the
southeast part of the mineral resource area. The drill results from
BC2402C have increased confidence in the grade continuity of the
high-grade deep Lithium and Boron mineralization with the nearest
hole BC2301C, which returned 3,076 ppm Lithium over 1,100ft (335 m)
(See the Company’s news release dated November 20, 2023).
A visual examination of the downhole grade
graphs provides a remarkable visual correlation between BC2301C and
the new hole BC2402C, particularly in Boron (Figure 1). These
assays will be included in an ongoing mineral resource estimation
being conducted by Global Resource Engineering. It is anticipated
that infill holes like BC2402C will increase the geostatistical
confidence in grade with surrounding drillholes. This increased
geostatistical confidence is necessary to move mineral resources in
the vicinity from Inferred to Indicated category.
While BC2402C displays great similarity with
BC2301C in downhole grade distribution, the grades and thicknesses
intersected are significantly larger. The 600 ft (183 m) of 4,089
ppm Lithium encountered in BC2402C was significantly thicker than
the 360 ft (110 m) of 4,291 ppm Lithium encountered in BC2301C. The
same interval in BC2402C has a weighted average Boron assay of
1.47%, indicating the high-grade Boron mineralization also
continues to the southeast.
The general increase in grades seems to
correlate with an increase in depth, as the highest Lithium grades
occurred roughly 100 ft (30 m) deeper in BC2402C than in BC2301C.
The highest assay in BC2402C is 6,150 ppm Lithium from 2,307 ft
(703 m) to 2,327ft (709 m).
The upper mineralized zone maintained a similar
thickness to elsewhere, but was slightly lower grade in BC2402C,
averaging 909 ppm Lithium over 260 ft (79 m).
High-Grade Extension to
Southeast
Previous deep drilling at Bonnie Claire has been
focused on following the increasing grades to the northeast, and
BC2402C is the first hole to see this trend occurring to the
southeast as well (Figure 2). Hole BC2402C extends high-grade deep
mineralization 817ft (249m) to the southeast. Grades and
thicknesses increase to the southeast and remain open in that
direction. The trend of deeper mineralization providing higher
grades continues and has now been demonstrated to the northeast and
southeast of the existing resource area (Figure 2).
Figure 1: Cross-sectional grade
comparison from drill holes BC2301C, BC2402C, and
BC2205C
Figure 1 accompanying this announcement is available at
https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/047e9a72-d8b8-4c9e-8ad5-9422223daa20
Figure 2: Drill collar location map of holes BC2201C,
BC2203C, BC2301C, BC2303C, and BC2401C, with section line
A-A’
Figure 2 accompanying this announcement is available at
https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/bcf755cd-12a2-47a5-bd31-99bde246d32a
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 Drilling 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 USA Inc.’s 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 = 1) and all blanks (average 16ppm 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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