First Energy drills 19 m of 1.17% Li2O at Augustus
2021-06-01 06:00 ET – News Release
Mr. Gurminder Sangha reports
FIRST ENERGY METALS DRILLS 1.17 PERCENT LITHIUM OXIDE OVER 19 METERS AT AUGUSTUS LITHIUM PROPERTY
First Energy Metals Ltd. has released the results of drill hole NC21-16 at its Augustus lithium property in Quebec, Canada. The drill hole intersected a 19-metre-wide zone with 1.17 per cent lithium oxide (Li2O) at 126 m drilled depth. There are anomalous values of other rare metals as well, including average values of niobium (Nb) at 77.83 parts per million (ppm), rubidium (Rb) at 1,378.58 ppm, tantalum (Ta) at 96.79 ppm, beryllium (Be) at 181 ppm and cesium (Cs) at 67.45 ppm. The average value of iron (Fe) is 0.47 per cent.
Drill hole LC21-16 was drilled at location: 287095E and 5367711N (NAD (North American datum) 1983 UTM (Universal Transverse Mercator) zone 18N) with azimuth of 45 degrees and dip of 44.7 degrees with a total drilled depth of 288 m. All intersections reported are based on drilled width and have not been converted to true width.
Gurminder Sangha, chief executive officer of First Energy Metals, stated that: “We are pleased with the drilling results to date. This drill hole intersected larger drilled widths of lithium-bearing zones than the historically reported intersections in this area.”
The drill program is based on the historical exploration data and the company’s surface trenching and sampling program, which is currently under way. Several historical drill hole collars were also located on the property, which help in location and orientation of drill holes for the current drill program. The drill program commenced on April 5 at the property by Forage Hebert Inc. of Amos, Que., which is contracted for the drill program. A B-20 drill rig is deployed for this work, which has a capacity to drill up to 1,000-metre-deep holes. A core shack has been built near the property for drill core logging, sample preparation and storage. To date, a total of 19 drill holes with a cumulative core drilling of 3,200 m have been completed on the property. The drill core is being logged and sampled at the core shack using a rock saw. For quality control and quality assurance (QA/QC), field duplicates and blanks are being inserted at an industry-standard interval.
The samples were bagged and tagged using best practices and were delivered to Activation Laboratories (ActLabs), Ancaster, Ont., for sample preparation and analyses using laboratory code Ultratrace 7 and sodium peroxide fusion (Na2O2) as summarized below. ActLabs is an independent commercial, accredited International Organization for Standardization-certified laboratory.
Code Ultratrace 7 — peroxide fusion — inductively coupled plasma and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
Samples are fused with sodium peroxide in a zirconium crucible. The fused sample is acidified with concentrated nitric and hydrochloric acids. The resulting solutions are diluted and then measured by ICP-OES (inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy) and ICP-MS. All metals are solubilized.
ICP-MS
Fused samples are diluted and analyzed by Agilent 7900 ICP-MS. Calibration is performed using five synthetic calibration standards. A set of (10 to 20) fused certified reference material is run with every batch of samples for calibration and quality control. Fused duplicates are run every 10 samples.
ICP-OES
Samples are analyzed with a minimum of 10 certified reference materials for the required analytes, all prepared by sodium peroxide fusion. Every 10th sample is prepared and analyzed in duplicate; a blank is prepared every 30 samples and analyzed. Samples are analyzed using a Varian 735ES ICP, and internal standards are used as part of the standard operating procedure.
Afzaal Pirzada, PGeo, geological consultant of the company and a qualified person for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101 — Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects, has reviewed and approved the scientific and technical information contained in this news release.
About the Augustus lithium property
The company owns a 100-per-cent interest in the Augustus lithium property in Landrienne and Lacorne townships, Quebec, Canada. The property consists of 271 mining claims covering a total area of 14,155 hectares located approximately 40 kilometres northwest of the town of Val d’Or on map sheets 32C/05 and 32D08. The property claims are spread in several claim blocks optioned in 2021 from different vendors. The company has prepared a well-thought-out work plan on the property, which includes diamond drilling, metallurgical testwork to produce battery-grade lithium carbonate and resource estimation. To date, the company has compiled historical drill hole data on the property for 74 historical dill holes with cumulative drilling of 12,123.14 m, out of which 6,024 metres of drilling were completed on the property during the 1950s. Several drill hole results indicated intersections over 1 per cent lithium oxide.
About First Energy Metals Ltd.
