Eleven entire rock samples collected in the course of the area work had been despatched to ALS Sudbury for evaluation utilizing the ME- MS61 bundle with four-acid digestion. This technique analysed for 48 components (Ag, Al, As, Be, Bi, Ca, Cd, Ce, Co, Cr, Cs, Cu, Fe, Ga, Ge, Hf, In, Ok, La, Li, Mg, Mn, Mo, Na, Nb, Ni, P, Pb, Rb, Re, S, Sb, Sc, Se, Sn, Sr, Ta, Te, Th, Ti, Tl, U, V, W, Y, Zn, and Zr).
- Assays obtained from the maiden Hornby Lake area program verify the presence of fractionated LCT-type pegmatites with anomalism in step with fertile granites in Ontario.
- The Firm has commenced planning a 2024 area program to focus on the south-western portion of the Venture space.
- Fieldwork will goal the world south and southwest of the central area of the Venture the place fractionated pegmatites had been encountered within the 2023 area program.
Determine 1 Proposed space of 2024 fieldwork
A abstract of the outcomes is proven under in Desk 1:
The assay outcomes present general low concentrations of LCT pegmatite suite components (lithium, caesium, niobium, rubidium, tin, tantalum), with some low-level anomalism of caesium, niobium, rubidium, and tantalum (Desk 2). The information verify the pegmatites within the central a part of the claims as being weak to reasonably fractionated and that the granites are low-Ca and peraluminous. The very best focus of lithium was 77.7 ppm (20230917- 010; Desk 2), however is under ranges thought-about anomalous (90 ppm, 3x crustal common) in whole-rock geochemistry samples.
The samples present no clear mineralisation developments (Determine 2) and counsel that though there may be low ranging lithium anomalism, it’s too low to point potential financial mineralisation throughout the visited declare space. Nonetheless, the whole-rock concentrations of LCT-suite components within the pegmatites and one granite pattern from the Hornby Lake space are throughout the vary of fertile peraluminous granites elsewhere in Ontario (Desk 3).
Desk 2 Assay outcomes of LCT-pegmatite indicator components within the Hornby Lake samples. Inexperienced shaded values are thought-about anomalous(3x crustal abundance (after Rudnick and Gao, 2003)
Desk 3 Complete rock LCT-pegmatite component information from Hornby Lake in comparison with revealed information from fertile peraluminous granites in Ontario. Sources: 1: GoldON (2023); 2: Tindle et al. (2002); 3: Tindle et al. (2008); 4: Breaks and Tindle (2001)
Determine 2 Distribution of Lithium in entire rock samples on visited Hornby Lake claims
Evaluation of Outcomes
The 2023 exploration program undertaken by Ronin on the Hornby Lake venture is the primary program focusing on LCT mineralization within the space. The first focus of the primary go exploration was the central to northern segments of the venture, focusing on outcropping interpreted pegmatites from historic work and evaluation of aerial images.
The big granitic veins within the north of the venture space had been decided to be pegmatoidal biotite leucogranites, and never true pegmatites. The pegmatite-like outcrops inside greenstones additional south within the central east space had been discovered to be complicated pegmatite dykes with variations in crystal measurement from megacrystic to coarsely crystalline, garnet bearing aplitic phases, and uncommon patches containing muscovite.
The pXRF evaluation of Ok-feldspar and entire rock assays decided the massive pegmatoidal granite dykes within the north of the declare are unfractionated to very weakly fractionated. These are unlikely to be associated to an LCT pegmatite system. The extra complicated garnet and muscovite bearing pegmatites within the central east of the world are weakly to reasonably fractionated and present minor elevations of caesium and tantalum in among the extra fractionated pegmatites.
The fractionation information counsel that though the confirmed pegmatites comprise no lithium mineralisation or beneficial fractionation ranges for lithium mineralisation, they do present a basic development of accelerating fractionation from the unfractionated pegmatoidal granite dykes within the north to south. A westerly enhance in fractionation was additionally noticed from pegmatites east of the claims space into the claims.
Essentially the most fractionated pegmatites recognized within the Venture had been among the garnet and muscovite bearing pegmatites sampled within the central east space (Determine 1). White linear options obvious in Bing satellite tv for pc/aerial imagery that seem much like these confirmed pegmatites happen southwest (Determine 1). To the south, pegmatites have additionally been recorded within the historic mapping and recorded in drill gap logs (Determine 1; Mullan and Bell, 1968). Though these are recorded as being skinny, they display that pegmatites happen additional south within the claims the place no options are obvious within the satellite tv for pc and aerial imagery.
The Firm believes primarily based on fractionation developments, anomalous LCT indicator minerals from entire rock assaying, recognized linear options in imagery much like confirmed pegmatites, and traditionally recorded pegmatites, the south and southwest areas of the Hornby Lake Venture stays potential for potential lithium mineralisation.
Subsequent Steps
The Firm has commenced planning a 2024 area program focusing on the south and southwestern extents of the Hornby Lake Venture. The proposed program will observe intently with the procedures established within the 2023 program, together with area reconnaissance, rock chip sampling and embrace potential channel sampling.
This system is predicted to start in H12024.
Assay information confirms the pegmatitic and pegmatoidal granite dykes within the northern part of the venture are unlikely to be a part of an LCT pegmatite system. The Firm will discontinue its curiosity on this part of the Venture.
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