{"id":3699,"date":"2023-12-26T21:55:51","date_gmt":"2023-12-26T21:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/?p=3699"},"modified":"2023-12-26T21:55:51","modified_gmt":"2023-12-26T21:55:51","slug":"scorpion-completes-drilling-at-pharos-lithium-project-just-in-time-for-xmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/?p=3699","title":{"rendered":"Scorpion completes drilling at Pharos lithium project just in time for Xmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scorpion Minerals has wrapped up maiden drilling at the Pharos lithium project in WA<br \/>\nHistorical sampling previously returned up to 2.99% LI2O<br \/>\nAssays are expected in the new year with more drilling to follow<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Special Report:<\/em> Scorpion Minerals has completed maiden Reverse Circulation (RC) drilling at its Pharos lithium project in WA, looking to validate historical sampling which returned up to 2.99% Li2O.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The project covers an area of 1,295 km2 and is about 60km northwest of Cue in the Murchison mineral field.<\/p>\n<p>The aim of the drilling was to target outcropping LCT pegmatites at Poona East and Poona West which historically surface samples, along with testing \u2018poorly targeted\u2019 RC drilling completed by previous explorers, returned 9m at 0.77% Li2O, 9m at 0.29% Li2O and 3m at 0.49% Li2O.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stockhead.com.au\/company\/scorpion-minerals-scn\/\"><strong>Scorpion Minerals (ASX:SCN)<\/strong><\/a> says assays are now pending and, in the meantime, will continue to progress a maiden resource for its key WA lithium asset \u2013 Youanmi \u2013 early next year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Targeting outcropping pegmatites<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Drilling targeted outcropping Lithium-Caesium-Tantalum (LCT) pegmatites at the Poona East and West targets, with five out of seven holes intersecting significant widths of pegmatite up to 28m downhole.<\/p>\n<p>The drilling also tested shallow targets identified by historical surface sampling which returned high-grade values up to 2.99% Li2O.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are delighted to have our maiden lithium drilling program completed within our Pharos project,\u201d SCN CEO Michael Fotios said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEarly indications from this initial phase of drilling confirm multiple LCT pegmatite dykes at these Poona targets which require detailed follow up drilling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEncouragingly, five holes in this program have intersected significant widths of pegmatites up to 28m, so we are looking forward to receiving assays from the laboratory in January.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Follow up drilling in 2024<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>SCN plans to undertake the following exploration programs over Q1 and Q2 2024:<\/p>\n<p>Follow up RC drilling of existing targets down dip and along strike;<br \/>\nRC drilling of parallel pegmatites to determine extent and composition;<br \/>\nFollow up geological mapping and rock chip sampling;<br \/>\nAuger soil geochemistry aimed at identifying additional pegmatites under shallow soil cover;<br \/>\nInitial diamond drill testing of existing targets at depth; and<br \/>\nXRD and preliminary metallurgical test work.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p><span class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>This article was developed in collaboration with Scorpion Minerals, a Stockhead advertiser at the time of publishing. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This article does not constitute financial product advice. You should consider obtaining independent advice before making any financial decisions.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/stockhead.com.au\/resources\/scorpion-completes-drilling-at-pharos-lithium-project-just-in-time-for-xmas\/\">Scorpion completes drilling at Pharos lithium project just in time for Xmas<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/stockhead.com.au\/\">Stockhead<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scorpion Minerals has wrapped up maiden drilling at the Pharos lithium project in WA Historical sampling previously returned up to 2.99% LI2O Assays are expected <a href=\"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/?p=3699\" class=\"read-more-link\">[more&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3700,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Scorpion completes drilling at Pharos lithium project just in time for Xmas - Economic Herald<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/?p=3699\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Scorpion completes drilling at Pharos lithium project just in time for Xmas - Economic Herald\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Scorpion Minerals has wrapped up maiden drilling at the Pharos lithium project in WA Historical sampling previously returned up to 2.99% LI2O Assays are expected [more...]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/?p=3699\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Economic Herald\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-26T21:55:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/SCN-Hero-Pic-3z2prR.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1734\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"975\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/economicherald.net\\\/?p=3699#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/economicherald.net\\\/?p=3699\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Scorpion completes drilling at Pharos lithium project just in time for Xmas\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-26T21:55:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/economicherald.net\\\/?p=3699\"},\"wordCount\":419,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/economicherald.net\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/economicherald.net\\\/?p=3699#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/economicherald.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/12\\\/SCN-Hero-Pic-3z2prR.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Finance\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/economicherald.net\\\/?p=3699#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/economicherald.net\\\/?p=3699\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/economicherald.net\\\/?p=3699\",\"name\":\"Scorpion completes drilling at Pharos lithium project just in time for Xmas - Economic Herald\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/economicherald.net\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/economicherald.net\\\/?p=3699#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/economicherald.net\\\/?p=3699#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/economicherald.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/12\\\/SCN-Hero-Pic-3z2prR.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-26T21:55:51+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/economicherald.net\\\/?p=3699#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/economicherald.net\\\/?p=3699\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/economicherald.net\\\/?p=3699#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/economicherald.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/12\\\/SCN-Hero-Pic-3z2prR.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/economicherald.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/12\\\/SCN-Hero-Pic-3z2prR.jpeg\",\"width\":1734,\"height\":975},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/economicherald.net\\\/?p=3699#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/economicherald.net\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Scorpion completes drilling at Pharos lithium project just in time for Xmas\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/economicherald.net\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/economicherald.net\\\/\",\"name\":\"Economic Herald\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/economicherald.net\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/economicherald.net\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/economicherald.net\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Economic Herald\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/economicherald.net\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/economicherald.net\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/economicherald.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/cropped-cropped-economicheraldlogo-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/economicherald.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/cropped-cropped-economicheraldlogo-1.png\",\"width\":850,\"height\":760,\"caption\":\"Economic Herald\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/economicherald.net\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Scorpion completes drilling at Pharos lithium project just in time for Xmas - Economic Herald","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/?p=3699","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Scorpion completes drilling at Pharos lithium project just in time for Xmas - Economic Herald","og_description":"Scorpion Minerals has wrapped up maiden drilling at the Pharos lithium project in WA Historical sampling previously returned up to 2.99% LI2O Assays are expected [more...]","og_url":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/?p=3699","og_site_name":"Economic Herald","article_published_time":"2023-12-26T21:55:51+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1734,"height":975,"url":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/SCN-Hero-Pic-3z2prR.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/?p=3699#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/?p=3699"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Scorpion completes drilling at Pharos lithium project just in time for Xmas","datePublished":"2023-12-26T21:55:51+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/?p=3699"},"wordCount":419,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/?p=3699#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/SCN-Hero-Pic-3z2prR.jpeg","articleSection":["Finance"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/economicherald.net\/?p=3699#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/?p=3699","url":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/?p=3699","name":"Scorpion completes drilling at Pharos lithium project just in time for Xmas - Economic Herald","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/?p=3699#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/?p=3699#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/SCN-Hero-Pic-3z2prR.jpeg","datePublished":"2023-12-26T21:55:51+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/?p=3699#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/economicherald.net\/?p=3699"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/?p=3699#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/SCN-Hero-Pic-3z2prR.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/SCN-Hero-Pic-3z2prR.jpeg","width":1734,"height":975},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/?p=3699#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Scorpion completes drilling at Pharos lithium project just in time for Xmas"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/#website","url":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/","name":"Economic Herald","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/#organization","name":"Economic Herald","url":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/cropped-cropped-economicheraldlogo-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/cropped-cropped-economicheraldlogo-1.png","width":850,"height":760,"caption":"Economic Herald"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}