Askari Metals has released the latest results of its reconnaissance rock and soil sampling campaign, completed at its Hillside Lithium Project, including the identification of anomalous zones of lithium mineralisation.
The Hillside Lithium Project covers an area of approximately 65km² and is located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, which is highly prospective for Lithium-Tin-Tantalum (Li-Sn-Ta) mineralisation.
Two reconnaissance field exploration sampling programs have previously been completed at the Hillside project, the first in November 2022 with a follow-up program in June 2023, which resulted in the identification of numerous potentially spodumene-bearing mineralised fertile LCT-pegmatites. The latest sampling activities have identified three main areas of interest.
216 rock samples were collected in two separate phases of work on the Hillside Lithium Project. Almost all the positive lithium samples come from Area Three, including two samples containing 170ppm lithium (Li) and 350ppm Li respectively and other results between 50ppm Li and 70ppm Li.
Two other areas with anomalous lithium results were also identified and require further investigation.
Askari Metals Vice President of Exploration and Geology, Johan Lambrechts, said that this sampling campaign has expanded on initial findings from March 2023, with three significant mineralised corridors or zones of lithium mineralisation now identified.
“The results show the zone of lithium mineralisation in Area One covers a strike length of 2.2km whilst at Area Two and Area Three, the lithium mineralised corridor strikes 800m and 1.6km respectively,” Mr Lambrechts said.
“Rock and soil samples were collected from a wide area across the project and these results have identified areas where we can focus our follow-up work phases. We are now planning to complete a detailed soil geochemical sampling survey across those three major zones of lithium mineralisation.”
