Sudbury's Frontier Lithium (TSXV: FL) has released positive results from its summer of 2023 prospecting and channel sampling program at the Pennock pegamatite property located northwest of the company's Spark Deposit in Northwestern Ontario.
The spodumene-bearing Pennock Pegmatite is a 1.5 km long pegmatitic dyke trend that was first channeled in 2019 with 16m averaging 1.96 per cent Li2O, said the Frontier news release.
Garth Denver, Frontier's vice-president of exploration, said he was pleased with the update.
"This was our first opportunity to validate the spodumene-bearing Pennock dyke beyond the ‘blowout’ area with continuous channeling across the dykes. They tend to be extensive, continuous and contain high grades of lithium oxide," said Drever.
"Despite being narrow at surface with widths less than six metres and requiring additional channeling and mapping prior to any drill testing, we are excited about the potential discovery upside outside of the project's mining lease area," he added.
Frontier said that as part of the 2023 summer drill program at the PAK site, exploration crews were mobilized to the Pennock area for follow-up to the 2022 mapping and prospecting to complete sampling along three channel cuts.
This resulted in the discovery of several additional pegmatite/aplite dykes, many of which were channeled. The pegmatite dykes near Channels 55 and 56 had been chip sampled in the past when spodumene had been identified.
Frontier said this channelling has now confirmed the presence of both spodumene and high grades of lithium oxide. Other areas were deemed interesting enough to warrant further study, said the release.
Frontier Lithium Inc. is an exploration and development mining company with headquarters in Sudbury and assets in Northern Ontario, a tier-one mining jurisdiction.
Frontier said the PAK Project represents the largest proven land position in a new, premium lithium mineral district, with a high-grade, large tonnage and pure lithium resource.
The company's mining assets are located in Northwestern Ontario. Frontier said it is developing the first fully integrated lithium mining-and-processing operation in Ontario with an aim to become a significant supplier of spodumene concentrates and battery-grade lithium hydroxide to the growing electric vehicle and energy storage markets across North America.