First Energy Metals is a Canadian mineral exploration company with a primary focus of acquiring a multicommodity mineral property portfolio. Its goal is to identify, acquire and explore North American mineral prospects in the technology metal, precious metal and base metal sector.
DRILL HOLE LC21-016 SAMPLE ASSAYS HIGHLIGHTS Analyte symbol Depth from Depth to Total Li Li2O Be Cs Fe Nb Rb Ta Unit symbol m m m ppm % ppm ppm % ppm ppm ppm Detection limit 3 3 0.1 0.05 2.4 0.4 0.2 Analysis method FUS-MS-Na2O2 201819 19.5 20.5 1 1,610 0.35 370 438 1.29 40.9 2,170 32.1 201821 31 32 1 3,290 0.71 219 1,010 2.51 46 4,830 34.7 201822 32.33 33 0.67 3,040 0.65 126 1,020 2.75 52.9 4,220 33.2 201823 33 34 1 961 0.21 232 173 0.74 8.9 1,590 26.6 201824 124 125 1 1,790 0.38 251 334 3.4 48.9 1,890 73.7 201826 125 126 1 839 0.18 259 47.7 0.48 46 536 82 Start of mineralized intersection 201827 126 127 1 5,250 1.13 212 50.1 0.27 67.2 1,130 108 201828 127 128 1 6,070 1.31 213 82.7 0.54 78.8 2,000 101 201829 128 129 1 1,750 0.38 178 75.6 0.24 69.2 1,750 157 201831 129 130 1 4,320 0.93 223 92.6 0.33 74.3 1,920 129 201832 130 131 1 2,560 0.55 136 74.5 0.53 67.2 1,910 156 201833 131 132 1 3,760 0.81 195 57.4 0.28 77.5 1,010 88.9 201834 132 133 1 1,780 0.38 321 65 0.53 59.9 1,110 97.1 201835 133 134 1 3,740 0.80 114 52.1 0.46 101.8 1,360 73.9 201836 134 135 1 5,970 1.28 174 39.3 0.82 111.8 828 56.7 201837 135 136 1 9,440 2.03 109 61.1 0.48 76.5 1,230 49.8 201838 136 137 1 8,330 1.79 136 60.6 0.65 81.5 785 67.6 201839 137 138 1 7,430 1.60 188 88.4 0.43 81.6 1,460 83.1 201841 138 139 1 7,500 1.61 182 79.4 0.33 80 1,550 136 201842 139 140 1 8,000 1.72 189 87.9 0.57 79.6 1,670 178 201843 140 141 1 4,920 1.06 212 71.9 0.37 77 1,440 76.7 201844 141 142 1 5,270 1.13 141 54.7 0.72 77 1,010 78 201845 142 143 1 5,040 1.08 176 63.6 0.37 60.5 1,090 51.6 201846 143 144 1 5,800 1.25 173 66.6 0.63 87.4 1,420 54 201847 144 145 1 6,360 1.37 167 58 0.4 70 1,520 96.7 Total width/average assays 126 m 145 m 19 m 5,436.32 1.17 181 67.45 0.47 77.83 1,378.58 96.79 201848 145 145.73 0.73 273 0.06 334 33 0.59 82.5 387 62.4 201849 173.5 174.5 1 699 0.15 232 135 1.22 89.2 824 71.6 201851 174.5 175.5 1 2,670 0.57 505 52.7 0.36 83.6 670 63.8 201852 175.5 176.5 1 1,360 0.29 265 33.3 0.59 89.1 483 70.1 201853 176.5 177.5 1 3,170 0.68 241 68.4 0.43 76.3 1,990 66.1 201854 177.5 178.5 1 5,590 1.20 139 75.9 0.74 72.7 1,990 67.8 201855 178.5 179.3 0.8 938 0.20 170 147 0.7 105.4 1,300 75 201856 180.2 180.8 0.6 3,660 0.79 194 46.9 0.75 87.5 869 69.5 201857 180.8 181.4 0.6 8,340 1.79 205 150 0.69 61.2 1,060 55.2 201858 183.6 184.5 0.9 1,150 0.25 87 44.2 0.63 79.8 2,030 39.7 201859 184.5 185 0.5 1,270 0.27 97 36.7 0.42 112.6 1,570 55.8 201861 185 186 1 5,730 1.23 279 61.4 0.48 107.2 1,580 60 201862 186 186.7 0.7 1,800 0.39 139 88.1 0.8 77.3 893 61.8 Note A standard conversion factor of 2.15 was used to report Li to Li2O values. All intersections reported are based on drilled width and have not been converted to the true width.
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