{"id":5813,"date":"2024-02-14T01:05:15","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T01:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/?p=5813"},"modified":"2024-02-14T01:05:15","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T01:05:15","slug":"st-george-to-spin-the-drill-at-mt-alexander-after-identifying-huge-lithium-anomalies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/?p=5813","title":{"rendered":"St George to spin the drill at Mt Alexander after identifying huge lithium anomalies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sampling results at Mt Alexander show strike length of &gt;2.7km<br \/>\nMore than 500 pegmatite outcrops mapped to date<br \/>\nDrilling at newly discovered targets planned for next month<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Special Report<\/em><\/strong><strong>: Soil sampling results from St George Mining\u2019s Mt Alexander project have discovered multiple new, large-scale lithium soil anomalies \u2013 the largest of which has a strike length of &gt;2.7km.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Mt Alexander project is 120km south-west of the Agnew-Wiluna belt, which hosts numerous world-class lithium deposits such as <a href=\"https:\/\/stockhead.com.au\/company\/delta-lithium-dli\/\"><strong>Delta Lithium\u2019s (ASX: DLI)<\/strong><\/a> 14.6Mt Mt Ida resource and abuts the Mt Bevan project joint venture between Gina Rinehart\u2019s Hancock Prospecting, <a href=\"https:\/\/stockhead.com.au\/company\/legacy-iron-ore-lcy\/\"><strong>Legacy Iron Ore (ASX:LCY)<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/stockhead.com.au\/company\/hawthorn-resources-haw\/\"><strong>Hawthorn Resources (ASX: HAW)<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Soil sampling results<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Following on from drilling in late 2022 and early 2023 at the Jailbreak prospect where <a href=\"https:\/\/stockhead.com.au\/company\/st-george-mining-sgq\/\"><strong>St George Mining (ASX:SGQ)<\/strong><\/a> confirmed the presence of lithium mineralisation from near surface (down to 300m and grading up to 1.8% Li2O), soil sampling has uncovered large-scale lithium soil anomalies.<\/p>\n<p>The largest of these has a strike of &gt;2.7km. The lithium values also correspond to anomalous values of caesium and tantalum (LCT). One of the new anomalies is 1.7km x 1.3km and along strike from the Manta prospect where drilling intersected a 121m thick pegmatite.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Manta and Jailbreak prospects, including the overall soil sampling areas. Pic: Supplied (SGQ)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The survey included the E29\/1143 and P29\/2680 tenements acquired in late 2022. SGQ believes it\u2019s the first-ever systematic exploration for lithium in the area.<\/p>\n<p>The survey area in the south represents a 4km-long zone along strike from where drilling by SGQ has already intersected multiple lithium-bearing pegmatites at Jailbreak.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the larger survey area in the north covers more than 10km of the contact between the Copperfield granite and the Mt Alexander ultramafic sequences, including a large zone around the Manta prospect.<\/p>\n<p>The results have borne four new high-priority soil anomalies at Jailbreak West, Mt Alexander East, Manta East and Manta \u2013 all of which carry lithium anomalies and are associated with pathfinder elements \u2013 particularly tantalum and caesium.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Positioning for a resurgence in market conditions<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>SGQ executive chairman John Prineas said the company was delighted to have delineated \u201cnot just one but a series of\u201d multi-kilometre lithium soil anomalies that warrant testing with the drill bit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe consistency and cohesiveness of the lithium values within these large-scale anomalies is impressive,\u201d Prineas says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe coincident pathfinder elements like tantalum and caesium, as well as the extensive pegmatite outcrop make these areas compelling drill targets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDrilling approvals are in place and we look forward to testing these promising targets very soon.\u201d<\/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 St George Mining, a Stockhead advertiser at the time of publishing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>This article does not constitute financial product advice. 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