{"id":7505,"date":"2024-03-20T02:30:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T02:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/?p=7505"},"modified":"2024-03-20T02:30:22","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T02:30:22","slug":"azures-andover-story-keeps-getting-bigger-with-multiple-lithium-intersections-grading-up-to-1-55-in-latest-drilling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/?p=7505","title":{"rendered":"Azure\u2019s Andover story keeps getting bigger with multiple lithium intersections grading up to 1.55% in latest drilling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Significant mineralised intersections from the AP0004 pegmatite have returned grades up to 1.55% Li2O<br \/>\nThe strike length at AP0004 now extends to 2,100m, while the nearby AP0002 pegmatite has grown to 1,500m<br \/>\nTo date, drilling has not closed off the lithium mineralisation and the deposit remains open along strike to the northeast and southwest <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Special Report:<\/em> Abundant, broad and lithium-rich drill intersections at Azure Minerals\u2019 Andover project have confirmed the Target Area 3 hosts a substantial lithium deposit in WA\u2019s Pilbara. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since it kicked off in March 2023, lithium-focused drilling at <a href=\"https:\/\/stockhead.com.au\/company\/azure-minerals-azs\/\">Azure\u2019s (ASX:AZS)<\/a> Andover project has comprised 248 diamond core holes and 97 reverse circulation drill holes for a total of 114,556m.<\/p>\n<p>Exploration has focused predominantly on the Andover pegmatite swarm at Target Area 3, which covers an area of 9km (east-west) and 5km (north-south) and hosts hundreds of outcropping pegmatites, with many containing high lithium grades from extensive surface sampling.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p><em>The Andover lithium project showing pegmatite outcrops and target areas. Pic: Supplied (AZS) <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>More pivotal drilling results <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Latest drilling results have confirmed that lithium mineralisation is present in the AP0004 pegmatite along more than 2.1km of strike length, with results returning:<\/p>\n<p>102.5m @ 1% Li2O from 393.5m;<br \/>\n88.4m @ 1.53% Li2O from 38m;<br \/>\n62.5m @ 1.53% Li2O from 268.5m; and<br \/>\n58.1m @ 1.21% Li2O from 120m.<\/p>\n<p>Assay results have also expanded the lateral and depth extent at the AP0002 pegmatite, where the mineralised strike length now exceeds 1,500m.<\/p>\n<p>Intersections here include:<\/p>\n<p>47.1m @ 1.27% Li2O from 286.4m;<br \/>\n44m @ 1.11% Li2O from 140m;<br \/>\n40.2m @ 1.29% Li2O from 243.8m; and<br \/>\n39.3m @ 1.18% Li2O from 66.4m.<\/p>\n<p>Over at the AP001 pegmatite, the hanging wall continues to be intersected with mineralisation confirmed by assays over 1,000m where stand-out results include 10.4m @ 1.45% Li2O from 62m and 4.8m @ 1.12% Li2O from 98.3m.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Eight diamond drill rigs still turning<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>AZS believes the results confirm consistent thickness and grade of the lithium mineralisation within the AP004 and AP0002 pegmatites, and that a major lithium-mineralised system is present at TA3.<\/p>\n<p>Eight diamond drill rigs continue to drill TA3 to extend the mineralised system and define the lateral and depth extents of mineralisation in the AP0004 and AP0002 pegmatites.<\/p>\n<p>All this work will underpin a maiden resource estimate for Andover in the near-term.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><span class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>This article was developed in collaboration with Azure 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\/azures-andover-story-keeps-getting-bigger-with-multiple-lithium-intersections-grading-above-1-55-in-latest-drilling\/\">Azure\u2019s Andover story keeps getting bigger with multiple lithium intersections grading up to 1.55% in latest drilling<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/stockhead.com.au\/\">Stockhead<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Significant mineralised intersections from the AP0004 pegmatite have returned grades up to 1.55% Li2O The strike length at AP0004 now extends to 2,100m, while the <a href=\"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/?p=7505\" class=\"read-more-link\">[more&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":7506,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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