Geophysics at Georgina Stairs Project in Ontario Displays Exciting Comparisons to Georgia Lake Spodumene Pegmatites owned by Rock Tech Lithium
March 29 2023 - 7:30AM
Tearlach Resources Limited (TSXV: TEA) (OTC: TELHF)
(FRANKFURT: V44) (“Tearlach” or the “Company”) is pleased
to announce that it has identified similar geophysical signatures
on the Georgina Stairs Property to those of known spodumene
pegmatites in Georgia Lake pegmatite field. The Georgina Stairs
Property was acquired by staking and is held 100% by Tearlach. The
Property consists of 585 claims near Beardmore, northwestern
Ontario. The Georgina Stairs Project is currently about 11,078 ha
and is 14 km long by 12 km wide.
Georgina Stairs Property
highlights:
- Same geology as Rock Tech’s
Georgina Lake spodumene pegmatites.
- District size Discovery potential,
large land package handpicked by leading hard rock lithium expert,
Tearlach VP Exploration Dr. Julie Selway.
- Rock Tech Lithium’s Georgia Lake
project at a Pre-Feasibility Stage helps de-risk Tearlach and was
advanced quickly in the same jurisdiction. Rock Tech’s PFS NI
43-101 Technical Report is dated Oct. 1, 2022.
- The project footprint is a
potential company maker in a jurisdiction where Rock Tech’s
resource is hosted.
- Same regional airborne total
magnetic signature as Georgia Lake spodumene pegmatites.
- Same regional airborne radiometric
potassium intensity signature as Georgia Lake spodumene
pegmatites.
- Most of the Property is unexplored
and is located near the Georgia Lake pegmatite field.
- Roads connect the Property to the
TransCanada Highway #1.
Dr. Selway, VP Exploration, states, “I see
Georgina Stairs Property as an opportunity to do exploration work
on a property with no previous lithium exploration despite being
close to the Georgia Lake spodumene field. I can’t wait for the
snow to melt to uncover what the property offers.”
Morgan Lekstrom, CEO, states, “With a similar
land package and geological setting to Rock Tech Lithium, this not
only provides a major discovery potential but alone could be a
company maker. Dr. Selway was able to use her unique area knowledge
and maps to identify this project and acquire the geophysics on it.
Georgina Stairs’ geophysical similarities to Rock Tech’s Georgia
Lake spodumene field make this not only an exciting target but put
us in a very favourable jurisdiction with a very good path
forward.”
Figure 1: Regional total
magnetic field for the Georgia Lake area, Northwestern Ontario.
Figure 2: Regional potassium
intensity from an airborne radiometric survey for Georgia Lake,
Northwestern Ontario.
Technical
Information:
The regional airborne total magnetic signature
for the Georgia Lake pegmatite field indicates that the spodumene
pegmatites occur at the margin of a magnetic high (Figure 1).
Georgina Stairs property has the same magnetic signature. The
magnetic high in the area occurs from Postagoni Lake in the west to
Lake Jean to Parks Lake to Gamsby Lake in the east. The regional
deep-seated NW-SE trending Matachewan diabase dykes are visible on
the total magnetics map. Whereas the regional N-S trending Marathon
diabase dykes are non-magnetic.
The regional airborne radiometric potassium
intensity signature for the Georgia Lake pegmatite field indicates
that the spodumene pegmatites occur in medium low potassium
intensity (green colour on map) that extends from Postagoni Lake in
the west to Gamsby Lake in the east (Figure 2). This medium low
potassium indicates low K-feldspar content in the rocks, which is
favourable in the Georgia Lake pegmatite field. Georgina Stairs
Property has the same medium low potassium intensity as the Georgia
Lake spodumene pegmatites.
The fact that the geology and geophysics at
Georgina Stairs are similar to the known spodumene pegmatites at
Georgia Lake and a lack of previous exploration on the Property
suggests a potential for discovery of lithium mineralization.
Qualified
Person:
Julie Selway, Ph.D., P.Geo. supervised the
preparation of the scientific and technical information that formed
the basis for the written disclosure in this news release. Dr.
Selway is the VP of Exploration for Tearlach Resources and the
Qualified Person ("QP") as defined by National Instrument 43-101.
Dr. Selway completed a Ph.D. on granitic pegmatites in 1999 and
worked for 3 years as a pegmatite geoscientist for the Ontario
Geological Survey. Dr. Selway has worked on numerous pegmatites
over the years, including Case Lake, Gullwing-Tot Lakes, Separation
Rapids, Georgia Lake and Seymour Lake pegmatites. Dr. Selway has
authored or co-authored twenty-three scientific journal articles on
pegmatites.
About
Tearlach:
Tearlach, a member of the TSX Venture 50, is a
Canadian exploration company engaged in acquiring, exploring, and
developing lithium projects. Tearlach has a Joint Venture agreement
with Blackrock silver on the Gabriel project in Tonopah, Nevada,
bordering American Lithium's TLC Deposit, and has completed 11
drill holes on the Gabriel Property. Tearlach has three lithium
assets in Ontario: Final Frontier, Georgina Stairs and New
Frontier. Final Frontier is located adjacent to and near Frontier
Lithium’s PAK lithium deposit, north of Red Lake. Georgina Stairs
is located northeast of Rock Tech Lithium’s Georgia Lake deposit
near Beardmore. Tearlach has two lithium assets in Quebec:
Rose-Fliszar-Muscovite Project in the James Bay area and Shelby
Project adjacent to and near Patriot Battery Metals’ Corvette
lithium project and Winsome Resources’ Cancet and Adina lithium
projects. Tearlach also has the Savant Property, an exploration
stage Gold-Silver-Copper Property, in Northwestern Ontario.
Tearlach's primary objective is to position itself as North
America's leading lithium exploration and development company. For
more information, please get in touch with the Company at
info@tearlach.ca or visit our website at www.tearlach.ca
for project updates and related background information.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS,TEARLACH RESOURCES LIMITED
Morgan LekstromChief Executive OfficerSuite 610 - 700 W. Pender
StreetVancouver, BC, Canada V6C 1G8 Tel: 604-688-5007
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