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Critical Elements Lithium Discovers New Lithium-Tantalum Showings With up to 2.08% Li(2)O and 708 ppm Ta(2)O(5)
MONTREAL, QC / ACCESSWIRE / October 27, 2022 / Critical Elements Lithium Corporation (TSX-V:...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Critical Elements Lithium Discovers New Lithium-Tantalum Showings With up to 2.08% Li(2)O and 708 ppm Ta(2)O(5)MONTREAL, QC / ACCESSWIRE / October 27, 2022 / Critical Elements Lithium Corporation (TSX-V:CRE)(OTCQX:CRECF)(FSE:F12) (\"Critical Elements\" or the \"Corporation\") is pleased to report the discovery of new Lithium-Tantalum pegmatite (\"LCT pegmatite\") trends with positive prospecting sampling results on the Duval (Table 1), Lemare (Table 2) and Rose Lithium-Tantalum (\"Rose\") properties (Table 3) and the results from the summer drilling program on the Lac Pivert pegmatite showing (Table 4) and JR showing (Table 5) on the Rose property.Summer 2022 Prospecting ResultsDuring summer 2022, Critical Elements conducted a prospecting program over several areas of the Corporation's Nemaska belt property portfolio. Prior to the prospecting campaign, EarthLabs, through its GoldSpot Discoveries division, generated and ranked LCT pegmatite targets using its in-house \"SmartTarget\" methodology that combines both expert-driven and machine-learning data-driven targeting approaches. The objective of the field program was the identification of new pegmatite bodies using systematic rock geochemical sampling of all pegmatite bodies to refine the geological interpretation of the properties for further exploration work.A total of 817 rock samples were collected during the exploration campaign. The prospecting revealed a new two-kilometre-long trend of white pegmatite on the Corporation's 100% owned Duval property that hosts several lithium, cesium and tantalum anomalies, including 0.62% Li2O, 0.17% Li2O, 464 ppm Ta2O5, 321 ppm Cs in grab samples, and 2.08% Li2O (Table 1) in an angular pegmatite boulder that may have been transported one kilometre from the main discoveries during glaciation (Table 1 and Figure 1). These mineralized pegmatites are spatially associated with mafic volcanics along an interpreted regional-scale shear zone that borders the Nemiscau Belt, in a similar geological setting that extends to the Whabouchi lithium deposit, three kilometres off the claims to the north-east (Figure 4). These results show the potential of the Corporation's Nemaska trend properties. The reader is cautioned that grab samples are selective by nature and may not represent average grades of the mineralization in the pegmatites.Sample results ...