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Engagement of Wikieup Drilling Contractor
Engagement of Wikieup Drilling Contractor.
About this update from Bradda Head Lithium Limited
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n RNS Number : 8230N\n Bradda Head Lithium Ltd\n 04 October 2021\n \n \n \n 04 October 2021\n Bradda Head Lithium Ltd\n (\"Bradda Head\", \"Bradda\", or the \"Company\")\n Engagement of Wikieup Drilling Contractor\n \n Bradda Head Lithium Ltd (AIM:BHL), the North America-focused lithium development group, is pleased to announce, as part of its fast-track development programme at its Arizonan sedimentary lithium assets, that it has engaged drilling contractor Boart Longyear for a sonic drilling programme at the Company's Wikieup Project, starting in early Q4.\n \n \n Highlights:\n \n · Bradda has now signed on Boart Longyear to start drilling at its Wikieup Project, which is adjacent to Hawkstone Mining Ltd.'s Big Sandy resource of 32.5Mt @ 1,850ppm Li.\n \n · As part of the fast-track development of our sedimentary lithium assets, Bradda has also accelerated its permitting at the Wikieup project and expect all remaining drilling permits to be received in early Q4.\n \n · Drilling contractor Boart Longyear is a world-renowned driller with experience using sonic rigs and drilling in sedimentary deposits.\n \n · Sonic drilling rigs are more environmentally sensitive than diamond core drilling rigs. Sonic drilling also has superior recovery in soft sedimentary rocks compared to diamond cored drilling.\n \n · Bradda is in the process of completing a drilling programme at its Burro Creek East asset where it has an inferred resource, with recent assay results demonstrating the potential for an increase in grade, tonnes and resource classification (PR 25/08/2021).\n \n Bradda Head has engaged world-renowned drilling contractor Boart Longyear to carry out a sonic drilling programme at the Company's Wikieup clay project in Western Arizona, which is adjacent to Hawkstone's Big Sandy resource of 32.5Mt at 1,850ppm Li. Boart Longyear has extensive experience using sonic rigs and drilling in clay and in the United States. Sonic rigs are more environmentally sensitive compared to diamond rigs because they use less water, produce less waste and have superior recovery compared to core drilling, or RC.\n Bradda is focussing on three areas at its Wikieup project (https://www.braddaheadltd.com/media/image-library/wikieup-2021-drilling-programme/) where its geologists have identified highly prospective areas with th...