CEO Andrew Dornan standing on top of the Warhawk pegmatite. Pic supplied: (JBY)
James Bay Minerals discovers spodumene crystals at Aero’s monster Warhawk pegmatite
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- James Bay Minerals’ 560m-long, 20m-wide Warhawk pegmatite has been sampled to show high-grade lithium
- Aero is one of four project areas in the highly prolific James Bay lithium district
- A field program is ongoing, designed to map further targets across the project area
Samples from the 560m-long Warhawk pegmatite at James Bay Minerals’ Aero tenure have returned lithium concentrations containing spodumene crystals, confirming its prospectivity.
Field exploration at Aero, part of James Bay Minerals’ (ASX:JBY) La Grande project in the James Bay lithium precinct in Quebec, Canada, has discovered the ‘Warhawk’ pegmatite – a 560m-long, up to 20m wide body full of spodumene crystals.
Aero consists of 89 continuous claims across 43.65km2 and contains ~12km of deformation zones considered highly prospective to contain LCT pegmatites.
Nearby Cancet, owned by Winsome Resources (ASX:WR1), as well as Patriot Battery Metals (ASX:PMT) Corvette lithium projects both have similar deformation zones running through their properties and have had significant exploration success to date.
Utilising a SciAps laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) reader – a high-tech scanning technique that is used ever more frequently in exploration – testing of rock chip and channel samples Warhawk have shown multiple Li2O hits across its entire length and breadth.
“The discovery of a lithium-bearing mineral at surface on the Warhawk pegmatite within the Aero property confirms that this pegmatite contains lithium,” exploration partner Breakaway Exploration’s senior field geologist Mark Fekete says.
“Now that we have proven through a recognised exploration technique that lithium is present, our focus is to now determine where the highest concentration of lithium is within the Warhawk and other pegmatites dykes on the property.”
Samples have been sent to the lab and assays are pending to reveal lithium grades from the prospect area.
This article was developed in collaboration with James Bay Minerals, a Stockhead advertiser at the time of publishing.
This article does not constitute financial product advice. You should consider obtaining independent advice before making any financial decisions.
