- QMC is
in the process of completing an NI 43-101-compliant mineral resource
estimate
- The
company is anticipating a significant expansion of the historical mineral
estimate
- The
company has discovered and initiated exploration of additional dikes
within the project area
The current evolution in computer and vehicle technology,
fueled by the lightweight lithium-ion battery, is igniting interest in new
lithium production. This has led mineral explorer QMC Quantum Minerals Corp. (OTC: QMCQF) (TSX.V: QMC) (FSE: 3LQ)to
push forward, as it continues developing a NI 43-101-compliant resource
estimate as the next step toward potential commercial production of lithium at
its Irgon Dike in southeast Manitoba. The company also continues to evaluate
additional pegmatite dikes known to occur within the project area, with very
positive results. The Irgon lithium mine project in Manitoba is part of the Cat
Lake-Winnipeg River Pegmatite Field, which also hosts the world-renowned
Tantalum Mining Corporation of Canada (TANCO) operation. TANCO is North
America’s most successful spodumene and rare element pegmatite-hosted mine.
To update the historic data, QMC recently completed an
18-hole diamond drill program on the Irgon Dike for a total of 2,300 meters of
drilling. The core was shipped to SGS Canada’s Lakefield laboratory for assay
of 56 elements, including lithium, beryllium, rubidium, cesium, tantalum and
niobium (http://ibn.fm/YXagt).
The deepest hole in the 2019 drill campaign cut 14 meters (not true width) of
spodumene-bearing pegmatite approximately 130 meters below the surface of the
dike, which is well below the 61-meter level of the historic underground
exploration, and this intersection confirms that significant spodumene
mineralization continues to depth. Initial drill site evaluation of the core by
QMC geologists visually identified significant white spodumene mineralization.
The core has been cut and sampled, producing examples which were subsequently
sent to SGS Lakefield for assay.
QMC believes that it will be able to double the historic
mineral estimate of the property. In addition to exploring the
spodumene-bearing Mapetre and Central Dikes, both located south of the Irgon
Dike, the company has also identified the Irgon West spodumene-bearing
pegmatite trending up to 400 meters (1,312.3 feet) west of, and on strike with,
the Irgon Dike. As exploration on the property continues, potential tonnage
from the Mapetre and Central Dikes, as well as the Irgon West Dike that has
been identified as being the potential western extension of the Irgon Dike,
suggests that the Irgon Project resource could be significantly increased.
QMC recently reported that assays of surface samples from
its Mapetre, Central and Irgon West Dikes, located within the Irgon lithium
mine project, identified significant occurrences of spodumene-bearing pegmatite
mineralization. Analyses of 10 chip samples obtained from these three dikes
identified zones that demonstrate very encouraging levels of lithium oxide,
ranging from 2.34 percent over a sample length of 4.1 meters in the Central
Dike to 2.79 percent across 7.0 meters in the Irgon West Dike. All samples were
analyzed by SGS Laboratory in Lakefield, Ontario. SGS Canada is the consultant
providing the NI 43-101-compatible resource report on the Irgon Dike.
“The Company is excited with these initial sampling results
as they demonstrate a huge potential to develop additional tonnage within the
Irgon Lithium Property (in addition to that tonnage currently being defined by
SGS Canada that exists within the upper central portion of the Irgon Dike) as
numerous pegmatite dikes on the property host significant spodumene
mineralization,” President and CEO Balraj Mann stated in the April 24
announcement (http://ibn.fm/NLNpm).
“An exploration program consisting of overburden stripping and channel sampling
of the mineralized dikes is being planned for the upcoming field season to
fully define the width, strike length and lithium grade of these dikes.”
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.QMCMinerals.com
NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates
relating to QMCQF are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/QMCQF
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